Timeline of Saint-Étienne

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Saint-Étienne, France.

Prior to 20th century

• 1184 - Church of Notre-Dame de Valbenoîte founded.
• 1310 - Grand'Église de Saint-Étienne (church) construction begins.
• 1790 - Town becomes part of the Rhône-et-Loire department.
• 1793 - Town becomes part of the Loire (department).
• 1800 - Population: 16,259.
• 1816 - École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne (school) established.
• 1821 - Saint-Étienne City Hall built.
• 1828 - Saint-Étienne to Andrézieux Railway begins operating.^[1]
• 1831 - Lyons-St Etienne railway begins operating.^[1]
• 1855 - Beaubrun, Montaud, Outre-Furan, and Valbenoîte become part of Saint-Étienne.^(fr)
• 1856 - Loire (department) administration relocated to Saint-Étienne from Montbrison.^[1]
• 1861 - Musée d'art et d'industrie de Saint-Étienne opens in the Palais des Arts.
• 1863 - Planfoy becomes part of Saint-Étienne.^(fr)
• 1864 - Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne factory built.
• 1876 - Union des travailleurs de Saint-Étienne (labour union) consumer cooperative created.^[2][3]
• 1881 - Saint-Étienne tramway begins operating.
• 1884 - Gare de Saint-Étienne-Châteaucreux rebuilt.
• 1886 - Population: 117,875.^[4]
• 1890 - Lycée Claude-Fauriel (school) built.
• 1898 - Société des Magasins du Casino (shop) in business.^[5]

20th century

• 1900 - Hôtel de préfecture de la Loire built.^[6]
• 1901 - Automobile Club established.^[5]
• 1902 - Saint-Étienne labour council building constructed.
• 1910 - Etoile Théâtre (cinema) opens.^[7]
• 1911 - Population: 148,656.^[8]
• 1922 - Cinémathèque de Saint-Étienne established.^[9]
• 1923 - Saint-Étienne Cathedral built.
• 1926 - Population: 193,737.
• 1930 - Histoire et Patrimoine de Saint-Étienne founded.
• 1933 - Maisons sans escalier (residence) built.
• 1938 - Capitole cinema opens.^[7][10]
• 1942 - Trolleybuses in Saint-Étienne in operation.
• 1952 - SaintéLyon Lyon-St Etienne footrace begins.
• 1962 - Population: 210,311.
• 1968 - Population: 223,223.
• 1969
  • Jean Monnet University established.
  • Saint-Victor-sur-Loire becomes part of Saint-Étienne.^(fr)
• 1970 - Terrenoire becomes part of Saint-Étienne.^(fr)
• 1971 - École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Saint-Étienne (school) established.
• 1973 - Rochetaillée becomes part of Saint-Étienne.^(fr)
• 1977
  • March: Saint-Étienne municipal election, 1977 held.
  • Joseph Sanguedolce becomes mayor.
• 1978 - Saint-Étienne–Bouthéon Airport terminal built.
• 1981 - Radio Dio begins broadcasting.
• 1987 - Modern Art Museum established.
• 1990
  • Massenet Festival begins.
  • Population: 199,396.
• 1993 - Médiathèque Centrale opens in Tarentaize.^[11]
• 1995 - Festival des 7 Collines de Saint-Étienne (cultural festival) begins.

21st century

• 2005 - Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Saint-Étienne (music school) active.
• 2011 - Population: 170,049.^[12]
• 2014
  • March: Saint-Étienne municipal election, 2014 held.
  • Gaël Perdriau becomes mayor.
• 2015 - December: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional election, 2015 held.^[12]
• 2016 - St Etienne becomes part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

Images

• 
  Aerial view of St Etienne, 1860
• 
  City Hall, built 1821, with addition of dome in 1864
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  Place du Peuple with tram, which began operating in 1881 (photo circa 1912)
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  Médiathèque Centrale, opened in 1993
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  Participants before the start of the SaintéLyon footrace, December 2013
• 
  Pro-Palestinian rally at City Hall, July 2014

See also

• List of mayors of Saint-Étienne
• List of heritage sites in Saint-Étienne

other cities in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region

• Timeline of Clermont-Ferrand
• Timeline of Grenoble
• Timeline of Lyon
• Timeline of Vienne

References

1. Britannica 1910.
2. J. Corréard (1908). Les sociétés coopératives de consommation en France et à l'étranger (in French). Paris: P. Lethielleux.
3. Association française pour l'avancement des sciences 1897.
4. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890.
5. Archives d'architecture de la Loire 1995.
6. Baedeker 1914.
7. "Cinémas". Histoire(s) stéphanoise(s) (in French). Archives municipales de la ville de Saint-Étienne. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
8. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
9. "Cinémathèque: Histoire". Médiathèques Municipales de Saint-Etienne (in French). Ville de Saint-Etienne. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
10. Devun 2005.
11. "Médiathèques et bibliobus", Le Progrès (in French), November 2015
12. "Données du Monde: Saint-Etienne", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 30 December 2015

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Clement Cruttwell (1793). "S. Etienne-en-Forez". Gazetteer of France. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson.
• "St. Etienne", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• "St-Etienne", Southern France (6th ed.), Leipzig: Baedeker, 1914
• Hugh D. Clout (1972). "Lyons/Saint-Etienne Metropolis". Geography of Post-War France. Elsevier. pp. 98–106. ISBN 978-1-4831-5318-6.

in French

• Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau (1850). "St. Etienne". Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France (in French) (3rd ed.). Paris: Firmin Didot frères. p. 462.
• Association française pour l'avancement des sciences (1897). Saint-Etienne (in French). Société de l’imprimerie Théolier.
• Archives d'architecture de la Loire; Centre d'études foréziennes (1995). Les Lamaizière: architectes à Saint-Étienne, 1880-1925 (in French). Université de Saint-Etienne. ISBN 978-2-86272-091-3.
• Frédéric Zarch (2000). Catalogue des films projetés à Saint-Étienne avant la première guerre mondiale (in French). Université de Saint-Etienne. ISBN 978-2-86272-182-8.
• Blandine Devun (2005). La vie culturelle à Saint-Etienne pendant la deuxième guerre mondiale, 1939-1944 (in French). Université de Saint-Etienne. ISBN 978-2-86272-366-2.

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