Velay
Sign in to saveVelay () is a historical area of France situated in the east Haute-Loire département and southeast of Massif Central.
Key facts
- Country.native_name
- Comtat del Velai Comté du Velay
- Country.conventional_long_name
- County of Velay
- Country.common_name
- Velay
- Country.era
- Middle Ages
- Country.government_type
- Monarchy
- Country.year_start
- 1142
- Country.year_end
- 1790
- Country.p1
- Duchy of Aquitaine
- Country.image_p1
- x20px
- Country.s1
- Kingdom of France
- Country.flag_s1
- Flag of France.svg
- Country.image_coat
- Blason département fr Haute-Loire.svg
- Country.image_map
- Haute-Loire-Position.svg
- Country.image_map_caption
- In red, the modern territory of Haute-Loire (most of it was former Velay) within France
- Country.capital
- Le Puy-en-Velay
- Country.common_languages
- Occitan, French
- Country.religion
- Roman Catholicism, Calvinism
- Country.today
- France
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- Middle Ages
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Velay () is a historical area of France situated in the east Haute-Loire département and southeast of Massif Central.
== History == Julius Caesar mentioned the vellavi as the subordinate of the arverni. Strabon suggested that they might have made secession from the arverni and Ptolemy located them as vellauni.