Haute-Loire
| Haute-Loire | |||
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| Coordinates: 45°0′N 4°0′E / 45°N 4°ECoordinates: 45°0′N 4°0′E / 45°N 4°E | |||
| Country | France | ||
| Region | Auvergne | ||
| Prefecture | Le Puy-en-Velay | ||
| Subprefectures | Brioude Yssingeaux |
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| Government | |||
| • President of the General Council | Gérard Roche | ||
| Area1 | |||
| • Total | 4,977 km2 (1,922 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1999) | |||
| • Total | 209,113 | ||
| • Rank | 85th | ||
| • Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Department number | 43 | ||
| Arrondissements | 3 | ||
| Cantons | 35 | ||
| Communes | 260 | ||
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |||
Haute-Loire (French pronunciation: [ot lwaʁ]; Occitan: Naut Léger) is a department in south-central France named after the Loire River.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Geography
Haute-Loire is part of the current region 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. Parts of the department belong to Parc naturel régional Livradois-Forez.
[edit] Demography
The inhabitants of the department are called Altiligériens.
[edit] Notable residents
- Claude-Jean Allouez, born in Saint-Didier-en-Velay, Jesuit missionary to North America[1]
The de Polignac family has its historic seat there, and various descendants of Lafayette were senators for this region in the nineteenth century.
[edit] See also
- Cantons of the Haute-Loire department
- Communes of the Haute-Loire department
- Arrondissements of the Haute-Loire department
[edit] References
- ^ Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Marquis Who's Who. 1967.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Haute-Loire |
- (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)
