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Pélussin

commune in Loire, France

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ972471 ↗
Source-derived summary

Pélussin (French pronunciation: [pelysɛ̃]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Pélussin is made up of three districts: Notre-Dame, Les Croix and at the very top, Virieu.

Editorial summary

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

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current 30-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 Pélussin, commune and Loire 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 “Pélussin”, the useful work is to connect “commune in Loire, France” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q972471. VIAF identifies the subject as 143505296. The Library of Congress control number is nr88012469. Authority coordinates are 45.418, 4.681. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

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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 “Pélussin” 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.