Forez

Saint-Étienne (; 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, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

Roanne (; ; ) is a commune in the Loire department, central France.

commune in Loire, France

Bas-en-Basset (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

Feurs (; ) is a commune in the department of Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

Aboën () is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Firminy (; ) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert () is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Bourg-Argental (; ; ) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Boën-sur-Lignon (, literally Boën on Lignon), formerly Boën, is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Riotord (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

French cheese

thumb|Coat of arms of Forez Forez (; ) is a former province of France, corresponding approximately to the central part of the modern Loire département and a part of the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme départements. thumb|Map of the Plain of Forez, 1894. The final "z" in Forez () is not pronounced in the Loire département; however, it is pronounced in the western part of the former province, essentially when referring to the correspondent Forez mountains (on the border between Puy-de-Dôme and Loire. The name is derived from the city of Feurs. Franco-Provençal is the language that was historically s

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French mountain region

French castle

Pierre-sur-Haute (; ) is the highest point of the Forez mountains (1,631 m) in the Massif Central, at the boundary of the Loire (Sauvain) and Puy-de-Dôme (Job) departments. It is also the highest point in the Loire department.

castle in the commune of Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert

castle in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France