Loire

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Crossed by the famous wild river that carries the same name, the Loire département offers visitors a great variety of landscapes ranging from the hills, plateaus and mountains of the Pilat massif, to the mounts and plain of Forez, through the Loire gorges. Besides these beautiful natural sites, the Loire is also home to a beautiful built heritage that can be discovered through its castles, of its religious buildings, its medieval villages and its city of Art and History, Saint-Etienne.

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	The Loire gorges The Grangent lake The Pilat Regional Nature Park Saint-Étienne Charlieu The Bastie-d'Urfé castle Montbrison Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez The Couzan castle The Forez mounts Saint-Maurice-sur-Loire Saint-Haon-le-Châtel Saint-Bonnet-le-Château	The Saint-Romain-le-Puy priory Saint-Galmier Roanne Pommiers The La Roche castle Montrond-les-Bains The Champdieu church The fourme de Montbrison

TOWNS
	Renaison Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez Unieux Saint-Chamond Burdignes Chambles Nervieux Cordelle Montbrison	Sury-le-Comtal Feurs Saint-Christo-en-Jarez Montverdun Noailly La Bénisson-Dieu La Gresle Pélussin All towns in the Loire

PHOTOS
	Bastie-d'Urfé castle Champdieu church Charlieu Couzan castle Essalois castle Forez mounts Grangent lake La Roche castle Landscapes of Loire Loire gorges	Montbrison Pilat Regional Nature Park Pommiers Roanne Saint-Bonnet-le-Château Saint-Étienne Saint-Haon-le-Châtel Saint-Maurice-sur-Loire Saint-Romain-le-Puy priory Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez

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