Retournac

Retournac ( Occitan : Retornac ) is a French municipality with 2929 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Haute-Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the arrondissement of Yssingeaux and the canton of Bas-en-Basset .

geography

Retournac is located in the Velay , a landscape in the French Massif Central , on the Loire . Retournac is surrounded by the neighboring communities Solignac-sous-Roche and Tiranges in the north, Beauzac in the east and northeast, Beaux in the southeast, Saint-Julien-du-Pinet and Mézères in the south, Chamalières-sur-Loire in the west and southwest and Roche en-Régnier to the west and north-west.

The former Routes nationales 103 and 103a run through the municipality .

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
Residents	2,748	2,600	2,558	2,249	2,270	2,293	2,538	2,788

Saint-Jean-Baptiste church

Saint-Jean-Baptiste church, built at the end of the 12th century, monument historique since 1907
Artias castle ruins, probably built at the end of the 11th century, Saint-Denis chapel has been a church since 1793, historical monument since 1949
several fortified houses, u. a. Château de Mercuret, Château de Chabanoles, Château de Ribes and Maison forte La Bourange

Artias castle ruins

Cottier Cave, former habitation of the Stone Age, numerous silice cuts and bone fragments document an early settlement (approx. 15,000-18,000 years before the present time)

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