Rhône-Alpes, France · Europe
Saint-Étienne sits on the route: 5 minutes from La Ricamarie, 58km from Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe.
Saint-Étienne is in Rhône-Alpes, France, with about 180,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is La Ricamarie, about 4 km away.
Saint-Étienne (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿etjɛn] ; Franco-Provençal: Sant-Etiève), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, 60 km (37 mi) southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Saint-Étienne is the thirteenthRead more
most populated commune in France and the second most populated commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Its metropolis (métropole), Saint-Étienne Métropole, is the second most populous regional metropolis after Lyon. The commune is also at the heart of a vast metropolitan area with 503,351 inhabitants (2023), the eighteenth largest in France by population, comprising 105 communes. Its inhabitants are known as Stéphanois (masculine) and Stéphanoises (feminine).
Long known as the French city of the "weapon, cycle and ribbon" and a major coal mining centre, Saint-Étienne is currently engaged in a vast urban renewal program aimed at leading the transition from the industrial city inherited from the 19th century to the "design capital" of the 21st century. This approach was recognised with the entry of Saint-Étienne into the UNESCO Creative Cities network in 2010. The city is currently undergoing renewal, with the installation of the Châteaucreux business district, the ‘Steel’ retail complex and the manufacturing creative district.
The city is known for its football club AS Saint-Étienne, which won the Ligue 1 title ten times between 1956/57 and 1980/81).
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Within an hour or so of Saint-Étienne: Musee de l'Automobile Henri Malartre (58 km), Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe (58 km).
The nearest famous roads are Combe Laval Balcony Road, Route Nationale 7 and Col du Grand Colombier.
Saint-Étienne is in Rhône-Alpes, France, about 4 km from La Ricamarie.
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