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Balbigny
Balbigny () is a commune in the Loire department in central France.
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Place details
- Locality
- Balbigny
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 2,583
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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.
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