Le Bessat

The Col de la Croix de Chaubouret (elevation 1,201 metres (3,940 ft)) is a mountain pass in France, located in the Pilat massif in the Loire. It is between Graix and Le Bessat.

Tarentaise (French pronunciation: [taʁɑ̃tɛz]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

La Valla-en-Gier (French pronunciation: [la vala ɑ̃ ʒje]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

The Col de la République or Col de Grand Bois (1,161 m (3,809 ft)) is a mountain pass in the Pilat massif within the Pilat Regional Natural Park in the Loire department of the Rhône-Alpes region in southern France. Located on the D1082 (ex-RN 82 ) in the commune of Saint-Genest-Malifaux, it connects Saint-Étienne with Annonay in the Rhône valley. The road was constructed in 1830 and the col has an altitude of 1,161 metres. It was the first climb on the first Tour de France in 1903, but was the scene of notorious violence in 1904 that involved fighting and officials firing gunshot warnings. It has been part of the route on 13 occasions.

La Versanne (French pronunciation: [la vɛʁsan]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Thélis-la-Combe (French pronunciation: [teli la kɔ̃b]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Graix is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Mont Pilat or the Pilat massif is a mountainous area in the east of the Massif Central of France.

Pilat Regional Natural Park (French: Parc naturel régional du Pilat) is a protected area of mountainous countryside in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. The park spans the departments of Loire and Rhône, and covers a total area of 65,000 hectares (160,000 acres).The mountain terrain ranges from 140 metres (460 ft) to 1,432 metres (4,698 ft) in elevation. Forty-seven communes dot the landscape, with approximately fifty thousand residents. The land was officially designated a regional natural park in 1974.

The canton of Bourg-Argental is a French former administrative division located in the department of Loire and the Rhone-Alpes region. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 8 communes, which joined the new canton of Le Pilat in 2015. It had 6,685 inhabitants (2012).The canton comprised the following communes:

Planfoy (French pronunciation: [plɑ̃fwa]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

The canton of Saint-Chamond-Sud is a French former administrative division located in the department of Loire and the Rhône-Alpes region. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It had 19,536 inhabitants (2012).The canton comprised the following communes: Saint-Chamond (partly) La Valla-en-Gier