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Canton of Collonges

canton of France (until March 2015)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ187759 ↗
Source-derived summary

The canton of Collonges is a former administrative division in eastern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It had 11,647 inhabitants (2012).

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Canton of Collonges” as canton of France (until March 2015). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2015, 2012—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Canton, Collonges and canton can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as canton of France (until March 2015). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q187759. Authority coordinates are 46.139, 5.905. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2015 and 2012.

Critical limits

A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

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  • Locating named sources
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The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Canton of Collonges”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Canton of Collonges primary sources, Canton of Collonges archive and Canton research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Canton of Collonges”?
  2. Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
  3. Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
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This entry incorporates text from “Canton of Collonges” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.