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Le Puy-en-Velay

commune in Haute-Loire, France
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Summary

Le Puy-en-Velay is a commune of France[1]. It ranks in the top 0.44% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,029 views/month, #138 of 31,031).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Les Plus Beaux Détours de France[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Le Puy-en-Velay[4], canton of Le Puy-en-Velay-Est[5], canton of Le Puy-en-Velay-Nord[6], canton of Le Puy-en-Velay-Ouest[7], canton of Le Puy-en-Velay-Sud-Est[8], canton of Le Puy-en-Velay-Sud-Ouest[9], Haute-Loire[10]
  • Country: France[11]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Borne[12], Dolaizon[13]
  • Head of government: Arlette Arnaud-Landau[14]
  • Shares border with: Aiguilhe[15], Brives-Charensac[16], Chadrac[17], Coubon[18], Cussac-sur-Loire[19], Espaly-Saint-Marcel[20], Polignac[21], Saint-Christophe-sur-Dolaizon[22], Vals-près-le-Puy[23]
  • Flag: flag of Le Puy-en-Velay[24]
  • Twinned administrative body: Brugherio[25], Meschede[26], Tonbridge[27], Tortosa[28], Mangualde[29], Santiago de Compostela[30]
  • Postal code: 43000[31]
  • Commons category: Le Puy-en-Velay[32]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[33], UTC+02:00[34]
  • Authority: Q87071086[35]
  • Official website: http://www.lepuyenvelay.fr[36]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Le Puy-en-Velay[37]
  • Commons gallery: Le Puy-en-Velay[38]
  • Email address: mailto:contact@lepuyenvelay.fr[39]
  • Population: 18,619[40], 18,909[41], 20,135[42], 18,995[43], 19,061[44], 26,389[45], 26,594[46], 24,064[47], 21,743[48], 20,490[49], 19,321[50], 18,537[51], 19,215[52], 18,947[53]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Le Puy-en-Velay[54]
  • Phone number: +33-4-71-04-07-40[55]
  • Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[56], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[57], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[58]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Le Puy-en-Velay include Le Puy – Loudes Airport[59], an airport[60], in France[61].

Why It Matters

Le Puy-en-Velay has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]

Entities named for it include Le Puy – Loudes Airport[59], an airport[60], in France[61].

Related Entities

Aiguilhe Brives-Charensac Brugherio Chadrac Charles Dupuy Cussac-sur-Loire France Grégory Coupet Jacques Arsac Jules Vallès Marion Bartoli Polignac Sidney Govou

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  28. [31] ↑ . dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
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  34. [36] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  37. [39] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . Populations légales 2016. wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  50. [52] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [59] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [60] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [61] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [62] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [63] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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