Saint-Sauveur-en-Rue
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Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
Saint-Sauveur-en-Rue
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| Coordinates: 45°16′14″N 4°29′45″E / 45.2706°N 4.4958°ECoordinates: 45°16′14″N 4°29′45″E / 45.2706°N 4.4958°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Loire |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Étienne |
| Canton | Le Pilat |
| Intercommunality | Monts du Pilat |
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| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Charles Erick Barralon |
| Area1 | 30.26 km2 (11.68 sq mi) |
| Population (1999)2 | 1,105 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (95/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 42287 /42220 |
| Elevation | 600–1,359 m (1,969–4,459 ft) (avg. 730 m or 2,400 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Saint-Sauveur-en-Rue is a commune in the Loire department in central France.
Saint Sauveur en Rue is located in the south of the Parc Naturel Regional du Pilat, it is the southernmost town of the department of the Loire departement. Saint Sauveur is located 6 km from Haute-Loire departement, 10 km from the Ardèche departement.
The village is situated at the foot of Mont Pyfarat culminating a 1381 m above sea level and is located on the outskirts of the forest of Taillard. The village is situated at the foot of two pass mountains known throughout the region and even throughout France: Col de la République (by going to Saint Etienne) and the Col du Tracol (go to Le Puy en Velay). The town is on the border of sharing water. The village is also located below the bog Gimel. Saint Sauveur village which is particularly popular because the village is located on the obligatory passage for people who want to join the Rhone Valley (which is very attractive) of the Haute-Loire and vis-versa. The village is located at 22 km from Annonay and 25 km south of Saint-Étienne and 48 km from Yssingeaux.
The Déôme river, feeding the city Annonay, rises below the Tracol. The village is the highest village in the valley.
Saint-Sauveur-en-Rue is a pretty old town, which has particularly flourished in the Middle Ages. Indeed, Tracol was the gateway to the merchants from the Rhone Valley in Puy-en-Velay.
Complement "rUE" in its name probably comes from the name of the nearby castle of Ru, which may be named from the Germanic word "Ruda", which means clearing.
In 1061, the lord of Artaud Argental bequeathed his property to the monks of La Chaise-Dieu, for they build a priory Saint-Sauveur-en-Rue (1062-1401). Pilat is so sparsely populated.
Saint-Sauveur had fortifications which there are some remains near the retirement home, a watchtower and a door above the gym.
The town is surrounded by the fortified house of Ru and Bobigneux Castle (now a hostel).In the seventeenth century, were dug underground between the castles and churches of the canton.
The village has 35 cross, whose principal is on a rock, this is the cross of Perthuis or ascension. This cross is the most important because the procession stopped in front of the rock to the priest bless the participants. This cross pin is in the D503 at the place called the Griotet (above the industrial area). These crosses are built in the seventeenth century and have been preserved during the French Revolution by the villagers.
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