Lapte
Encyclopedia
Lapte is a commune
in the Haute-Loire
department in south-central France
.Its inhabitants are called laptois and laptoises.The municipality covers 30.8 square kilometres and 1515 inhabitants from the last population census. Population density is 49.3 inhabitants per square kilometre in the town.Surrounded by the common grezac
, chenereilles
and raucoules
,lapte is located 23 km southwest of firminy
the largest city around.
river, the river DENİERES are the main rivers that cross the joint Lapte. The river Lignon du Velay
flows through the commune.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Haute-Loire
Haute-Loire
Haute-Loire is a department in south-central France named after the Loire River.-History:Haute-Loire is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
department in south-central France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.Its inhabitants are called laptois and laptoises.The municipality covers 30.8 square kilometres and 1515 inhabitants from the last population census. Population density is 49.3 inhabitants per square kilometre in the town.Surrounded by the common grezac
Grézac
Grézac is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...
, chenereilles
Chenereilles, Haute-Loire
Chenereilles is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.The people are called Chenereilles Chenereillois and numbered 242 in the 1999 census.-Geography:...
and raucoules
Raucoules
Raucoules is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France....
,lapte is located 23 km southwest of firminy
Firminy
Firminy is a commune in the Loire department in central France.It lies on the Ondaine River 8 mi. S.W. of Saint-Étienne by rail.-Sights:Two historic churches from the 12th and 16th centuries are located here...
the largest city around.
Geography
Located at 860 metres altitude the LignonLignon
Lignon is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France....
river, the river DENİERES are the main rivers that cross the joint Lapte. The river Lignon du Velay
Lignon du Velay
The Lignon du Velay is a long river in the Ardèche and Haute-Loire départements, south-central France. Its source is near Chaudeyrolles. It flows generally north...
flows through the commune.