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Les Matelles

commune in Hérault, France

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ1062426 ↗
Source-derived summary

Les Matelles (French pronunciation: [le matɛl]; Occitan: Las Matèlas) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Les Matelles” as commune in Hérault, France. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Matelles, commune and Hérault.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current 19-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Matelles, commune and Hérault 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 “Les Matelles”, the useful work is to connect “commune in Hérault, France” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1062426. VIAF identifies the subject as 136312089. The Library of Congress control number is no00030107. Authority coordinates are 43.731, 3.809. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Les Matelles” 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.