Saint-Bonnet-le-Château

Saint-Bonnet-le-Château
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Montbrison
Canton	Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
Community association	Loire Forez
Coordinates	45 ° 25 ' N , 4 ° 4' E Coordinates: 45 ° 25 ' N , 4 ° 4' E
height	779-952 m
surface	1.87 km 2
Residents	1,527 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	817 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	42380
INSEE code	42204
Website	http://st-bonnet-le-chateau.fr
	; Town hall (Mairie) of Saint-Bonnet-le-Château

Saint-Bonnet-le-Chateau is a French commune with 1,813 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the arrondissement of Montbrison and the canton of Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert (until 2015: canton of Saint-Bonnet-le-Château ). The inhabitants are called Cacamerlots or Sambonitains .

geography

View of Saint-Bonnet-le-Château

Saint-Bonnet-le-Château is located in the historic Forez landscape in the Massif Central . Saint-Bonnet-le-Château is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Luriecq in the north and northeast, La Tourette in the east and southeast and Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas in the south and west.

The former route nationale 498 (today's D498) runs through the municipality .