Saint-Etienne

​Saint-Etienne  is a city in eastern central France, in the Massif Central, 55 km southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region, on the trunk road that connects Toulouse with Lyon. Saint-Etienne is the capital of the Loire department and has a population of approximately 172,023 (2013) in the city itself and over 508,000 in the metropolitan area (2011).

In the last years Saint-Etienne made important transformations for transitioning from a 19th century industrial city to the 21st century "European capital of design". This approach led to important urban renovations of the main districts of the city.​

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