Villerest
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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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02Sights
- 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. 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.
03International relations
Villerest is twinned with:
- Piatra Neamţ, Romania and Storrington, West Sussex, England.
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Villerest loire.JPG by Jojovichy, CC BY-SA 3.0
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