Meaulne
former commune in Allier, France
Meaulne (French pronunciation: [mo(l)n]) is a former commune in the Allier department in central France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Meaulne-Vitray.
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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 Jun 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q273839. Authority coordinates are 46.598, 2.615. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2017.
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This entry incorporates text from “Meaulne” 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.