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    Villebois-Lavalette (French pronunciation: [vilbwa lavalɛt]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It was the seat of the former...
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  • Victor de Besenval de Brünstatt) 1714 Mr. de Montargon 1726-1728 François Sanguin de Livry 1728 Michel de Villebois (under the pseudonym Mr. de Laube)...
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  • L'Oisellerie  • Richemont  • Rochebrune  • La Rochefoucauld  • Verteuil  • Villebois-Lavalette Charente-Maritime (17) Aulnay  • Broue  • Fouras  • l'Isleau...
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  • The 2016–17 Coupe de France First preliminary rounds comprised the first rounds of the 2016–17 Coupe de France preliminary rounds. The competition was...
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    located in modern-day South Sudan. A French colonial officer George de Villebois-Mareuil saw the Anglo-Boer War as a chance to avenge the French humiliation...
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    and Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac. On 1 January 2024, Cherves-Richemont and Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac merged to create the new commune of Val-de-Cognac. This merger...
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  • The 2009–10 Coupe de France is the 93rd season of the French most prestigious cup competition, organized by the French Football Federation, and is open...
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    city was taken back by Lieutenant Georges de Villebois-Mareuil, General Joseph Pourcet, and General Bertrand de Chabron. Since then, a memorial stands on...
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    Saint-Félix is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Communes of the Charente department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires"...
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    the Scandinavian Corps. Two volunteers, George Henri Anne-Marie Victor de Villebois-Mareuil of France and Yevgeny Maximov of Russia, became veggeneraals...
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  • The 2016–17 Coupe de France preliminary rounds made up the qualifying competition to decide which teams took part in the main competition from round 7...
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    Market, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) Notice by Samuel S de Sacy. in the collection: Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan. Classic Folio...
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    housed numerous relics: Those of saints Apollinaire, Cyprien, Corneille, Félix, Fortunat, Achillée and a fragment of the True Cross. The episcopal district...
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    Communauté de communes des 4B Sud-Charente Communauté de communes de Charente Limousine Communauté de communes Cœur de Charente Communauté de communes Lavalette...
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    Rancogne, Angoulême, Montignac, Merpins, Villejoubert (the Andone dastrum), Villebois, Bouteville, and Archiac, were built. Other important castles in the region...
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    Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (category Plus Beaux Villages de France)
    were called Guyenne. Other castellanies were: Angoulême, Bouteville, Villebois, Merpins, Jarnac, Cognac, and La Tour-Blanche. "Répertoire national des...
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  • The 2015–16 Coupe de France preliminary rounds made up the qualifying competition to decide which teams took part in the main competition from Round 7...
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    and brandy. In November 1651, Cognac was besieged by rebels led by Prince de Condé during the 1648-1653 civil war, the "Fronde"; and the town was relieved...
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    Bourg-de-Péage (French pronunciation: [buʁ də peaʒ]; Vivaro-Alpine dialect of Occitan: Lo Borg dau Peatge, [lu buɾk ˈdaw peˈad͡ʒe]; Catalan: Lo Peatge de Pisançon)...
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    Sainte-Souline Saint-Félix Saint-Fort-sur-le-Né Saint-Fraigne Saint-Front Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac Saint-Georges Saint-Germain-de-Montbron Saint-Gourson...
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    Sainte-Souline Saint-Félix Saint-Fort-sur-le-Né Saint-Fraigne Saint-Front Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac Saint-Georges Saint-Germain-de-Montbron Saint-Gourson...
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    Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023. Commune de Jarnac (16167), INSEE Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet...
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    of French Guiana in 1643, to the present day. (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) Politics of French Guiana History of French...
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    tourism in recent years. On 1 January 2016, the former commune Saint-Germain-de-Confolens was merged into Confolens. Confolens is located at the confluence...
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    Sainte-Souline Saint-Félix Saint-Fort-sur-le-Né Saint-Fraigne Saint-Front Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac Saint-Georges Saint-Germain-de-Montbron Saint-Gourson...
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    bravery, was virtually wiped out at the battle of Magersfontein. Viscount Villebois-Mareuil formed a small French force. In late September the government...
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    La Forêt-de-Tessé (French pronunciation: [la fɔʁɛ də tɛse]) commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Communes of the Charente department...
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    three kilometers north of the town center is the Domaine de Boisbuchet with the Château de Boisbuchet, built in 1865 on a hill above the Vienne. The...
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    Salles-de-Villefagnan (French pronunciation: [sal də vilfaɲɑ̃], literally Salles of Villefagnan) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern...
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    Bors (also referred to as Bors-de-Montmoreau, to distinguish it from Bors near Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern...
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