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Clamensane

commune in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ871177 ↗
Source-derived summary

Clamensane (French pronunciation: [klamɑ̃san]; Occitan: Clamençana) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.

Geography

The village is located 700 m above sea level, at the confluence of Sasse and Vermeil rivers.

Population

See also

Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department

References

Michel de La Torre, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence : le guide complet des 200 communes, Paris, Deslogis-Lacoste, coll. « Villes et villages de France », 1989, Relié, 72 p.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Clamensane” as commune in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1989—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Clamensane, commune and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as commune in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q871177. VIAF identifies the subject as 4754157282930503640000. Authority coordinates are 44.322, 6.068. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1989.

Critical limits

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This entry incorporates text from “Clamensane” 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.