Saint-Étienne
Sign in to saveSaint-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.
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Saint-Étienne is a city in east-central France that serves as the administrative center of the Loire département, located southwest of Lyon in the Massif Central mountains. It is historically and administratively significant as a regional prefecture in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
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- Locality
- Saint-Étienne
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 176,280
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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.
Saint-Étienne is the thirteenth most populated commune in France and the second most populated commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Its metropolis (métropole), Saint-Étienne Métropole, is the second most populous regional metropolis after Lyon. The commune is also at the heart of a vast metropolitan area with 406,868 inhabitants (2020), the eighteenth largest in France by population, comprising 105 communes. Its inhabitants are known as Stéphanois (masculine) and Stéphanoises (feminine).