Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Montbrison | |
| Canton | Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert | |
| Community association | Saint-Étienne Métropole | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 24 ' N , 4 ° 5' E | |
| height | 619-995 m | |
| surface | 15.88 km 2 | |
| Residents | 666 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 42 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 42380 | |
| INSEE code | 42266 | |
Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas ( Occitan : Fornier ) is a French municipality with 666 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 ).
geography
Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas is located about 24 kilometers west-southwest of Saint-Étienne am Bonson in the historic Forez landscape in the Massif Central . Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Bonnet-le-Château and La Tourette in the north, Aboën in the east, Rozier-Côtes-d'Aurec in the south and southeast, and Saint-Hilaire-Cusson-la-Valmitte in the south, Merle-Leignac in the west and south-west, Estivareilles in the west and north-west and Luriecq in the north-west.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| 501 | 452 | 436 | 453 | 514 | 585 | 618 | 661 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Nizier church, built between the 11th and 12th centuries, monument historique
- Notre-Dame chapel from the second half of the 20th century
