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    Loiré (French pronunciation: [lwaʁe]) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department "Répertoire...
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    bank. The Loire gives its name to six departments: Loire, Haute-Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Indre-et-Loire, Maine-et-Loire, and Saône-et-Loire. The lower-central...
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  • Look up Loire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Loire is a river in east-central France. Loire may also refer to: Loiré, a commune in western France...
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    Loiré-sur-Nie (French pronunciation: [lwaʁe syʁ ni]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Communes of the Charente-Maritime...
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    stretch of the Loire river in central France, in both the administrative regions Pays de la Loire and Centre-Val de Loire. The area of the Loire Valley comprises...
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    (French pronunciation: [vuʒi]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Communes of the Loire department "Répertoire national des élus: les...
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    Pays de la Loire (French pronunciation: [pe.i d(ə) la lwaʁ]; lit. 'Lands of the Loire') is one of the eighteen regions of France, located on the country's...
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    Centre-Val de Loire (/ˌvæl də ˈlwɑːr, ˌvɑːl-/; French pronunciation: [sɑ̃tʁə val də lwaʁ], lit. 'Centre-Loire Valley') or Centre Region (French: région...
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    The châteaux of the Loire Valley (French: châteaux de la Loire) are part of the architectural heritage of the historic towns of Amboise, Angers, Blois...
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  • Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿etjɛn lwaʁ]), abbreviated as A.S.S.E. (French pronunciation: [a.ɛs.ɛs.ø]) and...
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    river Loire's upper reaches. Its prefecture is Saint-Étienne. It had a population of 765,634 in 2019. Loire was created in 1793 when the Rhône-et-Loire département...
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    Sully-sur-Loire (French pronunciation: [syli syʁ lwaʁ], literally Sully on Loire) is a commune in the Loiret department, north-central France. It is the...
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    The Loire 130 was a French flying boat that saw service during World War II. It was designed and built by Loire Aviation of St Nazaire. The Loire 130...
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    Loire-Atlantique (French pronunciation: [lwaʁ atlɑ̃tik]; Gallo: Louére-Atantique; Breton: Liger-Atlantel; before 1957: Loire-Inférieure, Breton: Liger-Izelañ)...
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    English Channel to the north, Normandy to the northeast, eastern Pays de la Loire to the southeast, the Bay of Biscay to the south, and the Celtic Sea and...
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    Loire Cotler (born 14 February 1972), known as Loire, is an American rhythm vocalist, film score soloist, composer, vocal sound designer, recording artist...
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    300 km (190 mi) southwest of Paris. It is the prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Anjou until the French...
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    Beaulieu-sur-Loire (French pronunciation: [boljø syʁ lwaʁ], literally Beaulieu on Loire, before 1988: Beaulieu) is a commune in the Loiret department in...
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    The Loire Valley wine region includes the French wine regions situated along the river Loire from the Muscadet region near the city of Nantes on the Atlantic...
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  • Rhône-et-Loire was the short-lived department of France whose prefecture (capital) was Lyon. Its name takes into the two rivers which is flowing in the...
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    of the Loire department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): Saint-Étienne Métropole CA Loire Forez Agglomération...
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    Île-de- France Grand Est Bourgogne- Franche- Comté Centre- Val de Loire Pays de la Loire Brittany Nouvelle- Aquitaine Auvergne- Rhône-Alpes Occitania Provence-...
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  • The Loire 45 was a 1930s French single seat fighter. A high-wing, all-metal, working-surface, fixed-wing, single-hulled monoplane, this aircraft featured...
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    Nantes (category Communes of Loire-Atlantique)
    [nɑ̃(ː)t]; Breton: Naoned [ˈnãunət]) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, 50 km (31 mi) from the Atlantic coast. The city is...
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    allowed the Centre region to officially change its name to "Centre-Val de Loire" with effect from January 2015. Two regions, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and...
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    Tours (redirect from Tours, Indre-et-Loire)
    largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the prefecture of the department of Indre-et-Loire. The commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabitants...
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    Joan encouraged the French to aggressively pursue the English during the Loire Campaign, which culminated in another decisive victory at Patay, opening...
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    the East. Following the destruction of the French Army of the Loire, remnants of the Loire army gathered in eastern France to form the Army of the East...
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    the horses of Berrichon, Nivernais, Marne, Augeron, Bourbonnais, Loire and Saône-et-Loire. French Percherons were also hit hard by the advent of mechanization...
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    Maine-et-Loire (French pronunciation: [mɛn e lwaʁ] ) is a department in the Loire Valley in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France. It is named...
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