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Saint-Junien
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Saint-Junien (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France. Its sister city is Jumet, Belgium.
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Saint-Junien is a commune in France, situated in the Haute-Vienne department and the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It serves as the capital of the cantons of Saint-Junien, Saint-Junien-Est, and Saint-Junien-Ouest. The town is located within the arrondissement of Rochechouart and shares borders with Brigueuil, Étagnac, Saulgond, and Chaillac-sur-Vienne. The Vienne river is located near the commune.
The area of Saint-Junien is 56.82 square kilometers, with an elevation above sea level of 317 meters. Its population is recorded as 11,539, comprising 5,174 males and 6,028 females. The official name is Saint-Junien, also referred to as Junien-la-Montagne. The postal code is 87200, and the timezone is Europe/Paris. Saint-Junien is twinned with Wendelstein and Gmina Żukowo.
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Place details
- Locality
- Saint-Junien
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 11,553
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Saint-Junien
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Collegiale-saint-junien-87.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Collegiate church
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Heraldique blason ville fr Saint Junien.svg
- French commune.INSEE
- 87154
- French commune.postal code
- 87200
- French commune.arrondissement
- Rochechouart
- French commune.canton
- Saint-Junien
- French commune.mayor
- Hervé Beaudet
- French commune.term
- 2024–2026
- French commune.elevation min m
- 157
- French commune.elevation max m
- 317
- French commune.area km2
- 56.82
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Site officiel de la Mairie de Saint-Junien
Site officiel de la Mairie de Saint-Junien. La ville de Saint-Junien, deuxième ville de la Haute-Vienne, est ville porte du Parc Naturel Périgord-Limousin en Nouvelle Aquitaine
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Junien-la-Montagne
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Rochechouart
- Population
- 11382
- Area
- 56.82
- Elevation
- 241
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Vienne
- Capital of
- canton of Saint-Junien
- Shares border with
- Oradour-sur-Glane
- Official website
- www.saint-junien.fr
- Image
- Hotel-de-ville-saint-junien-87.jpg
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- Commons category
- Saint-Junien
- twinned administrative body
- Gmina Żukowo
- postal code
- 87200
- native label
- Saint-Junien
- associated electoral district
- canton of Saint-Junien
- male population
- 5174
- female population
- 6028
- P8168
- Aralia
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-55-43-06-80
- fax number
- +33-5-55-02-42-88
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Prominent locals
- Curiosity
- Climate
- See also
- References
- External links
Saint-Junien (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France. Its sister city is Jumet, Belgium.
==History== The history of Saint-Junien began in AD 500, when an ascetic of Hungarian origin, Saint Amand, chose to live on the north bank of the Vienne River at a place called Comodoliac.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saint-Junien” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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