Loire (department)

Loire (/lwɑːr/; French pronunciation: [lwaʁ]; Arpitan: Lêre; Occitan: Léger or Leir) is a landlocked département 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 765,634 in 2019.

This article is about the department. For the river after which the department is named, see Loire.
Not to be confused with Loiret, a French department in Centre-Val de Loire.

Loire
Lêre (Arpitan)
Léger (Occitan)
Department of France
Montbrison in 2007
Flag
Coat of arms
Location of Loire in France
Coordinates: 45°05′N 04°05′E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
PrefectureSaint-Étienne
SubprefecturesMontbrison
Roanne
Government
 • President of the Departmental CouncilGeorges Ziegler (LR)
Area
1
 • Total4,781 km2 (1,846 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total769,029
 • Rank30th
 • Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
DemonymLigerians
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Department number42
Arrondissements3
Cantons21
Communes323
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2
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