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La Grand-Croix

commune in Loire, France
Place Commune Of France Q1066429

Facts

20 properties

Identity

Instance of
commune of France
Inception
May 9, 1860[10]
Official website
www.lagrandcroix.fr[11]
Official name
La Grand-Croix[29]

Location

Country
France[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 45.503°, 4.569°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
canton of La Grand-Croix, Loire, arrondissement of Saint-Étienne[1][2][3]
Shares border with
Cellieu, L'Horme, Lorette, Saint-Paul-en-Jarez[5][6][7][8]

Population and size

Area
+4.05[35]
Elevation above sea level
344 (274–427, n=3)[32][33][34]
Female population
+2675[30]
Male population
+2461[31]
Population
4.9k (4.9k–5.2k, n=17)[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]

Codes

Postal code
42320[9]
More facts +6
Capital of
canton of La Grand-Croix[28]
Associated electoral district
canton of Rive-de-Gier[37]
Fax number
+33-4-77-73-41-20[36]
Located in the statistical territorial entity
Aire d'attraction de Saint-Étienne, Unité urbaine de Saint-Étienne[38][39]
Office held by the head of government
Mayor of La Grand-Croix[26]
Phone number
+33-4-77-73-22-43[27]
🏷️ Also known as
en La Grand-Croix el Λα Γκραν-Κρουά es La Grand Croix fr Grand'-Croix pl Grand-Croix uk Ла Гран-Круа uk Ла-Гран-Круа uk Ла Ґран-Круа uk Ла-Ґран-Круа zh 拉格朗克鲁瓦 zh-hant 拉格朗克魯瓦
🔖 Identifiers · 14
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Pont de Chavillon 05.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15259672x
EHESS ID of a French commune
15961
Email address
mailto:accueil@lagrandcroix.fr
FactGrid item ID
Franklin County
Freebase ID
/m/03nw8xw
GeoNames ID
6615012
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 6615012 BnF data 3009015 edition 2026-10-01 · fr-lo ↗
Insee municipality code
42103
KnowWhereGraph entity ID
administrativeRegion.FRA.1.9.3.3.6_1
National Address Base ID
a83fe2b1-eea8-4873-8491-9d80b5cf04b5
OpenStreetMap relation ID
122933
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtxPXfjJFwx5
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Who's on First ID
101830785
X (Twitter) username
LaGrandCroix
📚 Sources · 1
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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
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🔗 Connections
Shares border with 4
Lorette, Saint-Paul-en-Jarez, Cellieu, L'Horme
← Shares border with 4
Lorette, Saint-Paul-en-Jarez, Cellieu, L'Horme
Located in the administrative territorial entity 3
Loire, arrondissement of Saint-Étienne, canton of La Grand-Croix
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 3
Loire, canton of La Grand-Croix, Saint-Étienne Métropole
Associated electoral district 1
canton of Rive-de-Gier
Capital of 1
canton of La Grand-Croix
Country 1
France
FactGrid item ID 1
Franklin County
Instance of 1
commune of France
People born here 1
Gustave Malécot
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canton of La Grand-Croix
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Direct Wikidata claims

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  9. [9] ↑ . dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
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  27. [27] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  29. [29] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  31. [31] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
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  1. 11d ago · MystBot bot · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim qualifiers: Population: 4,947, Add reason for preferred rank to population for 2023 (details)"
  2. 20w ago · AraBot bot · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Cellieu, L'Horme, Lorette +1
    Office held by the head of government → Mayor of La Grand-Croix
    Elevation above sea level → 274 metre, 427 metre, 344 metre
    Official website → http://www.lagrandcroix.fr
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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