Mont Pilat

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.

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

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.

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

Colombier 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.

Le Bessat (French pronunciation: [lə bɛsa]) 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.

La Terrasse-sur-Dorlay (French pronunciation: [la tɛʁas syʁ dɔʁlɛ]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France. La Terrasse-sur-Dorlay takes its name from the Dorlay river, a tributary of the Gier, which flows through the commune.

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:

Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette (Occitan: Sant Julian-Molin-Moleta; French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒyljɛ̃ mɔlɛ̃ mɔlɛt]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

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