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Saint-Étienne
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Saint-Étienne (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿etjɛn]; Arpitan: Sant-Etiève; Scots: Saunt Stephen) is a ceety in eastren central Fraunce. It is locatit in the Massif Central, 60 km (37.28 mi) soothwast o Lyon in the Rhône-Alpes region, alang the trunk road that connects Toulouse wi Lyon. Saint-Étienne is the caipital o the Loire département an haes a population o approximately 178,500 in the ceety itsel expandin tae wer 317,000 in the metropolitan aurie (2007).
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Saint-Étienne | |
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Coordinates: 45°26′05″N 4°23′25″E | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Depairtment | Loire |
Canton | Chief toun o 9 cantons |
Intercommunality | Saint-Étienne Métropole |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor (syne Mairch 2008) | Maurice Vincent (PS) |
Area 1 | 79.97 km2 (30.88 sq mi) |
Population (2007 estimate)2 | 178,530 |
• Rank | 16t in Fraunce |
• Density | 2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET (GMT +1)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 42218 /42000, 42100 |
Elevation | 422–1,117 m (1,385–3,665 ft) (avg. 516 m or 1,693 ft) |
Website | http://www.saint-etienne.fr/ |
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. |
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