title: Timeline of Saint-Étienne
text: # Timeline of Saint-Étienne
  
  The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Saint-Étienne, France.
  
  ## Prior to 20th century
  
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  * 1184 – Church of Notre-Dame de Valbenoîte [fr] founded.
  * 1310 – Grand'Église de Saint-Étienne [fr] (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 [fr] built.
  * 1828 – Saint-Étienne to Andrézieux Railway begins operating.
  * 1831 – Lyons-St Etienne railway begins operating.
  * 1855 – Beaubrun, Montaud, Outre-Furan [fr], and Valbenoîte become part of Saint-Étienne.
  * 1856 – Loire (department) administration relocated to Saint-Étienne from Montbrison.
  * 1861 – Musée d'art et d'industrie de Saint-Étienne [fr] opens in the Palais des Arts.
  * 1863 – Planfoy becomes part of Saint-Étienne.
  * 1864 – Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne factory built.
  * 1876 – Union des travailleurs de Saint-Étienne (labour union) consumers' co-operative created.
  * 1881 – Saint-Étienne tramway begins operating.
  * 1884 – Gare de Saint-Étienne-Châteaucreux rebuilt.
  * 1886 – Population: 117,875.
  * 1890 – Lycée Claude-Fauriel [fr] (school) built.
  * 1898 – Société des Magasins du Casino (shop) in business.
  * 1900 – Hôtel de préfecture de la Loire [fr] built.
  
  ## 20th century
  
  * 1901 – Automobile Club established.
  * 1902 – Saint-Étienne labour council building [fr] constructed.
  * 1910 – Etoile Théâtre (cinema) opens.
  * 1911 – Population: 148,656.
  * 1922 – Cinémathèque de Saint-Étienne [fr] established.
  * 1923 – Saint-Étienne Cathedral built.
  * 1926 – Population: 193,737.
  * 1930 – Histoire et Patrimoine de Saint-Étienne [fr] founded.
  * 1933 – Maisons sans escalier [fr] (residence) built.
  * 1938 – Capitole cinema opens.
  * 1942 – Trolleybuses in Saint-Étienne in operation.
  * 1952 – SaintéLyon [fr] Lyon-St Etienne footrace begins.
  * 1962 – Population: 210,311.
  * 1968 – Population: 223,223.
  * 1969
     * Jean Monnet University established.
     * Saint-Victor-sur-Loire [fr] and Terrenoire [fr] become part of Saint-Étienne.
  * 1971 – École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Saint-Étienne [fr] (school) established.
  * 1973 – Rochetaillée [fr] becomes part of Saint-Étienne.
  * 1977
     * March: Saint-Étienne municipal election, 1977 [fr] held.
     * Joseph Sanguedolce [fr] 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.
  * 1995 – Festival des 7 Collines de Saint-Étienne [fr] (cultural festival) begins.
  
  ## 21st century
  
  * 2005 – Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Saint-Étienne [fr] (music school) active.
  * 2011 – Population: 170,049.
  * 2014
     * March: Saint-Étienne municipal election, 2014 [fr] held.
     * Gaël Perdriau becomes mayor.
  * 2015 – December: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional election, 2015 [fr] held.
  * 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
  * Place du Peuple with tram, which began operating in 1881 (photo circa 1912)
  * Médiathèque Centrale, opened in 1993
  * Participants before the start of the SaintéLyon footrace, December 2013
  * Pro-Palestinian rally at City Hall, July 2014
  