Loire

French department
Organization department_of_france Q12569
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Summary

Loire is a department of France[1]. Loire draws 2,818 Wikipedia views per month (department of france category, ranking #70 of 147).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes[3], France[4]
  • Country: France[5]
  • Capital: Saint-Étienne[6]
  • Shares border with: Allier[7], Ardèche[8], Haute-Loire[9], Isère[10], Puy-de-Dôme[11], Rhône[12], Saône-et-Loire[13]
  • Named after: Loire[14]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Saint-Étienne[15], arrondissement of Montbrison[16], arrondissement of Roanne[17], Bussières[18], Roanne[19], Saint-Étienne[20], Saint-Jodard[21], Montbrison[22], Saint-Chamond[23], Belmont-de-la-Loire[24], Combre[25], Cervières[26], Arthun[27], Palogneux[28]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Loire include Saint-Étienne-Loire Airport[29], an airport[30], in France[31], founded in 1962[32] and Belmont-de-la-Loire[33], a commune of France[34], in France[35].

Why It Matters

Loire has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Loire is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for Loire include Saint-Étienne-Loire Airport[29], an airport[30], in France[31], founded in 1962[32] and Belmont-de-la-Loire[33], a commune of France[34], in France[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . 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. 17w ago · Albgr03 · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → arrondissement of Saint-Étienne, arrondissement of Montbrison, arrondissement of Roanne +327
    "/* 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 → Saint-Étienne, Feurs, Montbrison
    Country → France
    Population → {'amount': '+753763'}, {'amount': '+759411'}, {'amount': '+762941'} +6
    Capital → —
    + 42 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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