Riotord
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Riotord Riutòrt |
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Haute Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Yssingeaux | |
| Canton | Boutières | |
| Community association | Pays de Montfaucon | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 14 ' N , 4 ° 24' E | |
| height | 791-1,369 m | |
| surface | 51.88 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,174 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 23 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 43220 | |
| INSEE code | 43163 | |
Riotord ( Occitan : Riutort ) is a French municipality with 1174 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 Boutières (until 2015: canton of Montfaucon-en-Velay ).
geography
Riotord is the easternmost commune in the Haute-Loire department. It is located about 46 kilometers east-northeast of Le Puy-en-Velay and about 22 kilometers south of Saint-Étienne in the Velay , a landscape in the French Massif Central . Riotord is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Marlhes in the north, Saint-Régis-du-Coin in the north and northeast, Saint-Sauveur-en-Rue in the northeast, Burdignes in the east, Vanosc in the east and southeast, Saint-Julien-Molhesabate in the south, Dunières in the west and Saint-Romain-Lachalm in the northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 1640 | 1513 | 1404 | 1330 | 1228 | 1155 | 1154 | 1179 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE
Attractions
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church from the 12th century
- 20th century church in the village of Setoux
- 17th century Chapel of Clavas
- old chapel in Saint-Meyras from the 19th century
