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Rougé

commune in Loire-Atlantique, France

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ1065301 ↗
Source-derived summary

Rougé (French pronunciation: [ʁuʒe] ; Breton: Ruzieg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France, near Rennes.

The name "Rougé" comes from the Latin "Rubiacus", means the red place, in reference to the high iron-composition of the ground.

Geography

The river Chère forms small part of the commune's southern border.

Editorial summary

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

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current 52-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 Rougé, commune and Loire-Atlantique providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Rougé”, the useful work is to connect “commune in Loire-Atlantique, 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 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1065301. Authority coordinates are 47.783, -1.448. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

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This entry incorporates text from “Rougé” 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.