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Flag of Lorette - Images by Olivier Touzeau, 26 January 2025
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Lorette (4,896 inhabitants in 2022, 341 ha) is a commune in the Loire department.
Lorette lies in the valley of the Gier, a coal mining region, on the south bank of the Giers just east of La Grand-Croix. The region was developed in the 19th century for coal mining. In 1830 the Jackson brothers (Frères Jackson) built a steel works at Assailly in what is now the north of Lorette. As a result of a merger, in 1854 this became part of the "Compagnie des Hauts-fourneaux, forges et aciéries de la Marine et des chemins de fer", based in Rive-de-Gier.
The commune of Lorette was created on 27 April 1847 in response to the development of the steelworks, particularly that of the Jackson Brothers. It includes quarters of the municipalities of Saint-Paul-en-Jarez, Saint-Genis-Terrenoire (now Genilac), Rive-de-Gier and Farnay. The town owes its name to a chapel built by the great industrialist family Neyrand, in memory of a famous place of pilgrimage in Italy at Loreto.
Nota: Lorette should no be confused with Notre Dame de Lorette, also known as Ablain St.-Nazaire French Military Cemetery, the world's largest French military cemetery near Arras in northern France.
Olivier Touzeau, 26 January 2025
Coat of arms of Lorette
The arms of Lorette are blazoned:
Party per bend sinister: 1. Azure a fleur-de-lis Or and Argent
surmounted by the word LRETTE in capital letters of Argent, 2. Gules a
cogwheel azure with a border Or, the hub and the spokes of the same,
on a crankshaft Azure fesswise; a bend sinister Or charged with five
bees Argent descending; overall a chief Gules with 5 mullets Or.
Olivier Touzeau, 26 January 2025
Olivier Touzeau, 26 January 2025
Ceremonial flag of Lorette
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Ceremonial flag of Lorette - Images by Olivier Touzeau, 26 January 2025
Besides, a ceremonial flag, a French tricolore with golden fringe and with the arms of the commune in the white stripe, can be observed in the office of the mayor: photo (2020).
Olivier Touzeau, 26 January 2025
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