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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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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Loire-Atlantique (French pronunciation: [lwaʁ atlɑ̃tik]; Gallo: Louére-Atantique; Breton: Liger-Atlantel; before 1957: Loire-Inférieure, Breton: Liger-Izelañ)...
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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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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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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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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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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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Haute-Loire (French pronunciation: [ot lwaʁ] ; Occitan: Naut Léger or Naut Leir; English: Upper Loire) is a landlocked department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes...
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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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AS Saint-Étienne (redirect from Association sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire)
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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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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Saône-et-Loire (French pronunciation: [sonelwaʁ]; Arpitan: Sona-et-Lêre) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named...
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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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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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Le Journal de Saône-et-Loire is a French provincial daily newspaper for readers of the Saône-et-Loire département. Its headquarters are in Chalon-sur-Saône...
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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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of the Maine-et-Loire department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): CU Angers Loire Métropole CA Cholet...
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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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Indre-et-Loire department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): Tours Métropole Val de Loire Communauté...
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de Saint-Étienne Loire Sud Rugby, CASE Loire Sud Rugby, or simply CASE, is a French rugby union club from Saint-Étienne in the Loire département. As of...
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The Canal latéral à la Loire (French pronunciation: [kanal lateʁal a la lwaʁ], "canal parallel to the Loire") was constructed between 1827 and 1838 to...
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Orléans (section The Loire and navigation)
and of the region of Centre-Val de Loire. Orléans is located on the river Loire nestled in the heart of the Loire Valley, classified as a World Heritage...
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Angers (redirect from Angers, Maine-et-Loire)
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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The following is a list of the 257 communes of the Haute-Loire department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of...
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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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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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Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ bənwa syʁ lwaʁ], literally Saint-Benoît on Loire) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central...
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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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