Forez

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Forez is a historic region in central France, corresponding largely to the plains and hills around Montbrison in today’s Loire department.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Forez canonical 3
Forez (historical) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former French province
historic region
administrativeSuccessor Loire department NERFINISHED
associatedPeople Segusiavi NERFINISHED
borders Beaujolais NERFINISHED
Lyonnais NERFINISHED
Roannais NERFINISHED
Velay NERFINISHED
contains Montbrison NERFINISHED
Monts du Forez NERFINISHED
Plaine du Forez NERFINISHED
country France
culturalRegion Forez (natural and cultural area) NERFINISHED
etymology derived from Latin Forum Segusiavorum
hasLandscape hills
medium-altitude mountains
plains
hasMainTown Montbrison NERFINISHED
hasSecondaryTown Feurs NERFINISHED
highestPoint Pierre-sur-Haute NERFINISHED
historicalCapital Montbrison NERFINISHED
historicallyRuledBy Counts of Forez NERFINISHED
House of Forez NERFINISHED
historicalName Forez County NERFINISHED
Pagus Forensis NERFINISHED
historicalPeriodOfExistence Ancien Régime France NERFINISHED
Middle Ages NERFINISHED
historicalRegionOf France NERFINISHED
historicalStatus county of the Kingdom of France
former province of the Kingdom of France
languageRegion Franco-Provençal NERFINISHED
laterIntegratedInto Province of Lyonnais NERFINISHED
locatedIn central France
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Loire department NERFINISHED
locatedNear Saint-Étienne NERFINISHED
locatedWestOf Lyon NERFINISHED
mountainRange Monts du Forez NERFINISHED
namedAfter Forum Segusiavorum NERFINISHED
notableNaturalArea Parc naturel régional Livradois-Forez NERFINISHED
partlyContainedIn Parc naturel régional Livradois-Forez NERFINISHED
partOf Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region NERFINISHED
Massif Central NERFINISHED
religiousCenter Montbrison Cathedral NERFINISHED
traditionalProduct Fourme de Montbrison cheese NERFINISHED
traditionalVineyardArea Côtes du Forez AOC NERFINISHED
traversedBy Loire River NERFINISHED

Referenced by (4)

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

Montbrison, Loire, France historicalRegion Forez
subject surface form: Montbrison
Montbrison, Loire, France regionCapitalOf Forez
subject surface form: Montbrison
this entity surface form: Forez (historical)
Loire department containsNaturalRegion Forez
subject surface form: Loire (department)