Haute-Loire

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Haute-Loire (Occitan: Naut Léger) is a department in south-central France named after the Loire River.

History

Haute-Loire is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 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.

See also

• Cantons of the Haute-Loire department
• Communes of the Haute-Loire department
• Arrondissements of the Haute-Loire department

Notable residents

• Claude-Jean Allouez, born in Saint-Didier-en-Velay, Jesuit missionary to North America

References

External links

• Prefecture website
• Regional council website

• Tourist website
• The Haut-Allier Website concerned with the western half of the Haute Loire which follows the relatively unknown Allier valley and gorges
• 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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