Villerest
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Roanne | |
| Canton | Roanne-2 | |
| Community association | Roannais agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 0 ′ N , 4 ° 2 ′ E | |
| height | 261-426 m | |
| surface | 14.82 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,902 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 331 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 42300 | |
| INSEE code | 42332 | |
| Website | http://www.villerest.fr/ | |
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Villerest is a French municipality with 4902 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Villerest belongs to the Arrondissement of Roanne and the Canton of Roanne-2 .
geography
Villerest is located about 65 km west-northwest of Lyon on the Loire , which forms the Lac de Villerest here, a few kilometers southwest of Roanne . Villerest is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Riorges in the north, Roanne in the northeast, Commelle-Vernay in the east, Saint-Jean-Saint-Maurice-sur-Loire in the south and southwest, Lentigny in the west and Ouches in the northwest.
Villerest is located in the Côte Roannaise wine region .
history
Villerest was already a settlement in the Iron Age. However, it gained importance as an important place of the Gallic tribe of the Segusiaves. With the establishment of a Benedictine abbey in 910, the place then also became important from a clerical point of view.
Population development
| year | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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| Residents | 1,076 | 1,039 | 1,286 | 1,524 | 1,743 | 2,239 | 2,928 | 4,104 | 4,243 | 4,392 | 4,666 |
Community partnerships
Partnerships exist with the Romanian parish of Piatra Neamț and the British parish of Storrington in West Sussex (England).
Attractions
- Champlong Castle
- medieval town center with fortification wall and Port de Bise city gate
- Villerest dam, which regulates the water level of Lac de Villerest (built in 1978, in service as a pumped storage power plant since 1984)
- Saint-Priest-et-Saint-Jean-Baptiste church from the 12th century, a historic monument since 1982
- Romanesque chapel Saint-Sulpice from the 12th century with stained glass
- Bridge over the Loire from 1906
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