Saint-Jean-Saint-Maurice-sur-Loire

Saint-Jean-Saint-Maurice-sur-Loire
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Roanne
Canton	Renaison
Community association	Roannais agglomeration
Coordinates	46 ° 2 ′ N , 4 ° 29 ′ E Coordinates: 46 ° 2 ′ N , 4 ° 29 ′ E
height	320-802 m
surface	23.57 km 2
Residents	1,148 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	49 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	42155
INSEE code	42239
	; Saint-Maurice tower

Saint-Jean-Saint-Maurice-sur-Loire is a French commune with a population of 1,148 (as at 1st January 2017) in the department of Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Roanne and the Canton of Renaison .

location

Saint-Jean-Saint-Maurice-sur-Loire is located ten kilometers southwest of Roanne directly on the Loire , which is dammed here over a length of 36 km to the Lac de Villerest . The municipal area extends on both banks of the Loire.

geology

The municipality is located in a location with anthracite-bearing layers from the late Viséum (340 million years ago), which were formed as a result of volcanic tectonic activities in the Dinantium (370-330 million years ago) on the Loire.

The prominent rocks in the vicinity of Saint-Jean-Saint-Maurice-sur-Loire are partly anthracite-containing tuffs, including the brick-red rhyolite rocks at Saint-Jean-le-Puy and blue and gray tuffs at Saint-Maurice-sur -Loire. There are also lava rocks nearby. These rocks show that as part of a volcanic sedimentary basin, the region exhibited strong igneous activity during the Variscan Paleozoic , during which the rocks became enriched with organic matter.

history

Saint-Jean-Saint-Maurice-sur-Loire was created in 1974 through the union of the immediately adjacent towns of Saint-Jean-le-Puy and Saint-Maurice-sur-Loire.

Population development

year	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	2012
Residents	501	753	771	743	985	1,061	1,022	1,076	1,124	1,123

Personalities

Joseph Déchelette (1862–1914), archaeologist who researched the area around the site
Pierre Étaix (1928–2016), clown, film director, actor, illustrator and author

Web links

Commons : Saint-Jean-Saint-Maurice-sur-Loire - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Décret n ° 2014-260 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Loire, Article 10 . Version dated August 19, 2015 on Légifrance.
↑ ^a ^b J. Bertaux, J.-F. Becq-Giraudon, H. Jacquemin: Les bassins anthracifères de la région de Roanne (Loire, Massif central), marqueurs d'une tectonique active durant le Viséen supérieur . In: Géologie de la France 4 (1993), pp. 3-10.

[1] Décret n ° 2014-260 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Loire, Article 10 . Version dated August 19, 2015 on Légifrance.

[bassins_anthracifères-2] J. Bertaux, J.-F. Becq-Giraudon, H. Jacquemin: Les bassins anthracifères de la région de Roanne (Loire, Massif central), marqueurs d'une tectonique active durant le Viséen supérieur . In: Géologie de la France 4 (1993), pp. 3-10.