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District

Loire

Local name: Léger

Located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Coordinates: 45°28′18″ N 4°25′59″ E

Loire
D Villafruela · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Population
772,041
772K
Elevation
500 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Paris · UTC+01:00
Places inside
71
listed under Loire
When to go
June–September
See the climate
Airports
LYS Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport59 km
GNB Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport71 km

About Loire

Loire is a district. Location: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Population: 772,041.

From Wikipedia

Loire (; French pronunciation: [lwaʁ]; Arpitan: Lêre; Occitan: Léger or Leir) is a landlocked department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France occupying the river Loire's upper reaches. Its prefecture is Saint-Étienne. It had a population of 774,133 in 2023.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Built
1793
Area
4,781 km²
Official website
loire.gouv.fr

Source: Wikidata

Places bordering Loire

Population of Loire over time

Population of Loire over time
2015 759,411
2017 762,941
2018 763,441
2019 765,634
2020 768,508
2021 769,029
2022 772,041
2023 774,133

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Loire

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–September.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 10° · Night 3° · Rain 78 mm

Hottest month
July (day 26°)
Coldest month
January (night 0°)
Wettest month
May (96 mm)
Driest month
February (53 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table
Climate of Loire
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)6°8°11°13°18°22°26°25°21°16°10°7°
Average low (°C)0°1°3°4°9°12°14°14°11°8°3°1°
Precipitation (mm)625361779686677995947864

Other places to visit in this season: June July August September

How to get to Loire

The nearest airport is Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS), 59 km to the northeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Saint-Etienne, 5 km to the southwest.

Airports

  • Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS) Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône 59 kmnortheast
  • Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport (GNB) Grenoble 71 kmeast
  • Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport (CFE) Clermont-Ferrand 105 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Saint-Etienne Population: 176.3K 5 kmsouthwest
  • Lyon Population: 520.8K 45 kmnortheast
  • Villeurbanne Population: 131.4K 48 kmnortheast
  • Grenoble Population: 158.6K 106 kmeast
  • Clermont-Ferrand Population: 147.9K 110 kmwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Loire

Within 100 km: 162 historic and cultural sites, 695 natural sites, 248 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km92 places

  • Réservoir de Couzon Lake 15 kmE
  • Monts du Lyonnais Mountain 21 kmN
  • La Chaux de l'Égalet Mountain 16 kmSE
  • le Bois Paradis Mountain 16 kmSE

25–60 km346 places

  • Parc de la Tête d'Or Natural site 47 kmNE
  • Mont Plaux Mountain 56 kmSW
  • Rocher de Pierre Dure Mountain 45 kmW
  • Petit Lac Mountain 50 kmSW

60–100 km667 places

  • Puy Bien Mountain 65 kmNW
  • Bois Dieu Natural site 100 kmN
  • Étang des Vavres Lake 84 kmNE
  • Étang de Tabouret Lake 84 kmNE

Straight-line distances.

Places in Loire

71 places

Lakes, rivers & coasts11

Nature and heritage in Loire

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Sources & licences

Data last updated: · 2 independent sources