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Montbrison is a commune in France, situated in the Loire department within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It serves as the capital of the arrondissement of Montbrison and the canton of Montbrison. The town has a population of 16,297, comprising 7,246 males and 8,395 females. Its area is 16.33 square kilometers, and it is located at an elevation of 552 meters above sea level.
The commune shares borders with Champdieu, Bard, Écotay-l'Olme, and Essertines-en-Châtelneuf. Montbrison is twinned with Sežana. The local postal code is 42600, and the official website for the municipality is ville-montbrison.fr.
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Place details
- Locality
- Montbrison
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 16,164
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Official website
Ville de Montbrison | Loire (42) | Rhône-Alpes
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Montbrison
- Country
- France
- Population
- 16123
- Area
- 16.33
- Elevation
- 407
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Champdieu
- Official website
- www.ville-montbrison.fr
- Image
- Montbrison in 2007 - 01.JPG
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- twinned administrative body
- Sežana
- topic's main category
- Category:Montbrison, Loire
- Commons category
- Montbrison
- postal code
- 42600
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Montbrison
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Montbrison, Loire
- associated electoral district
- canton of Montbrison
- male population
- 7246
- female population
- 8395
- P8168
- Johann Rudolf Huber
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-77-96-18-18
- fax number
- +33-4-77-58-00-16
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Encyclopedic overview
Montbrison ( French pronunciation: [mɔ̃bʁizɔ̃]; Arpitan: Montbréson) is a subprefecture and commune of the Loire department in central France. Montbrison was the historical capital of the counts of Forez; today it is the principal city in Forez.
The city gives its name to the popular blue cheese Fourme de Montbrison, which has been made in the region for centuries. It received appellation d'origine contrôlée status in 1972.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Montbrison” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.