Montaud () is a former French
commune of the
Loire
The Loire ( , , ; ; ; ; ) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône.
It rises in the so ...
on the north west of the city of
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...
. It was created during the French revolution then included in Saint-Étienne in
1855
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Ottawa, Ontario, is incorporated as a city.'
* January 5 – Ramón Castilla begins his third term as President of Peru.
* January 23
** The first bridge over the Mississippi River o ...
.
History
''Monte Alto'' appears in 14th century texts. In the 19th century the commune saw industrial expansion in the form of
coal
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Coal i ...
mining and of
ribbon
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-making. Sainte-Marie mine, atop Crêt de Montaud, was working until 1960.
Montaud.png, View of the suburb, c. 1860.
PuitsSteMarie.png, Sainte-Marie mine c. 1880.
About
1840
Events
January–March
* January 3 – One of the predecessor papers of the ''Herald Sun'' of Melbourne, Australia, ''The Port Phillip Herald'', is founded.
* January 10 – Uniform Penny Post is introduced in the United Kingdom.
* Janu ...
a railway was built to connect Châteaucreux to Montaud station for transporting coal. At this time a scythe factory gave work to around 500 employees and was the main place for under 14s to work.
Montaud was the birthplace of the composer
Jules Massenet
Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic music, Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are ''Manon'' (1884 ...
, at 4 place Marengo in 1842, whose father had set up a local scythe factory in 1838.
[Harding, James. ''Massenet''. JM Dent & Sons Ltd, London, 1970, p16-17.]
See also
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Communes of the Loire department
The following is a list of the 320 communes of the Loire department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
Communes of Loire (department)
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