Saint-Étienne

Saint-Étienne (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃t‿etjɛn]; Arpitan: Sant-Etiève; Scots: Saunt Stephen) is a ceety in eastren central Fraunce. It is locatit in the Massif Central, 60 km (37.28 mi) soothwast o Lyon in the Rhône-Alpes region, alang the trunk road that connects Toulouse wi Lyon. Saint-Étienne is the caipital o the Loire département an haes a population o approximately 178,500 in the ceety itsel expandin tae wer 317,000 in the metropolitan aurie (2007). Internaitional relations Saint-Étienne is twinned wi: Annaba, Algerie, syne 1981 Banská Bystrica, Slovakie, syne 2006 Ben Arous, Tunisie, syne 1994 Coventry, United Kingdom, since 1955 Des Moines, Unitit States, syne 1984 Ferrara, Italy, syne 1960 Fes, Morocco, syne 2006 Geltendorf, Germany, since 1966 Granby, Canadae, syne 1960 Katowice, Poland, syne 1994 Luhansk, Ukraine, syne 1959 Nazareth Illit, Israel, syne 1974 Oeiras, Portugal, syne 1995 Patras, Greece, syne 1990 Toamasina, Madagascar, syne 1967 Warsaw, Poland, syne 1995 Windsor, Canadae, syne 1963 Wuppertal, Germany, syne 1960 Xúzhōu, Cheenae, syne 1984 Chandigarh, Indie, syne 2005 References INSEE commune file Notes Freemit airtins Ceety cooncil wabsteid Tourist board offeecial wabsteid Archived 2008-12-20 at the Wayback Machine Template:Préfecturs o départements o Fraunce