Departement de la Loire

Loire is a landlocked département in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France occupying the river Loire's upper reaches. Its prefecture is Saint-Étienne. It had a population of 765,634 in 2019.

Autonomy, integration, protection of children and families, it is the Department which protects vulnerable people, whether they are elderly, losing their autonomy, in a situation of disability or in precariousness.
As a land planner, the Department also plans and builds infrastructure in both urban and rural areas. It also manages colleges, invests in mixed economy companies and preserves sensitive natural areas.
Finally, the Department is the essential financier of local, associative, agricultural or public life.