Saint-Just-la-Pendue (; ) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.INSEE commune file
Name The name of the commune dates from the 11th century and is recorded in the documents of Savigny Abbey, Rhône. The qualifying name la Pendue stems from an oral tradition of a woman hanged for adultery, who, after four days, fell to the ground alive, a proof of her innocence. Supposedly the location of the execution, a local wood also bears the name la Pendue.
Population
Personalities Georges Guillard, organist and musicologist Jean Dupuis, trader and explorer
See also Communes of the Loire department
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