Villerest
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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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.
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| Coordinates: 45°59′39″N 4°02′14″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Loire |
| Arrondissement | Roanne |
| Canton | Roanne-2 |
| Intercommunality | Roannais Agglomération |
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| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Perron[1] |
Area 1 | 14.82 km2 (5.72 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 5,172 |
| • Density | 349.0/km2 (903.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 42332 /42300 |
| Elevation | 261–426 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. | |
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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:
