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Haute-Loire
Coat of arms of the Haute-Loire department
Location
Location of Haute-Loire in France
Administration
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
Statistics
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. The term administration, as used in the context of Government, differs according to Jurisdiction. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Auvergne ( Occitan: Auvèrnhe / Auvèrnha) is one of the 26 administrative regions of France. A prefecture ( préfecture) in France can refer to: the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a ''département'' Le Puy-en-Velay ( Lo Puèi de Velai in Occitan, pronounced ˈpœj də ˈvəlaj is a commune of south-central France Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. Brioude ( Occitan: Briude) is a commune of the Auvergne région of France, more precisely of its Haute-Loire Yssingeaux (Sinjau is a commune of the Haute-Loire département, in France. The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The 3 arrondissements of the Haute-Loire department are Arrondissement of Brioude, ( subprefecture: Brioude The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The following is a list of the 38 cantons of the Haute-Loire department, in France, sorted by arrondissement: Arrondissement The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The following is a list of the 260 communes of the Haute-Loire département, in France. In France, the President of the General Council (French Président du conseil général) is the locally-elected head of the General Council, the assembly As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions we list here areas between 1000 km2 and 10000 km2 An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open
France

Haute-Loire (Occitan: Naut Léger) is a department in south-central France named after the Loire River. Occitan ( IPA BrE: /ˈɒksɪtn/ AmE: /ˈɑksəˌtɑn/ known also as Lenga d'òc or Langue d'oc (native name occitan In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Loire River (lwaʁ in French) is the longest River in France.

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History

Haute-Loire is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year It was created from parts of the former provinces of Auvergne, Languedoc, and Lyonnais. Auvergne ( Occitan: Auvèrnhe/Auvèrnha) was the name of an historically independent county in the center of France, as well as later a Province of Languedoc ( in French Lengadòc in Occitan) is a former Province of France, now continued in the modern-day ''régions'' of Languedoc-Roussillon After the division of the Carolingian Empire, the region was part of the Kingdom of Burgundy.

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. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Auvergne ( Occitan: Auvèrnhe / Auvèrnha) is one of the 26 administrative regions of France. Loire ( Arpitan: Lêre, Occitan: Léger) is an administrative department in the east-central part of France occupying the Ardèche ( Occitan and Arpitan: Ardecha) is a department in south-central France named after the Ardèche River. Lozère (in Occitan Losera) is a department in southeast France near the Massif Central. Cantal ( Occitan: Cantal Cantau Chantal Chantau) is a department in south-central France. Puy-de-Dôme ( lo Puèi de Doma / lo Puèi Domat in the Auvergnat dialect of the Occitan language is a department

The department covers the upper reaches of the Loire.

Demography

The inhabitants of the department are called Altiligériens.

See also

Notable residents

References

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