Velay

Velay () is a historical area of France situated in the east Haute-Loire département and southeast of Massif Central.

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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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Image: Saint-Maurice-de-Roche, panorama vers les Monts du Vélay.jpg

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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.