Title: Roanne Content: Roanne is a French commune, a subprefecture in the Loire department in central France. It is in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Roanne. ==Geography== The commune of Roanne is in the north of the Loire department and has an area of . The average altitude is and the city hall is an altitude of . The distances from Roanne to other cities are: * Paris, the national capital - ; * Lyon, the regional capital - ; * Reims - ; * Bordeaux - ; * Toulouse - ; * Montpellier - ; * Strasbourg - ; * Nantes - ; * Marseille - .  The commune of Roanne is surrounded by the communes: The Loire river flows through the city. Two of its tributaries: Renaison and Rhins, also flow through the city and join the Loire in Roanne. ===Climate=== The climate of Roanne, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers. ==Population== The inhabitants of Roanne are known, in French, as Roannais (women: Roannaises). With a population of 35,200, Roanne has a population density of inhabitants/km2, the highest density in the department. Evolution of the population in Roanne Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:60000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:5000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:2500 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1968 text:1968 bar:1975 text:1975 bar:1982 text:1982 bar:1990 text:1990 bar:1999 text:1999 bar:2006 text:2006 bar:2014 text:2014 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1968 from:0 till: 53381 bar:1975 from:0 till: 55195 bar:1982 from:0 till: 48705 bar:1990 from:0 till: 41756 bar:1999 from:0 till: 38896 bar:2006 from:0 till: 36126 bar:2014 from:0 till: 35200 PlotData= bar:1968 at: 53381 fontsize:S text: 53,381 shift:(-12,5) bar:1975 at: 55195 fontsize:S text: 55,195 shift:(-18,5) bar:1982 at: 48705 fontsize:S text: 48,705 shift:(-18,5) bar:1990 at: 41756 fontsize:S text: 41,756 shift:(-18,5) bar:1999 at: 38896 fontsize:S text: 38,896 shift:(-18,5) bar:2006 at: 36126 fontsize:S text: 36,126 shift:(-18,5) bar:2014 at: 35200 fontsize:S text: 35,200 shift:(-18,5) Roanne forms, with other 14 communes, the urban area of Roanne with a population of 80,098 inhabitants (2014) and an area of . This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Roanne, formed by 50 communes with a population of 107,348 inhabitants (2014) and an area of . == Administration == Roanne is a subprefecture of the Loire department, the capital of the arrondissement of Roanne and the administrative centre  of two cantons: # Roanne-1, with 29,634 inhabitants (2014). # Roanne-2, with 29,843 inhabitants (2014). It is part of the intercommunality Roannais Agglomération . === Twinned and partner towns === Roanne is twinned with: * Nuneaton and Bedworth, United Kingdom * Reutlingen, Germany * Guadalajara, Spain * Montevarchi, Italy * Piatra Neamţ, Romania * Legnica, Poland ==Gallery== File:Roanne Vue du Ciel.jpg|View of the city. File:Palais de Justice Roanne (2008).jpg|Justice Palace of Roanne. File:Chapelle Notre Dame des Victoires2.jpg|Notre Dame des Victoires church. File:Gare de Roanne-2015.jpg|Roanne train station. File:Rues Piétonnes Maréchal Foch Roanne.jpg|The Maréchal Foch street. File:Le Port de Roanne (1).jpg|Port of Roanne. ==Related pages== * Arrondissement of Roanne * Communes of the Loire department