Loire is a landlocked department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France occupying the river Loire's upper reaches. Its prefecture is Saint-Étienne. It had a population of 774,133 in 2023.
Saint-Étienne, also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, 60 km southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes r
Loire (department)
…Léger or Leir) is a landlocked department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France occupying the river Loire's upper reaches. Its prefecture is Saint-Étienne. It had a population of 774,133 in 2023. Loire was created in 1793 when the Rhône-et-Loire département was split into two, about three years after it…
The Hôtel de Ville
Saint-Étienne Cathedral
Rochetaillée Castle
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, home of the AS Saint-Étienne football club