Districts of Saint-Etienne

The first installations of the borough were carried out at the 12th century with the construction of the castle of Saint-Priest. At the 15th century the village protected by ramparts counts 3000 inhabitants and develops around Grand' Église. The arrival of the road of Lyon - the Puy-en-Velay - Toulouse passing by Saint-Etienne allowed the urban development.

The city is composed then of the old core, strengthened at the previous century, but whose enclosure is now included in new construction industries. On the edges of Furan, the Pre one of the Fair (place of the People) is the new center of the city.

With the Lyon-the-Puy way, the city began its extension towards the West and Is at the 16th century and included/understood more than 20.000 inhabitants.

During the 17th century, the city is spread out little, but much rebuildings are carried out. At the 18th century, the architect-voyer Pierre-Antoine Dalgabio, projected the new master line of the modern city. He changed the orientation of city passing the East-West one with a North-South axis following the road of Paris - Annonay. He did not hesitate to make pass the main road through buildings, condemning them to the demolition. Sees which will gradually become the Grand' street.

With industrial and economic rise in 1855, Saint-Etienne became the chief town of the department.

The city then restricted within its communal limits decides to annex various communes bordering:

1855 : Beaubrun, Montaud, In addition to-Furens and Valbenoîte
1863: the city yields Planfoy (with Saint-Genest-Malifaux).

1969: the Saint-Victor-on-Loire (noncontiguous in Saint-Etienne, with the statute of common partner)
1970: Terrenoire
1973 : Rochetaillée (with the statute of common partner, 757 inhabitants in 1999)

Districts of Saint-Etienne

List districts

District of Saint-Victor