Loire

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French department

Loire is a department in central-eastern France named after the Loire River, known for its varied landscapes, industrial cities like Saint-Étienne, and historical ties to the broader Loire Valley region.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Loire (historical) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French department ⓘ
administrativeCenter Saint-Étienne NERFINISHED ⓘ
bordersDepartment Allier NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ardèche NERFINISHED ⓘ
Haute-Loire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Isère NERFINISHED ⓘ
Puy-de-Dôme NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rhône NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saône-et-Loire NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate temperate continental ⓘ
containsCity Firminy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Montbrison NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rive-de-Gier NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roanne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint-Chamond NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint-Étienne NERFINISHED ⓘ
country France ⓘ
countrySubdivisionOf France NERFINISHED ⓘ
departmentNumber 42 ⓘ
formerRegion Rhône-Alpes NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
services ⓘ
hasINSEECode 42 ⓘ
hasLandscape mountainous areas ⓘ
plains ⓘ
river valleys ⓘ
hasPrefecture Saint-Étienne NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubprefecture Montbrison NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roanne NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTourismAttraction Loire gorges NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pilât Regional Natural Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTransportInfrastructure motorway network ⓘ
railway network ⓘ
hasVehicleRegistrationCode 42 ⓘ
historicalTie Loire Valley region NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor coal mining history ⓘ
industrial heritage ⓘ
metallurgical industry ⓘ
textile industry ⓘ
largestCity Saint-Étienne NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn central-eastern France ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalRegion Forez NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPartOfFrance Massif Central foothills NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Loire River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfRegion Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
traversedByRiver Loire River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rhône River NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haute-Loire department → bordersDepartment → Loire ⓘ
subject surface form: Haute-Loire
Isère department → bordersDepartment → Loire ⓘ
subject surface form: Isère
Rhône → bordersDepartment → Loire ⓘ
Mably → department → Loire ⓘ
Église Saint-Pierre de Firminy → department → Loire ⓘ
Montbrison, Loire, France → departmentalCapitalOf → Loire ⓘ
subject surface form: Montbrison
this entity surface form: Loire (historical)
Autoroute A89 → passesThroughDepartment → Loire ⓘ