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Saint-Just-la-Pendue (; ) is a commune in 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 ...
department in central France.INSEE commune file
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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

* Georges Guillard, organist and musicologist * Jean Dupuis, trader and explorer


See also

*
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) Loire communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Loire-geo-stub