Feurs | |
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Commune | |
 The church with a statue ofMichel Combes in the foreground | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Feurs  | |
  Feurs  Feurs | |
| Coordinates:45°44′30″N4°13′36″E / 45.7417°N 4.2267°E /45.7417; 4.2267 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Loire |
| Arrondissement | Montbrison |
| Canton | Feurs |
| Intercommunality | Forez-Est |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2022–2026) | Marianne Darfeuille[1] |
Area 1 | 24.39 km2 (9.42 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 8,370 |
| • Density | 340/km2 (890/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Forézien·ne |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 42094 /42110 |
| Elevation | 327–366 m (1,073–1,201 ft) (avg. 345 m or 1,132 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Feurs (French pronunciation:[fœʁ]ⓘ;Arpitan:Fuèrs) is acommune in thedepartment ofLoire,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,France.
The city was founded by theRomans. The name Feurs is a contraction ofSegusiavorum Forum. With a forum[3] the Gallo-Roman era, city was the capital of Ségusiaves as is indicated byPtolemy and appears on theTabula Peutingeriana. By extension, the city gave its name toForez.
Vestiges of the ancient Roman city are located by the current post office.Archaeologists have unearthed atheater,sewers,milestones,inscriptions,statuettes andpottery that reflect the importance, at that time, of the Roman the town, located near importantRoman roads.
Achurch dedicated to St.Baudile is reported in 960. A second dedicated to theVirgin Mary appears in the texts in 1001. A Castle in Feurs is reported in 1246.In theMiddle Ages, the city had no bridge over the Loire but there was aharbor(953) and another close to Randans (1060).
Feurs with theForez County is forfeited to the Constable of Bourbon along with his other possessions in 1523. It finally enters the royal domain in 1531. In 1542, the city is attached to the generality of Lyon, created by Henry II .
TheFrench Revolution was very active in the town and the horrors of the guillotine marked its inhabitants. During the Revolution, the Revolutionary Court headed byClaude Javogues made many victims. The 80 victims of the Revolutionary Court were almost all executed at the site of the Chapel of the Martyrs. The chapel of the martyrs was erected later by Mayor Pierre-Marie Assier in 1826. It was for a short time capital of the Loire department in 1793-1795.
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The town was on one of the first railways: line 3 of France Andrezieux - Roanne opened 1 August 1832 between Saint-Bonnet-les-Oules and Balbigny. This is in Feurs that from this section that are installed the workshops of the company that will build more locomotives under the orders of Régnié engineer.
The sites of archaeological interest are many but all are discovered during the various works in the municipality.
The city gave its name to theForez province in which it is located.
Feurs was thecapital of the Loire department from 1793 to 1795, during theFrench Revolution.
TheriverLignon du Forez flows into theLoire in the commune.
Feurs is located in the Forez plain, between theMonts du Lyonnais to the East and theForez mountains to the West.
Over 300 small and medium enterprises are settled in Feurs and account for about 3200 jobs, distributed as follows: tertiary sector (1675), metal industry (1280), construction (267).
The city offers an Olympic-size swimming pool and horse racetracks, as well as playing fields for soccer, rugby and basketball.
Inhabitant from Feurs can also easily access hiking trails towards the "Monts du Forez" or "Monts du Lyonnais".
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Feurs and the town ofOlching inBavaria,Germany, have beentwin towns since August 1963, when a delegation of 24 Foréziens, led by the mayorFélix Nigay, visited their German counterparts for the first time.
| Climate data for Feurs, elevation 347 m (1,138 ft), (1993–2020 normals, extremes 1993–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.3 (66.7) | 22.3 (72.1) | 26.4 (79.5) | 29.8 (85.6) | 33.6 (92.5) | 39.5 (103.1) | 40.7 (105.3) | 42.0 (107.6) | 35.8 (96.4) | 33.1 (91.6) | 23.5 (74.3) | 19.4 (66.9) | 42.0 (107.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.1 (44.8) | 9.1 (48.4) | 13.5 (56.3) | 17.0 (62.6) | 21.3 (70.3) | 25.2 (77.4) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.5 (81.5) | 22.7 (72.9) | 17.9 (64.2) | 11.2 (52.2) | 7.9 (46.2) | 17.3 (63.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.7 (38.7) | 4.7 (40.5) | 8.0 (46.4) | 11.2 (52.2) | 15.3 (59.5) | 19.0 (66.2) | 20.8 (69.4) | 20.7 (69.3) | 16.5 (61.7) | 12.9 (55.2) | 7.4 (45.3) | 4.5 (40.1) | 12.1 (53.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.2 (32.4) | 0.3 (32.5) | 2.5 (36.5) | 5.3 (41.5) | 9.4 (48.9) | 12.9 (55.2) | 14.4 (57.9) | 14.0 (57.2) | 10.4 (50.7) | 8.0 (46.4) | 3.6 (38.5) | 1.1 (34.0) | 6.8 (44.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.8 (7.2) | −15.4 (4.3) | −13.5 (7.7) | −6.3 (20.7) | −1.1 (30.0) | 3.5 (38.3) | 5.7 (42.3) | 3.3 (37.9) | −0.3 (31.5) | −7.8 (18.0) | −10.2 (13.6) | −12.7 (9.1) | −15.4 (4.3) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 33.2 (1.31) | 27.9 (1.10) | 29.3 (1.15) | 47.5 (1.87) | 76.1 (3.00) | 64.6 (2.54) | 70.2 (2.76) | 68.6 (2.70) | 58.2 (2.29) | 71.6 (2.82) | 66.5 (2.62) | 36.6 (1.44) | 650.3 (25.60) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 8.4 | 10.6 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 98.4 |
| Source: Meteociel[7] | |||||||||||||
