Villemontais

Villemontais
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Roanne
Canton	Renaison
Community association	Roannais agglomeration
Coordinates	45 ° 59 ′  N , 3 ° 57 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 59 ′  N , 3 ° 57 ′  E
height	397-946 m
surface	12.73 km 2
Residents	1,017 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	80 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	42155
INSEE code	42331
Aerial view of Villemontais

Villemontais is a French commune with 1,017 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Villemontais is part of the Roanne arrondissement and the Renaison canton (until 2015: Roanne-Sud canton ).

geography

Villemontais is located about eleven kilometers southwest of Roanne in the Côte Roannaise wine region . Villemontais is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Alban-les-Eaux in the north, Lentigny in the east, Saint-Jean-Saint-Maurice-sur-Loire in the south and south-east, Cherier in the west and south-west and Arcon in the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	727	742	800	926	887	935	941	1017
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

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