Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 4,243 (1999) | Area 14.82 km² | |
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Intercommunality Communauté d'agglomération Grand Roanne Agglomération | ||
Barrage de villerest 42300
Villerest is a commune in the Loire department in central France. It is a Medieval-era commune located just South of the city of Roanne. The village is bordered by the Loire and contains Le Barrage de Villerest, a hydroelectric dam that also prevents flooding along the Loire. This dam also creates a man made lake, the Lac de Villerest. The village itself contains many buildings from the Middle Ages. These include numerous houses, and the Eglise de Saint-Priest. Maybe most famous from this time period would be the ramparts that are still mostly intact today.
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Map of 42300 Villerest, France
Twin towns - sister cities
Villerest is twinned with:
References
Villerest Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA