Haute-Loire

The Haute-Loire [ otlwa ː ʀ ] is a French department of order number 43 It is in the center of the country in the Auvergne region and according to the upper reaches of the Loire, whose headwaters is here named.

Geography

The Haute-Loire bordered to the north by the Puy-de -Dôme and to the Loire department in the Rhône- Alpes region in the east and southeast by the department of Ardèche, Rhône- Alpes also, on the southwest by the Lozere department of the Languedoc region -Roussillon and the west by the department of Cantal.

The department is located in the eastern Tel of the Massif Central and belongs mainly to the landscape of the Velay. In the north, the far-reaching in the Puy-de -Dôme -Forez Regional Nature Park livradois extends. The west of the department of the Allier River runs through the north. The eponymous Loire achieved in their upper reaches of the department from the south, passing through the capital centrally located Le Puy -en -Velay and then flows northeast until it merges into Aurec- sur -Loire in the Loire department.

History

The department was formed from parts of the then existing provinces of Auvergne and Languedoc during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was subdivided into three districts (French: district ), the precursors of the arrondissements. The districts were Brioude, Le Puy and Yssingeaux. The department and the districts subdivided into 32 cantons and had (1791 ) about 200,000 (?) Inhabitants. Capital was already at that time Le Puy.

The identical with the districts arrondissements Brioude, Le Puy and Yssingeaux were established on 17 February in 1800. From September 10 1926 to June 1, 1942, the district was dissolved Yssingeaux and assigned to the Arrondissement Le Puy.

Cities

The most populous towns in the Haute- Loire are:

Administrative divisions

The Haute-Loire is divided into three arrondissements, 36 cantons and 260 communes: