The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhône_(department)" id="mwXw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rhône (department)">Rhône</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loire_(department)" id="mwYA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Loire (department)">Loire</a> <i id="mwYQ"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departments_of_France" id="mwYg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Departments of France">départments</a></i> are created when the former <i id="mwYw">département</i> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhône-et-Loire" id="mwZA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rhône-et-Loire">Rhône-et-Loire</a> is split into two.