Villerest

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Villerest

|commune status = Commune

|image = Villerest loire.JPG

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Villerest (Loire).svg

|arrondissement = Roanne

|canton = Roanne-2

|INSEE = 42332

|postal code = 42300

|mayor = Philippe Perron{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Roannais Agglomération

|coordinates = {{coord|45.9942|4.0372|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 360

|elevation min m = 261

|elevation max m = 426

|area km2 = 14.82

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Villerest ({{IPA|fr|vilʁɛ}}; {{langx|frp|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.

Population

{{Historical populations

|align = none

|cols = 2

|percentages = pagr

|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|40416|Villerest }} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-42332#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|1793 |950

|1800 |435

|1806 |546

|1821 |587

|1831 |964

|1836 |1030

|1841 |976

|1846 |1006

|1851 |1031

|1856 |1130

|1861 |1211

|1866 |1208

|1872 |1207

|1876 |1227

|1881 |1230

|1886 |1281

|1891 |1270

|1896 |1218

|1901 |1204

|1906 |1201

|1911 |1149

|1921 |976

|1926 |1034

|1931 |1127

|1936 |1076

|1946 |1039

|1954 |1286

|1962 |1524

|1968 |1743

|1975 |2239

|1982 |2928

|1990 |4104

|1999 |4243

|2007 |4414

|2012 |4696

|2017 |4902

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.villerest.fr/presentation/histoire-et-patrimoine/le-moyen-age-naissance-et-vie-d-un-bourg-fortifie.html|title=Villerest - Station Verte|first=e-Obs|last=Technologies}} 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:

  • {{Flagicon|ROM}} Piatra Neamţ, Romania{{cite web|url=http://www.piatra-neamt.net/en/twin_towns.php|title=Piatra Neamţ - Twin Towns|publisher=© 2007-2008 piatra-neamt.net|access-date=2009-09-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091116145101/http://www.piatra-neamt.net/en/twin_towns.php|archive-date=2009-11-16}} and Storrington, West Sussex, England.{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2625117|title=Geograph:: Twinning plaque in Storrington village... (C) Basher Eyre}}

See also

References

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Category:Communes of Loire (department)

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