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Loire is a department in central France, which is an administrative division comparable to a county or province. It matters as one of France's regional divisions and is known for its industrial heritage and coal mining history.
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Loire (/lwɑːr/; French pronunciation: [lwaʁ]; Arpitan: Lêre; Occitan: Léger or Leir) is a landlocked department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France occupying the river Loire's upper reaches. Its prefecture is Saint-Étienne. It had a population of 774,133 in 2023.
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