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Le Puy-en-Velay
France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe and comprises various overseas islands and territories which are located in other regions. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. At 674,843 square kilometers, France is the world's 40th-largest country after Myanmar. It is a member of the European Union and Paris is the capital of this nation.
Le Puy-en-Velay is one of most popular destinations in France, and is well known for the quantity of cultural related attractions and monuments. It is basically a commune of south-central France and the prefecture or the capital of the Haute-Loire department. The inhabitants of this city are called as the Ponots or the Ponotes.
Le Puy-en-Velay was a major archdiocese in medieval France, established early, though its early history is legendary. According to a martyrology amassed by Ado of Vienne and published in many copies in 858, which was enhanced in the mid-10th century by Gauzbert of Limoges, a priest named George accompanied a certain Front, the first Bishop of Perigueux, when they were sent to proselytize in Gaul. Front was added to the list of the apostles to Gaul, traditionally sent out to reorganize Christians after the persecutions that are connected with Decius and Gratian, circa 250.
Le Puy-en-Velay’s memorials are the hypotheses to decipher that includes Chateau de Polignac which is one of the most important feudal strongholds located three miles from Le Puy. The city also possesses memorial buildings in a wide range of styles that include neoclassical, modernist, noucentrista and simply eclectic.
Presently, Le Puy-en-Velay experiences a sharp social, economic and population growth derivative of the strategic position of the locality and the high level of well-being and quality of life that is enjoyed with respect to other places of France. This fact has consolidated along with other adjacent municipalities, as a great alternative for residence.
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