Saint-Jodard
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Roanne | |
| Canton | Le Coteau | |
| Community association | Forez-Est | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 53 ' N , 4 ° 8' E | |
| height | 300-464 m | |
| surface | 6.65 km 2 | |
| Residents | 414 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 62 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 42590 | |
| INSEE code | 42241 | |
| Website | http://www.saint-jodard.fr/ | |
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Saint-Jodard is a French municipality with 414 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (before 2016 Rhône-Alpes ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Roanne and the canton of Le Coteau ( canton of Néronde until 2015 ). The inhabitants are called Gildariens .
geography
Saint-Jodard is located about 55 kilometers west-northwest of Lyon . The Loire limits the municipality to the west. Saint-Jodard is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Priest-la-Roche in the north and north-west, Neulise in the east, Pinay in the south and Vézelin-sur-Loire with Saint-Paul-de-Vézelin in the west.
The municipality has had a train station on the Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons-Lyon-Perrache railway since 1857 . This has now been downgraded to a stopping point and is served by TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes trains on the Roanne - Saint-Étienne-Châteaucreux connection .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 606 | 508 | 438 | 345 | 421 | 604 | 636 | 488 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Gildas church
Community partnerships
A partnership has existed with the Italian municipality of Piana Crixia in the province of Savona (Liguria) since 2001.
