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Aisne () is a department in the northern part of France named after the Aisne River.
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Allier () is a department in central France named after the Allier River.
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Alpes-Maritimes () is a department in the extreme southeast corner of France.
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Aube is a department in the northeastern part of France named after the Aube River. In 1995, its population was 293,100 inhabitants.
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Aude () is a department in south-central France named after the river Aude. The local council also calls the department "Cathar Country".
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Cantal () is a department in south-central France. It is named after the Cantal mountain range, a group of extinct, eroded volcanic peaks, which covers much of the department. Residents are known as Cantaliens or Cantalous.
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Martinique () is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados. As with the other overseas departments, Martinique is one of the twenty-six regions of France (being an overseas region) and an integral part of the Republic. The Island was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1502.
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Mayenne () is a department in northwest France named after the Mayenne River.
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Meurthe-et-Moselle () is a department in the Lorraine region of France, named after the Meurthe and Moselle rivers.
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The Vaucluse (; in classical norm or Vau-Cluso in Mistralian norm) is a department in the southeast of France, named after the famous spring, the Fontaine-de-Vaucluse.
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Vosges
This article is about the department of France named Vosges. For the mountain range, see Vosges Mountains.
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Yonne
Yonne () is a French department named after the Yonne River. It is one of the four constituent departments of Bourgogne (Burgundy) in eastern France and its prefecture (capital) is Auxerre. Its official number is 89.
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Chateaux of the Loire
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- Published: 21 Jun 2011
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Cave home in Loire is charming bioclimatic troglodyte house
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Chateaux of the Loire Valley - France
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- Published: 22 Jul 2010
- Updated: 23 Oct 2012
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Loire Valley chateau, France slide show
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- Published: 02 Dec 2009
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Val de Loire - De film
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- Published: 27 Jun 2011
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La Loire, 1930s
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- Published: 02 Jan 2012
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Le Châteaux de la Vallée de la Loire
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- Published: 24 May 2011
- Updated: 03 Oct 2012
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Wine Country Citizen: Loire valley
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- Published: 31 Aug 2009
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France Travel - The Loire Valley: Chenanceau, Amboise and Clos Lucé
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- Published: 18 Jun 2012
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Dissidia Duodecim: Vs. Laguna Loire Quotes
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- Published: 23 Apr 2011
- Updated: 27 Oct 2012
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Around the World (9) - Castles of the Loire - part 1 (France)
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- Published: 05 Oct 2011
- Updated: 20 Sep 2012
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Let's Play Terranigma #29 - Lore of Loire
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- Published: 12 Mar 2010
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Loire Valley
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- Published: 19 Sep 2012
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Adam Lachner X Loire X TransOne - Budapest.
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- Published: 03 Jul 2012
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Let's Play Final Fantasy VIII #019 - Loire's Princess
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6.25) France 2007, Loire Valley, Royal Château d'Amboise
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- Published: 24 Apr 2008
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Loire Atlantique
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- Published: 28 Aug 2012
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fietsen langs de loire
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- Published: 31 Jan 2010
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La Loire à Vélo, un parcours unique
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- Published: 22 Jul 2011
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Haute-Loire,crue de la loire novembre 2008
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2009 Loire A Velo - Teil 1.2
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- Published: 10 Oct 2010
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Die Schlösser der Loire (1/1)
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LOIRE ET SABLES VUS DU CIEL
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Public Domain / Daderot![River Loire Maine-et-Loire. The Loire (French pronunciation: [lwaʁ]; Occitan: Léger; Breton: Liger) is the longest river in France.](http://web.archive.org./web/20121028223457im_/http://cdn6.wn.com/pd/1f/2e/71e8c212267c49922a2ca3387392_small.jpg "River Loire Maine-et-Loire. The Loire (French pronunciation: [lwaʁ]; Occitan: Léger; Breton: Liger) is the longest river in France.")
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![River Loire Maine-et-Loire. The Loire (French pronunciation: [lwaʁ]; Occitan: Léger; Breton: Liger) is the longest river in France.](http://web.archive.org./web/20121028223457/http://cdn0.wn.com/pd/1f/2e/71e8c212267c49922a2ca3387392_medium.jpg "River Loire Maine-et-Loire. The Loire (French pronunciation: [lwaʁ]; Occitan: Léger; Breton: Liger) is the longest river in France.")
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This article is about the French department. For the river, see Loire (river). For the valley, see Loire Valley. For the gun, see Loire Mk. For the wine region, see Loire Valley (wine).
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| Coordinates: 45°05′N 04°05′E / 45.083°N 4.083°E / 45.083; 4.083Coordinates: 45°05′N 04°05′E / 45.083°N 4.083°E / 45.083; 4.083 | |||
| Country | France | ||
| Region | Rhône-Alpes | ||
| Prefecture | Saint-Étienne | ||
| Subprefectures | Montbrison Roanne |
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| Government | |||
| • President of the General Council | Bernard Bonne (UMP) | ||
| Area1 | |||
| • Total | 4,781 km2 (1,846 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2007) | |||
| • Total | 740,668 | ||
| • Rank | 29th | ||
| • Density | 150/km2 (400/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Department number | 42 | ||
| Arrondissements | 3 | ||
| Cantons | 40 | ||
| Communes | 327 | ||
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |||
Loire (French pronunciation: [lwaʁ]; Arpitan: Lêre; Occitan: Léger) is an administrative department in the east-central part of France occupying the River Loire's upper reaches.
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History[link]
Loire was created in 1793 when after just 3½ years the young Rhône-et-Loire department was split into two. This was a response to counter-Revolutionary activities in Lyon which, by population, was the country's second largest city. By splitting Rhône-et-Loire the government sought to protect the French Revolution from the potential power and influence of counter revolutionary activity in the Lyon region.
The departmental capitals have been / are as follows:
- Feurs 1793-1795
- Montbrison 1795-1855
- Saint-Étienne since 1855
Geography[link]
Loire is part of the current administrative region of Rhône-Alpes and is surrounded by the departments of Rhône, Isère, Ardèche, Haute-Loire, Puy-de-Dôme, Allier, and Saône-et-Loire.
The River Loire traverses the department from south to north.
The Loire department is split into three arrondissements:
Parts of the department belong to Parc naturel régional Livradois-Forez.
Demographics[link]
The inhabitants of the department are called Ligériens.
The industrial city of Saint-Étienne with its suburbs contains some 290,000 of the area's 728,542 inhabitants.
See also[link]
- Rhône-Alpes
- Cantons of the Loire department
- Communes of the Loire department
- Arrondissements of the Loire department
References[link]
External links[link]
- (French) Prefecture website
- (French) General Council website
http://wn.com/Loire
Related pages:
http://it.wn.com/Loira (dipartimento)
http://cs.wn.com/Loire (departement)
http://es.wn.com/Loira (departamento)
http://ru.wn.com/Луара (департамент)
http://id.wn.com/Loire (departemen)
http://pl.wn.com/Loara (departament)
http://fr.wn.com/Loire (département)
http://de.wn.com/Département Loire
http://pt.wn.com/Loire
http://nl.wn.com/Loire (departement)
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