Puy de Sancy

highest mountain of the Massif Central in France
Mountain extinct_volcano Q778597
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Puy de Sancy

Summary

Puy de Sancy is an extinct volcano[1]. It draws 231 Wikipedia views per month (extinct_volcano category, ranking #2 of 15).[2]

Key Facts

  • Puy de Sancy is located in Chambon-sur-Lac[3].
  • Puy de Sancy is located in Chastreix[4].
  • Puy de Sancy is located in Mont-Dore[5].
  • Puy de Sancy is in the country of France[6].
  • Puy de Sancy's instance of is recorded as extinct volcano[7].
  • Puy de Sancy's instance of is recorded as free flight site[8].
  • Puy de Sancy's instance of is recorded as main peak[9].
  • Puy de Sancy's instance of is recorded as one-thousander[10].
  • Puy de Sancy's instance of is recorded as ultra-prominent peak[11].
  • Puy de Sancy's Commons category is recorded as Puy de Sancy[12].
  • Puy de Sancy's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 45.528333333333, 'longitude': 2.8141666666667}[13].
  • Puy de Sancy sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+1885'}[14].
  • Puy de Sancy's name is recorded as Puy de Sancy[15].
  • Puy de Sancy's topographic isolation is recorded as {'amount': '+221.3'}[16].
  • Puy de Sancy's topographic prominence is recorded as {'amount': '+1578'}[17].
  • Puy de Sancy's located in protected area is recorded as Réserve naturelle nationale de Chastreix-Sancy[18].
  • Puy de Sancy's located in protected area is recorded as Q140589317[19].
  • Puy de Sancy's mountain range is recorded as Monts Dore[20].
  • Puy de Sancy's mountain range is recorded as Massif Central[21].
  • Puy de Sancy's key col is recorded as Sill of Étang de Montchanin[22].
  • Puy de Sancy's category for the view from the item is recorded as Category:Views from Puy de Sancy[23].

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Geography

Puy de Sancy is in the country of France[6]. Located in include Chambon-sur-Lac[3], a commune of France[24], in France[25]; Chastreix[4], a commune of France[26], in France[27]; and Mont-Dore[5], a commune of France[28], in France[29].

Physical Characteristics

Puy de Sancy sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+1885'}[14].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include extinct volcano[7], free flight site[8], main peak[9], one-thousander[10], and ultra-prominent peak[11].

Why It Matters

Puy de Sancy draws 231 Wikipedia views per month (extinct_volcano category, ranking #2 of 15).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

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  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] . 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. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Albgr03 · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mountain range Monts Dore, Massif Central
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/53072|batch #53072]]: Replace references to Géoportail in simple statements to cartes.gouv.fr."
  2. 9w ago · Masquer11 · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topographic prominence {'amount': '+1578'}
    Located in protected area Réserve naturelle nationale de Chastreix-Sancy, Q140589317
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P2660]]: 1,578 metre"
  3. 9w ago · Masquer11 · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in protected area Réserve naturelle nationale de Chastreix-Sancy, Q140589317
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P3018]]: [[Q3457482]]"
  4. 20w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram language entity code Entity["Mountain", "PuyDeSancy"]
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Mountain", "PuyDeSancy"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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