Villerest (French pronunciation: [vilʁɛ]; Arpitan: Vilarês) is a commune in the Loire department in central France. It is a Medieval-era commune located just south of the city of Roanne. The village is bordered by the river Loire.
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Sights
- Le Barrage de Villerest, a hydroelectric dam that also prevents flooding along the Loire. This dam also creates a reservoir, the Lac de Villerest.
- The village itself contains many buildings from the Middle Ages.[5] These include numerous houses, and the Eglise de Saint-Priest. Maybe most famous from this time period are the ramparts that are still mostly intact today.
International relations
Villerest is twinned with:
See also
References
- ^ “Répertoire national des élus: les maires”. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ “Populations de référence 2023” (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d’aujourd’hui: Commune data sheet Villerest, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- ^ Technologies, e-Obs. “Villerest – Station Verte”.
- ^ “Piatra Neamţ – Twin Towns”. © 2007-2008 piatra-neamt.net. Archived from the original on 16 November 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
- ^ “Geograph:: Twinning plaque in Storrington village… (C) Basher Eyre”.
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