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Villerest

Coordinates: 45°59′39″N 4°02′14″E / 45.9942°N 4.0372°E / 45.9942; 4.0372
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Villerest
Commune
Coat of arms of Villerest
Location of Villerest
Map
Villerest is located in France
Villerest
Villerest
Villerest is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Villerest
Villerest
Coordinates: 45°59′39″N 4°02′14″E / 45.9942°N 4.0372°E / 45.9942; 4.0372
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentLoire
ArrondissementRoanne
CantonRoanne-2
IntercommunalityRoannais Agglomération
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Philippe Perron[1]
Area
1
14.82 km2 (5.72 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
5,170
 • Density350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
42332 /42300
Elevation261–426 m (856–1,398 ft)
(avg. 360 m or 1,180 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villerest (French pronunciation: [vilʁɛ]; Arpitan: Vilarês) is a commune in the Loire department in central France. It is a Medieval-era commune located just south of the city of Roanne. The village is bordered by the river Loire.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 950—    
1800 435−10.56%
1806 546+3.86%
1821 587+0.48%
1831 964+5.09%
1836 1,030+1.33%
1841 976−1.07%
1846 1,006+0.61%
1851 1,031+0.49%
1856 1,130+1.85%
1861 1,211+1.39%
1866 1,208−0.05%
1872 1,207−0.01%
1876 1,227+0.41%
1881 1,230+0.05%
1886 1,281+0.82%
1891 1,270−0.17%
1896 1,218−0.83%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 1,204−0.23%
1906 1,201−0.05%
1911 1,149−0.88%
1921 976−1.62%
1926 1,034+1.16%
1931 1,127+1.74%
1936 1,076−0.92%
1946 1,039−0.35%
1954 1,286+2.70%
1962 1,524+2.15%
1968 1,743+2.26%
1975 2,239+3.64%
1982 2,928+3.91%
1990 4,104+4.31%
1999 4,243+0.37%
2007 4,414+0.50%
2012 4,696+1.25%
2017 4,902+0.86%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Sights

  • Le Barrage de Villerest, a hydroelectric dam that also prevents flooding along the Loire. This dam also creates a reservoir, the Lac de Villerest.
  • The village itself contains many buildings from the Middle Ages.[5] These include numerous houses, and the Eglise de Saint-Priest. Maybe most famous from this time period are the ramparts that are still mostly intact today.

International relations

Villerest is twinned with:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Villerest, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ^ Technologies, e-Obs. "Villerest - Station Verte".
  6. ^ "Piatra Neamţ - Twin Towns". © 2007-2008 piatra-neamt.net. Archived from the original on 16 November 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  7. ^ "Geograph:: Twinning plaque in Storrington village... (C) Basher Eyre".