Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Loire
Arrondissement of Montbrison

Montbrison

Montbrison is a subprefecture and commune of the department in central . Montbrison was the historical capital of the counts of ; today it is the principal city in Forez.
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  • Type: Town with 16,100 residents
  • Description: commune in Loire, France
  • Also known as: “42147”, “Montbréson”, and “Montbrison, Loire”
  • Postal code: 42600

Places of Interest

Highlights include Montbrison station and Couvent des Oratoriens de Montbrison.

Railway station
Photo: Davidl42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station.

Government office
Photo: Robin Chubret, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a government office.

Museum
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is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Savigneux and Écotay-l’Olme.

Village
Photo: Robin Chubret, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a commune in the department in central .

Village
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Écotay-l'Olme is a commune in the department in central .

Village
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is a commune in the department in central . is situated 4½ km north of Montbrison.

Montbrison

Latitude
45.6073° or 45° 36′ 26″ north
Longitude
4.0627° or 4° 3′ 46″ east
Population
16,100
Elevation
394 metres (1,293 feet)
Open location code
8FQ6J347+W3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26691549
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6454138
Wiki­data ID
Q213288
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Montbrison” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Montbrison”
  • Arabic: “مونتبريزون”
  • Aragonese: “Montbrison”
  • Arpitan: “Montbréson”
  • Asturian: “Montbrison”
  • Bambara: “Montbrison”
  • Basque: “Montbrison”
  • Bavarian: “Montbrison”
  • Breton: “Montbrison”
  • Bulgarian: “Монбризон”
  • Cajun French: “Montbrison”
  • Catalan: “Montbréson”
  • Catalan: “Montbrison”
  • Cebuano: “Montbrison, Loire”
  • Cebuano: “Montbrison”
  • Chechen: “МонбгӀизон”
  • Chinese: “Montbrison”
  • Chinese: “蒙布里松”
  • Corsican: “Montbrison”
  • Croatian: “Montbrison”
  • Czech: “Montbrison”
  • Danish: “Montbrison”
  • Dutch: “Moingt”
  • Dutch: “Montbréson”
  • Dutch: “Montbrison”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مونبريسون”
  • Esperanto: “Montbréson”
  • Esperanto: “Montbrison”
  • Estonian: “Montbrison”
  • Estonian: “Montbrisoni vald”
  • Faroese: “Montbrison”
  • Finnish: “Montbrison”
  • French: “Moingt”
  • French: “Montbréson”
  • French: “Montbrison”
  • Friulian: “Montbrison”
  • Galician: “Montbrison”
  • Georgian: “მონბრიზონი”
  • German: “Montbréson”
  • German: “Montbrison”
  • Greek: “Μονμπριζόν”
  • Hebrew: “מונבריסון”
  • Hungarian: “Montbrison”
  • Icelandic: “Montbrison”
  • Ido: “Montbrison”
  • Indonesian: “Montbrison”
  • Interlingua: “Montbrison”
  • Interlingue: “Montbrison”
  • Irish: “Montbrison”
  • Italian: “Montbréson”
  • Italian: “Montbrison”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Montbrison”
  • Japanese: “モンブリソン”
  • Japanese: “モンブリゾン”
  • Kabyle: “Montbrison”
  • Kalaallisut: “Montbrison”
  • Kongo: “Montbrison”
  • Kurdish: “Montbrison, Loire”
  • Kurdish: “Montbrison”
  • Ladin: “Montbrison”
  • Latin: “Monbrisonium”
  • Latin: “Montbrison”
  • Latvian: “Monbrizona”
  • Latvian: “Montbrison”
  • Ligurian: “Montbrison”
  • Limburgan: “Montbrison”
  • Lithuanian: “Montbrison”
  • Lombard: “Montbrison”
  • Low German: “Montbrison”
  • Luxembourgish: “Montbrison”
  • Macedonian: “Монбризон”
  • Mainfränkisch: “Montbrison”
  • Malagasy: “Montbrison”
  • Malay: “Montbrison”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Montbrison”
  • Minangkabau: “Montbrison”
  • Narom: “Montbrison”
  • Neapolitan: “Montbrison”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Montbrison”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Montbrison”
  • Norwegian: “Montbrison”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Montbréson”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Montbrison”
  • Papiamento: “Montbrison”
  • Persian: “مونبریسون”
  • Picard: “Montbrison”
  • Piemontese: “Montbrison”
  • Polish: “Montbrison”
  • Portuguese: “Montbrison”
  • Prussian: “Montbrison”
  • Romagnol: “Montbrison”
  • Romanian: “Montbrison, Loire”
  • Romanian: “Montbrison”
  • Romansh: “Montbrison”
  • Russian: “Монбризон”
  • Sardinian: “Montbrison”
  • Scots: “Montbrison”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Montbrison”
  • Serbian: “Montbrison”
  • Sicilian: “Montbrison”
  • Slovak: “Montbrison”
  • Slovenian: “Montbrison”
  • Spanish: “Montbréson”
  • Spanish: “Montbrison”
  • Swahili: “Montbrison”
  • Swedish: “Montbrison, Loire”
  • Swedish: “Montbrison”
  • Swiss German: “Montbrison”
  • Tatar: “Монбризон”
  • Turkish: “Montbrison”
  • Ukrainian: “Монбризон”
  • Ukrainian: “Монбрізон”
  • Uzbek: “Montbrison”
  • Venetian: “Montbrison”
  • Vietnamese: “Montbrison, Loire”
  • Vietnamese: “Montbrison”
  • Vlaams: “Montbrison”
  • Volapük: “Montbrison”
  • Walloon: “Montbrison”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Montbrison”
  • Welsh: “Montbrison”
  • Wolof: “Montbrison”
  • Zulu: “Montbrison”
  • “Montbrison”

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