Velay
Sign in to saveVelay () is a historical area of France situated in the east Haute-Loire département and southeast of Massif Central.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Velay is referenced by 99 other articles, and connects out to France, French and Julius Caesar.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Former provinces of France, Geography of Haute-Loire and Languedoc.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- natural region of France
- Part of
- Languedoc
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Haute-Loire
- Capital
- Le Puy-en-Velay
- Image
- Saint-Maurice-de-Roche, panorama vers les Monts du Vélay.jpg
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- Commons category
- Velay
- different from
- Canton of Valais
- native label
- Velai
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- History
- Middle Ages
- Modern period
- References
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Velay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations