Roisey
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Etienne | |
| Canton | Le Pilat | |
| Community association | Pilat Rhodania | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 23 ′ N , 4 ° 40 ′ E | |
| height | 390-1,343 m | |
| surface | 13.03 km 2 | |
| Residents | 936 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 72 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 42520 | |
| INSEE code | 42191 | |
| Website | http://roisey.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Roisey |
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Roisey is a French municipality with 936 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Étienne and is part of the canton of Le Pilat (until 2015: canton of Pélussin ). The inhabitants are called Roisaires .
geography
Roisey is located about 22 kilometers east-southeast of Saint-Étienne . Roisey is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Pélussin in the north, Bessey in the east, Maclas in the southeast, Véranne in the south and Doizieux in the west.
Roisey is located in the Pilat Regional Nature Park .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 413 | 433 | 453 | 517 | 626 | 698 | 831 | 936 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Pancrace church
- Priory from the 12th century
- La Croix des Rameaux chapel (also: Rambaud chapel) from 1887
- Saint-Antoine chapel
Web links
Commons : Roisey - collection of images, videos and audio files
