Saint-Just-la-Pendue

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Saint-Just-la-Pendue
Commune
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 45°53′42″N 4°14′38″E / 45.895°N 4.2439°E / 45.895; 4.2439Coordinates: 45°53′42″N 4°14′38″E / 45.895°N 4.2439°E / 45.895; 4.2439
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Roanne
Canton	Le Coteau
Intercommunality	Pays entre Loire et Rhône
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Guy Fabre
Area 1	19.88 km2 (7.68 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	1,649
• Density	83/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42249 /42540
Elevation	428–637 m (1,404–2,090 ft) (avg. 590 m or 1,940 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Just-la-Pendue (Arpitan: Sant-Just-la-Pendua) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Name[]

The name of the commune dates from the 11th century and is recorded in the documents of Savigny Abbey, Rhône. The qualifying name la Pendue stems from an oral tradition of a woman hanged for adultery, who, after four days, fell to the ground alive, a proof of her innocence. Supposedly the location of the execution, a local wood also bears the name la Pendue.

Population[]

Personalities[]

• Organist and musicologist Georges Guillard was born in Saint-Just-la-Pendue on May 19, 1939.

See also[]

• Communes of the Loire department

References[]

• INSEE commune file

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