Departement de la Loire (Loire), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

County Snapshot

Loire at a glance

Loire currently has 82 quality-checked populated place pages linked on MapSof, making it easier to jump from the county overview into local city pages.

Browse county places

Mapped populated places

82

These counts use a stricter populated-place filter so the main lists stay focused on real city and town pages.

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes counties

12

Open related pages

Largest city

Saint-Étienne

Population 172,565

Top linked places

Saint-Étienne 172,565 Saint-Chamond 34,967 Roanne 34,366 Firminy 17,135

Country	France
State	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (France)
Latitude & Longitude	45.4717,4.4330
Time Zone	Europe/Paris
Local time	12:23:27 (16th April 2026)

Geography

Loire is located at 45°28'18"N 4°25'59"E (45.4716900, 4.4329800).