Saint-Étienne

Saint-Étienne (; ; ) is a ceety in eastren central Fraunce. It is locatit in the Massif Central,  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 


Category:Massif Central
Category:Communes o Loire (depairtment)
Category:Prefecturs in Fraunce