Haute-Loire

French department
Organization department_of_france Q12572
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Summary

Haute-Loire is a department of France[1]. Haute-Loire draws 2,701 Wikipedia views per month (department of france category, ranking #62 of 147).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes[3]
  • Country: France[4]
  • Capital: Le Puy-en-Velay[5]
  • Shares border with: Ardèche[6], Cantal[7], Puy-de-Dôme[8], Lozère[9], Loire[10]
  • Named after: Loire[11]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Brioude[12], arrondissement of Le Puy-en-Velay[13], arrondissement of Yssingeaux[14], Vergongheon[15]
  • Commons category: Haute-Loire[16]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[17], UTC+02:00[18]
  • Inception: March 4, 1790[19]
  • Highest point: highest point in Haute-Loire[20]
  • Official website: http://www.haute-loire.pref.gouv.fr/[21]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Haute-Loire[22]
  • Commons gallery: Haute-Loire[23]
  • Population: 224,907[24], 227,034[25], 227,283[26], 227,552[27], 227,570[28], 227,489[29], 227,284[30], 228,161[31], 228,654[32]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Haute-Loire[33]
  • Office held by head of government: president of departmental council[34]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[36]
  • Official name: Haute-Loire[37]
  • List of monuments: Liste des monuments historiques de la Haute-Loire[38]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Haute-Loire[39]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Haute-Loire[40]
  • Native label: Naut Léger[41]
  • Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Haute-Loire[42]
  • Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Haute-Loire[43]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Haute-Loire[44]

Why It Matters

Haute-Loire has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] Haute-Loire is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Populations légales 2021. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Populations de référence 2022. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Populations de référence 2023. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16w ago · Albgr03 · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → arrondissement of Brioude, arrondissement of Le Puy-en-Velay, arrondissement of Yssingeaux +1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36975|batch #36975]]: Remove French communes from French depts"
  2. 17w ago · Albgr03 · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → Le Puy-en-Velay
    Category for people buried here → Category:Burials in Haute-Loire
    Country → France
    Population → {'amount': '+224907'}, {'amount': '+227034'}, {'amount': '+227283'} +6
    + 39 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36652|batch #36652]]: Remove redundant P421, they are available at a higher administrative level"
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