Near the main traffic arteries, 50 minutes from Saint Etienne and Lyon and one hour from Clermont-Ferrand, Neulise is a gateway to the CoPLER region (Communauté de communes du Pays entre Loire et Rhône). The commune owes its name to the famous ‘seuil de Neulise’, the last mineral barrier on the banks of the Loire. Located on the old Route Bleue, now a dual carriageway, it encouraged CoPLER to establish and develop its central business park, Les Jacquins. Neulise is a municipality that will surprise you with its all-out dynamism, twenty or so shops, solid industrial growth, sports and cultural associations, an extraordinary media library, a lively street festival and a village spirit of solidarity and brotherhood. Neulise, in the heart of the Loire department, is a haven of tranquillity that looks to the future with equanimity.