Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Etienne | |
| Canton | Le Pilat | |
| Community association | Saint-Étienne Métropole | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 29 ′ N , 4 ° 39 ′ E | |
| height | 349-955 m | |
| surface | 12 km 2 | |
| Residents | 478 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 40 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 42800 | |
| INSEE code | 42210 | |
| Website | www.saintecroixenjarez.com | |
 View of Sainte-Croix with the priory of the Carthusian monastery |
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Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez is a French municipality with 478 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez belongs to the Arrondissement of Roanne and the canton of Le Pilat (until 2015: canton of Rive-de-Gier ).
geography
Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez is located about 20 kilometers east-northeast of Saint-Étienne on the Couzon River , a tributary of the Gier . Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Châteauneuf in the north, Longes in the east and north-east, Pavezin in the south and south-east, Pélusin in the south, Saint-Paul-en-Jarez in the south and west and Farnay in the west and north-west.
history
In 1280 a charterhouse was founded as a monastery on the mountain by Beatrix de la Tour du Pin. Carthusian monks lived here until it was dissolved in 1792 .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| Residents | 295 | 274 | 310 | 342 | 329 | 351 | 410 | 427 |
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Attractions
- Charterhouse of Sainte-Croix, Monument historique since 1946
- Jurieu Chapel
