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Saint-Germain-Laval
Saint-Germain-Laval
Commune
	Coat of arms
	Location of Saint-Germain-Laval
	Saint-Germain-Laval Saint-Germain-Laval
	Coordinates: 45°49′51″N 4°00′48″E / 45.8308°N 4.0133°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Roanne
Canton	Boën-sur-Lignon
Intercommunality	Vals d'Aix et d'Isable
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Claude Raymond
Area 1	17.08 km2 (6.59 sq mi)
Population (2021)	1,604
• Density	94/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42230 /42260
Elevation	344–526 m (1,129–1,726 ft) ; (avg. 430 m or 1,410 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Germain-Laval (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ laval] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.^[3]

The North American explorer Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut was born in Saint-Germain-Laval.

Geography

The commune is located in the plain of Forez, in the center of departement of Loire, in the center of France, 35 kilometers south of Roanne, 52 kilometers north-west of Saint-Etienne and 37 kilometers east of Thiers.

It is crossed by the Aix river, a tributary of the Loire which flows less than ten kilometers to the east. A The commune is 6 kilometers south of exit 5 of A89 autoroute linking Clermont-Ferrand (Auvergne, 85 km distant) to Saint-Étienne (62 km distant).