Saint-Étienne

Also known as St. Etienne, Armes-Ville, Commune-d'Armes, Canton-d'Armes, Libre-Ville, St. Étienne, Sant Estève

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.

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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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Place details

Locality: Saint-Étienne
Region: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country: France
Population: 176,280
Timezone: Europe/Paris

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Key facts

French commune.name: Saint-Étienne
French commune.native name: (Franco-Provençal)
French commune.commune status: Prefecture and commune
French commune.image: Saint Etienne views.png
French commune.caption: From top to bottom, left to right: view from the Cité du Design, in the centre the Cité des Affaires and the One Station buildings, below the Musée de la Mine, the Place Jean Jaurès garden and the Place du Peuple.
French commune.arrondissement: Saint-Étienne
French commune.canton: Saint-Étienne-1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
French commune.intercommunality: Saint-Étienne Métropole
French commune.mayor: Gaël Perdriau
French commune.term: 2020–2026
French commune.party: LR
French commune.elevation m: 516
French commune.elevation min m: 422
French commune.elevation max m: 1117
French commune.area km2: 79.97
French commune.population ranking: 14th in France
French commune.INSEE: 42218
French commune.postal code: 42000, 42100, 42230

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Saint-Étienne-sur-Loire
Demonym: Stéphanoise
Population: 173136
Area: 79.97
Elevation: 654
Official website: www.saint-etienne.fr
Image: Vueste1.jpg

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Commons category: Saint-Étienne
postal code: 42230
native label: Saint-Étienne
time of earliest written record: 1258-00-00
Commons gallery: Saint-Étienne
social media followers: 19795
P8168: sandal
P12749: Grezzana
nickname: Sainté

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Travel guide

Understand

The city is on the Furan or Furens River, at the foot of the Pilat Massif. It is around 59 km (37 miles) southwest of Lyon and 53 km (33 miles) from Vienne.

Do

Football: AS Saint-Étienne were relegated in 2025 and now play soccer in Ligue 2, the second tier. Their home ground Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (capacity 42,000) is southeast of the centre, 1 km from Saint-Étienne-la-Terrasse railway station.

Connect

As of June 2022, Saint-Étienne has 5G from all French carriers.

Go next

The village of Firminy about 8 km southwest of Saint-Étienne is home to several buildings by the architect Le Corbusier. One of them, Maison de la culture de Firminy-Vert, is a .

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History
Demographics
Culture
Climate
Sport
Transport
Colleges and universities
Notable people
International relations
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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).