Tartaras
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Etienne | |
| Canton | Rive-de-greed | |
| Community association | Saint-Étienne Métropole | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 33 ' N , 4 ° 40' E | |
| height | 190-348 m | |
| surface | 3.91 km 2 | |
| Residents | 854 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 218 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 42800 | |
| INSEE code | 42307 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-tartaras.com/ | |
Tartaras is a French municipality with 854 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Tartaras is part of the Roanne arrondissement and the Rive-de-Gier canton .
geography
Tartaras is located about 25 kilometers northeast of Saint-Étienne and about 16 kilometers west-northwest of Vienne . The greed limits the municipality to the south and southwest. Tartaras is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Beauvallon with the Commune déléguée Saint-Jean-de-Touslas in the north, Dargoire in the north and northeast, Saint-Romain-en-Gier in the east, Trèves in the south and southeast, Longes in the south, and Châteauneuf in the southwest and Chabanière with the Commune deleguée Saint-Maurice-sur-Dargoire in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 218 | 269 | 279 | 290 | 366 | 596 | 720 | 821 |
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Attractions
- double lock on the canal from Givors to La Grand-Croix (built 1761–1781) for coal transport, until 1955 the lock system was used
Personalities
- Charles Bossut (1730-1814), mathematician
