Saint-Héand | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Saint-Héand (Loire).svg |
Arrondissement: | Saint-Étienne |
Canton: | Sorbiers |
Insee: | 42234 |
Postal Code: | 42570 |
Mayor: | Jean-Claude Crapart[1] |
Term: | 2022 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Saint-Étienne Métropole |
Coordinates: | 45.5294°N 4.3736°W |
Elevation M: | 680 |
Elevation Min M: | 467 |
Elevation Max M: | 870 |
Area Km2: | 31.3 |
Saint-Héand (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃.t‿eɑ̃/) is a commune in the Loire department in central France,[2] 12 kilometres from Saint-Étienne.
The name Héand comes from the Latin Eugendus; and was given to the town either by the saint himself when founding a monastery, or by pilgrims bringing relics there.[3]
Saint-Héand is twinned with Ingelfingen, Germany, since 1991.