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Balbigny
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Balbigny is a commune in France, situated within the Loire department and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It lies in the arrondissement of Roanne and the canton of Néronde, while also being associated with the electoral district of the canton of Le Coteau. The municipality borders Saint-Marcel-de-Félines, Épercieux-Saint-Paul, Néronde, and Nervieux, and is located next to the Loire river.
The area of Balbigny is 16.98 square kilometers, with an elevation above sea level of 482 meters. Its population is recorded as 3,085, comprising 1,448 males and 1,517 females. The postal code for the commune is 42510.
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Place details
- Locality
- Balbigny
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 2,583
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Balbigny
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Balbigny (Loire, Fr) mairie.JPG
- French commune.caption
- Town hall
- French commune.arrondissement
- Roanne
- French commune.canton
- Le Coteau
- French commune.INSEE
- 42011
- French commune.postal code
- 42510
- French commune.mayor
- Gilles Dupin
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.elevation min m
- 314
- French commune.elevation max m
- 482
- French commune.area km2
- 16.98
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Mairie de Balbigny - Les montagnes du matin - Loire Forez (42)
Site officiel de la Mairie de Balbigny (42510) – Commune du département de la Loire et de la région Rhône-Alpes. Les habitants sont les Balbignois.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Balbigny
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Loire
- Population
- 2911
- Area
- 16.98
- Elevation
- 371
- Body of water
- Loire
- Shares border with
- Saint-Georges-de-Baroille
- Official website
- www.balbigny.fr
- Image
- Balbigny (Loire, Fr) mairie.JPG
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- Commons category
- Balbigny
- postal code
- 42510
- associated electoral district
- canton of Le Coteau
- male population
- 1448
- female population
- 1517
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-77-28-14-12
- fax number
- +33-4-77-27-20-02
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Population
- Twin towns
- See also
- References
Balbigny () is a commune in the Loire department in central France.
==History== Balbigny owes its name to a Roman general named Balbinius who based himself here in order to conduct a war. Nothing survives from this period. The earliest identified traces of Balbigny date from 1090.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Balbigny” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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