Saint-Priest-la-Roche
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Roanne | |
| Canton | Le Coteau | |
| Community association | Pays Entre Loire et Rhône | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 55 ' N , 4 ° 6' E | |
| height | 290-535 m | |
| surface | 13.5 km 2 | |
| Residents | 350 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 26 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 42590 | |
| INSEE code | 42277 | |
| Website | http://saintpriestlaroche.wix.com/site | |
Saint-Priest-la-Roche is a French commune of 350 inhabitants (at 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 (until 2015 Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay ).
geography
Saint-Priest-la-Roche is located about seventeen kilometers south-southeast of Roanne on the Loire . Saint-Priest-la-Roche is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Cyr-de-Favières in the north, Vendranges in the east and northeast, Saint-Jodard in the southeast, Vézelin-sur-Loire with Saint-Paul-de-Vézelin in the south and Southwest and Cordelle in the west and northwest.
In the municipality, the Vendranges-Saint-Priest train station was on the Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons-Lyon-Perrache railway line, which is no longer served today.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| 297 | 300 | 285 | 285 | 285 | 274 | 285 | 338 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||
Attractions
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- La Roche Castle on the Loire
