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Pélussin
Sign in to savePélussin () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Pélussin is made up of three districts: Notre-Dame, Les Croix and at the very top, Virieu.
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Pélussin is a commune in France, situated within the Loire department and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It serves as the administrative center for the canton of Pélussin and has at various times been the capital of the canton of Le Pilat. The municipality is located in the arrondissement of Saint-Étienne and shares borders with Bessey, Chavanay, Chuyer, and Doizieux.
The commune covers an area of 32.16 square kilometers and has a population of 3,878, comprising 1,822 males and 1,943 females. Its postal code is 42410. The elevation above sea level is recorded as 1340.
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Place details
- Locality
- Pélussin
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 3,441
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Pélussin
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Pelussin Chateau Virieu.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Chateau
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville pelussin loire.svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Saint-Étienne
- French commune.canton
- Le Pilat
- French commune.INSEE
- 42168
- French commune.postal code
- 42410
- French commune.mayor
- Michel Devrieux
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Pilat rhodanien
- French commune.elevation m
- 417
- French commune.elevation min m
- 240
- French commune.elevation max m
- 1340
- French commune.area km2
- 32.16
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Pélussin
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Saint-Étienne
- Population
- 3726
- Area
- 32.16
- Elevation
- 626
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- canton of Le Pilat
- Shares border with
- Pavezin
- Official website
- www.pelussin.fr
- Image
- Pélussin (42).JPG
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- Commons category
- Pélussin
- postal code
- 42410
- associated electoral district
- canton of Le Pilat
- male population
- 1822
- female population
- 1943
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-74-87-62-02
- fax number
- +33-4-74-87-70-12
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Population
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- References
Pélussin () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Pélussin is made up of three districts: Notre-Dame, Les Croix and at the very top, Virieu.
==Population==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pélussin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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