Rive-de-Gier is a commune in the Loire department in central France.
View from the northwest
Games on the canal basin
Duralumin factory
Marrel frères Etaings factory in Châteauneuf
The Gier is a French river that flows in a northeast direction through the Loire and Rhône departments. It is a tributary of the Rhône, which it enters from the right bank. The Gier valley was formerly heavily industrialized with coal and iron mines and factories.
Le saut du Gier waterfalls
Le Gier at its confluence with the Rhône at Givors
Rive-de-Gier around 1900, with the Gier running through the town