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Loire is part of the current administrative region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and is surrounded by the départements of Rhône, Isère, Ardèche, Haute-Loire, Puy-de-Dôme, Allier, and Saône-et-Loire. The river Loire traverses the department from south to north.
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 swathe of its valley straddling the Pays de la Loire and Centre-Val de Loire regions was added to the World Heritage Sites list of UNESCO on December 2, 2000.
The department of Loire is located in the region of region of Rhône-Alpes . The department of Loire has the number 42 and is divided into 3 districts , 40 townships and 327 municipalities. Below you will find the localization of Loire on the map of France, and the satellite map of Loire.
The Loire department is situated in the western Rhone-Alpes region of south-east France, with the Rhone department to the east and the Ardeche to the south. The river Loire travels the length of the department from north to south and gives the department its name.
department, France. Learn about this topic in these articles: Rhône-Alpes. In Rhône-Alpes. …encompassed the southeastern départements of Loire, Rhône, Ain, Haute-Savoie, Savoie, Isère, Drôme, and Ardèche. In 2016 the Rhône-Alpes région was joined with the région of Auvergne to form the new administrative entity of. Read More.
As a backdrop, Europe’s longest river, the Loire, flows past some 20 castles open to visitors—there are hundreds of stories and histories to be discovered, fragrant gardens to inhale, forest to explore and wines to taste.
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Loire ( Occitan: Léger) is a French department in the east-central part of France in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and named after the Loire river. Its prefecture is the city of Saint-Étienne . History[change | change source] Rhône-et-Loire was one French departments made during the French revolution, on 4 March 1790.
