Haute-Loire (ōt-lwär) , department (1990 pop. 206,568), S central France, largely in the Massif Central. Le Puy-en-Velay is the capital.
Haute-Loire
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| Department number: | 43 |
| Region: | Auvergne |
| Prefecture: | Le Puy-en-Velay |
| Subprefectures: | Brioude Yssingeaux |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 35 |
| Communes: | 260 |
| President of the General Council: | Gérard Roche |
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| Population | Ranked 85th |
| -1999 | 209,113 |
| Population density: | 42/km2 |
| Land area¹: | 4977 km2 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2. | |
Haute-Loire (Occitan: Naut Léger) is a department in south-central France named after the Loire River.
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History
Haute-Loire is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Auvergne, Languedoc, and Lyonnais.
Geography
Haute-Loire is part of the current regions of France of Auvergne and is surrounded by the departments of Loire, Ardèche, Lozère, Cantal, and Puy-de-Dôme.
The department covers the upper reaches of the Loire.
Demography
The inhabitants of the department are called Altiligériens.
Notable residents
- Claude-Jean Allouez, born in Saint-Didier-en-Velay, Jesuit missionary to North America[1]
See also
- Cantons of the Haute-Loire department
- Communes of the Haute-Loire department
- Arrondissements of the Haute-Loire department
References
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- ^ Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Marquis Who's Who. 1967.
External links
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- (French) Prefecture website
- (French) Regional council website
- (English) Haute-Loire at the Open Directory Project
- (English) Tourist website
- (English) The Haut-Allier Website concerned with the western half of the Haute Loire which follows the relatively unknown Allier valley and gorges
- (English) (French) Regordane Info Independent portal for the Regordane Way or St Gilles Trail. (The Regordane Way crosses The Haute-Loire, commencing from Le Puy southwards)
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