{{French commune|nomcommune=Saint-Romain-le-Puy
|région=Rhône-Alpes
|département=Loire
|arrondissement=Montbrison
|canton=Saint-Just-sur-Loire
|insee=42285
|cp=42610
|maire=Gabriel Ronze
|mandat=2001-2008
|intercomm=
|longitude=4.12388888889
|latitude=45.5561111111
|alt moy=407 m
|alt mini=366 m
|alt maxi=524 m
|hectares=2,114
|km²=21.14
|sans=2,803 
|date-sans=1999
|dens=133
|date-dens=1999}}

'''Saint-Romain-le-Puy''' or '''Le Puy''' is a French commune situated in the department of region.  The town is located 8 Km from Montbrison along the D8.  It was originally built on the volcanic peak (''le puy''), but has since migrated to the plain.  

Local industries include Mineral Waters (François Parot, a public works entrepreneur sunk a well in 1858) and Glassmaking (Saint-Gobain-Emballage factory founded in 1893).  Agriculture includes beef rearing, dairying and wine-growing.

Its inhabitants are known as ''Saint-Romanais''.

The commune is twinned with Monte San Biagio (Italy).

==Geography==
Le Puy itself is of volcanic origin and the surrounding plain of Forez has basaltic conglomerates.  Wells have been sunk to exploit the naturally sparkling mineral waters.

==History==
Le Puy is located on the Roman road, the ''Bolène Way'', linking Lyon (Lugdunum) to Bordeaux (Burdigala), which was constructed during the reign of the emperor Augustus, by his son-in-law Agrippa.  It is also on the Gallo-Roman way from Sury to Changy.  These roads were later reused by pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela.

About 500, Carétène (aunt of Saint Clotilde the wife of Clovis) replaced a temple of Venus (famous for a bath of youth utilising the areas' mineral springs) by a Christian church dedicated to Saint Michael.

Guy II de Forez, the feudal lord of Saint-Romain-le-Puy, was the vassal of Louis VII. In 1173, the fief of Saint-Romain was transferred from the Abbey of Ainay to the County of Lyon.

In 1218, Count Guy IV de Forez, gave the Priory (founded in 1007) into the care of the religious of Saint-Thomas-les-Nonnains.

There was longstanding conflict between the chateau and the priory.

In 1431, the town was pillaged by ''routiers'' under Rodrigo de Villandrando on orders from the Crown as part of the quashing of a ''jacquerie''.

{{FRA gmina infobox|
|    herb_gminy = 
|   flaga_gminy = 
|    mapa_gminy = 
|         Gmina = Saint-Romain-le-Puy
|        region = Rodan-Alpy
|   departament = Loire
|  powierzchnia = 21,1
|      stopniEW = 4 |minutEW=7 
|      stopniNS = 45 |minutNS=33 
|          szer = N
|          dług = E
|      wysokosc = 
|           rok = 1990
|     populacja = 2&nbsp;616
|       gęstość = 124
|  kod_pocztowy = 42610
|         INSEE = 42285
}}
'''Saint-Romain-le-Puy''' to miejscowość i gmina we Francji, w regionie Loire.

Według danych na rok 1990 gminę zamieszkiwało 2&nbsp;616 osób, a gęstość zaludnienia wynosiła 124&nbsp;osób/km² (wśród 2880 gmin regionu Rodan-Alpy Saint-Romain-le-Puy plasuje się na 341. miejscu pod względem liczby ludności, natomiast pod względem powierzchni na miejscu 457.).

=== Linki zewnętrzne ===
* Źródło danych: [http://www.insee.fr Insee]
* '''Mapy i zdjęcia satelitarne: '''
** Zdjęcie satelitarne: [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=45.55,4.1167&spn=0.1,0.1&t=k Google maps]
** Mapa: [http://maps.msn.com/(cgxnej455qpgxeu5vurxtejz)/map.aspx?&lats1=45.55&lons1=4.1167&alts1=14&regn1=2 MSN World Atlas]