Saint-Jean-Soleymieux
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Montbrison | |
| Canton | Montbrison | |
| Community association | Loire Forez | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 30 ′ N , 4 ° 2 ′ E | |
| height | 699-1,204 m | |
| surface | 16.47 km 2 | |
| Residents | 860 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 52 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 42560 | |
| INSEE code | 42240 | |
| Website | http://saint-jean-soleymieux.fr/ | |
Saint-Jean-Soleymieux is a French municipality with 860 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Montbrison (until 2015: canton of Saint-Jean-Soleymieux ). The inhabitants are called Saint-Joinards .
geography
Saint-Jean-Soleymieux is located about 28 kilometers west-northwest of Saint-Étienne in the Forez on the Mare River . Saint-Jean-Soleymieux is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Gumières in the north and north-west, Chazelles-sur-Lavieu in the north and north-east, Margerie-Chantagret in the north-east, Soleymieux in the east, Chenereilles in the south-east, Marols in the south, La Chapelle-en-Lafaye and La Chaulme in the southwest and Saint-Clément-de-Valorgue in the west.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| 627 | 584 | 548 | 581 | 683 | 726 | 780 | 846 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church with the Notre-Dame-sous-Terre crypt
Personalities
- Mario Meunier (1880–1960), Hellenist
