Villerest Explained
Villerest |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Villerest (Loire).svg |
Arrondissement: | Roanne |
Canton: | Roanne-2 |
Insee: | 42332 |
Postal Code: | 42300 |
Mayor: | Philippe Perron[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Roannais Agglomération |
Coordinates: | 45.9942°N 4.0372°W |
Elevation M: | 360 |
Elevation Min M: | 261 |
Elevation Max M: | 426 |
Area Km2: | 14.82 |
Villerest (in French pronounced as /vilʁɛ/; 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.
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.[2] 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
Notes and References
- Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
- Web site: Villerest - Station Verte. e-Obs. Technologies.
- Web site: Piatra Neamţ - Twin Towns. © 2007-2008 piatra-neamt.net. 2009-09-27. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091116145101/http://www.piatra-neamt.net/en/twin_towns.php. 2009-11-16.
- Web site: Geograph:: Twinning plaque in Storrington village... (C) Basher Eyre.