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Monts-de-Randon

commune in Lozère, France

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ59452974 ↗
Source-derived summary

Monts-de-Randon (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ də ʁɑ̃dɔ̃]) is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Rieutort-de-Randon (the seat), Estables, Saint-Amans, Servières and La Villedieu.

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“Monts-de-Randon” enters the record as commune in Lozère, France. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Monts-de-Randon, commune and Lozère can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2019—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2019-01-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Monts-de-Randon, commune and Lozère.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q59452974. Authority coordinates are 44.579, 3.480. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2019.

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This entry incorporates text from “Monts-de-Randon” 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.