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Roanne
Bridge over the Loire, Roanne
Coat of arms
Location of Roanne
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Coordinates: 46°00′40″N 4°02′27″E / 46.0112°N 4.0408°E / 46.0112; 4.0408
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Roanne
Canton	Roanne-1 Roanne-2
Intercommunality	Roannais Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2014 - 2020)	Yves Nicolin[1]
Area 1	16.12 km2 (6.22 sq mi)
Population  (2014)	35,200
• Density	2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi)
Demonym	Roannais
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42187 /42300
Elevation	257–304 m (843–997 ft) (avg. 281 m or 922 ft)
Website	www.aggloroanne.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Roanne is a French commune, a subprefecture in the Loire department in central France. It is in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Roanne.

The commune of Roanne is in the north of the Loire department and has an area of 16.1 km² (6.2 sq mi).^[2] The average altitude is 281 m (922 ft) and the city hall is an altitude of 278 m (912 ft).^[3]

The distances from Roanne to other cities are:

• Paris, the national capital - 401 km (249 mi);
• Lyon, the regional capital - 88 km (55 mi);
• Reims - 497 km (309 mi);
• Bordeaux - 503 km (313 mi);
• Toulouse - 504 km (313 mi);
• Montpellier - 385 km (239 mi);
• Strasbourg - 503 km (313 mi);
• Nantes - 566 km (352 mi);
• Marseille - 399 km (248 mi).

Roanne and its neighboring communes

The commune of Roanne is surrounded by the communes:

The Loire river flows through the city. Two of its tributaries: Renaison and Rhins, also flow through the city and join the Loire in Roanne.

The climate of Roanne, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.

The inhabitants of Roanne are known, in French, as Roannais (women: Roannaises).^[4]

With a population of 35,200,^[5] Roanne has a population density of 2,184 inhabitants/km², the highest density in the department.

Evolution of the population in Roanne

Roanne forms, with other 14 communes, the urban area of Roanne with a population of 80,098 inhabitants (2014) and an area of 185.9 km² (71.8 sq mi).^[6] This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Roanne, formed by 50 communes with a population of 107,348 inhabitants (2014) and an area of 807.0 km² (311.6 sq mi).^[7]

Roanne is a subprefecture of the Loire department, the capital of the arrondissement of Roanne and the administrative centre (French: chef-lieu) of two cantons:

1. Roanne-1, with 29,634 inhabitants (2014).
2. Roanne-2, with 29,843 inhabitants (2014).

It is part of the intercommunality Roannais Agglomération (French: Communauté d'agglomération Roannais Agglomération).

Roanne is twinned with:

• Nuneaton and Bedworth, United Kingdom
• Reutlingen, Germany
• Guadalajara, Spain
• Montevarchi, Italy
• Piatra Neamţ, Romania
• Legnica, Poland

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  View of the city.
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  Justice Palace of Roanne.
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  Notre Dame des Victoires church.
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  Roanne train station.
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  The Maréchal Foch street.
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  Port of Roanne.

• Arrondissement of Roanne
• Communes of the Loire department

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roanne.

• City of Roanne website Archived 2016-06-05 at Archive.today (in French)
• Roannais tourisme Archived 2018-08-28 at the Wayback Machine