Roanne

**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**

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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

## References
## Other websites
* City of Roanne website  
* Roannais tourisme