Monistrol-sur-Loire

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Monistrol-sur-Loire

Total population

8,925

Elevation434 m

Land area48.25 km²

WeatherAvg high 60°F

Coordinates45.29°, 4.17°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Monistrol-sur-Loire is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Maurice Duplay

French carpenter, and revolutionary (1736-1820)

Yvan Bourgis

French footballer

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Jean-Baptiste Bouchardon

French architect and sculptor (1667-1742)

Armand-François-Marie de Charbonnel

Catholic bishop (1802-1891)

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Claude-Jean Allouez

French missionary (1622-1689)

Gabriel Tyr

French painter (1817-1868)

Gérard Feldzer

French aviator

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Jacques-Marie Muthuon

French engineer (1757-1830)

Jean-Gabriel Coignet

French sculptor

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Jean Proriol

French politician

Joseph Marcelin Rulhières

French general (1787-1862)

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Robert Bouvard

French politician (1901–1992)

Roland Romeyer

French association football player

Gauseran de Saint-Leidier

French troubadour

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Jeanne Fontbonne

French nun (1759-1843)

Paul Durieu

French Catholic missionary bishop (1830–1899)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

• Sainte-Sigolène
  4.6 mi away · pop. 6,023
• Fraisses
  8 mi away · pop. 3,779
• Dunières
  9.9 mi away · pop. 2,631
• Le Chambon-Feugerolles
  10.3 mi away · pop. 12,066
• Yssingeaux
  10.6 mi away · pop. 7,345
• Saint-Genest-Lerpt
  13.2 mi away · pop. 6,183
• Saint-Priest-en-Jarez
  16 mi away · pop. 6,164
• Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds
  17.1 mi away · pop. 6,563
• La Talaudière
  18 mi away · pop. 7,073
• Saint-Pierre-sur-Doux
  18.5 mi away · pop. 112
• Le Monestier
  18.6 mi away · pop. 61
• Bourg-Argental
  18.9 mi away · pop. 2,949

Browse all places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

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