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Lac de Matemale

reservoir in France

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ3215480 ↗
Source-derived summary

Lac de Matemale is an artificial lake in the commune of Matemale in the Pyrénées-Orientales, France. At an elevation of 1541 m, its surface area is 2.23 km2.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Lac de Matemale” as reservoir in France. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Matemale, reservoir and France.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1541—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1959. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Matemale, reservoir and France providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Lac de Matemale”, the useful work is to connect “reservoir in France” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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 Jul 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3215480. Authority coordinates are 42.570, 2.100. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1541.

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Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. 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.

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This entry incorporates text from “Lac de Matemale” 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.