Villars (French pronunciation: [vilaʁ]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.
Villars | |
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Commune | |
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.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Villars  | |
  Villars  Villars | |
| Coordinates: 45°28′11″N 4°21′19″E / 45.4697°N 4.3553°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Loire |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Étienne |
| Canton | Saint-Étienne-4 |
| Intercommunality | Saint-Étienne Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jordan Da Silva[1] |
| Area 1 | 5.72 km2 (2.21 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 7,783 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 42330 /42390 |
| Elevation | 428–600 m (1,404–1,969 ft) (avg. 480 m or 1,570 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Villars is a former mining town.
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Twin towns edit
Halberstadt, Germany, since 15 November 2003
Torredembarra, Spain, since 2 September 1984
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Villars, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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