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    The Canton of Geneva, officially the Republic and Canton of Geneva, is one of the 26 cantons of the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of forty-five municipalities...
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    applies to the Romance-speaking cantons in particular: Geneva (formally République et canton de Genève, 'Republic and canton of Geneva'), Jura, Neuchâtel...
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  • Taxation in Switzerland (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Taxes in Switzerland are levied by the Swiss Confederation, the cantons and the municipalities. Switzerland is a federal republic in which the sovereignty...
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    January 2017, the former commune of Labergement-du-Navois was merged into Levier. Levier is located 20 km (12 mi) from Pontarlier, 45 km (28 mi) from Besançon...
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    Aargau (redirect from Canton Aargau)
    the Canton of Aargau (German: Kanton Aargau; Romansh: Chantun Argovia; French: Canton d'Argovie; Italian: Canton Argovia), is one of the 26 cantons forming...
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    com. In 2001, Levy was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Along with former Bills' special-teamer Steve Tasker, Levy did local broadcasts...
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    Léman was the name of a canton of the Helvetic Republic from 1798 to 1803, corresponding to the territory of modern Vaud. A former subject territory of...
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    The Canton System (1757–1842; Chinese: 一口通商; pinyin: Yīkǒu tōngshāng; Jyutping: jat1 hau2 tung1 soeng1, lit. "Single [port] trading relations") served...
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    Luigi Lucheni (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    abolished in Geneva, and wrote a letter demanding that he be tried in another canton, such that he could be martyred. He received the sentence of life imprisonment...
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    In Shanghai and Canton (Guangzhou), Cohen trained Sun's small armed forces to box and shoot, and told people that he was an aide-de-camp and an acting...
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    La Chaux-de-Fonds (French pronunciation: [laʃodəfɔ̃]) is a Swiss city in the canton of Neuchâtel. It is located in the Jura Mountains at an altitude of...
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  • Ebel (category Companies based in the canton of Neuchâtel)
    was founded in 1911 at La Chaux-de-Fonds in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Eugène Blum and his wife Alice (née Lévy), founded Ebel in 1911. The brand...
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    The Canton Synagogue (Italian: Scuola Canton) is a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, that is located in the Jewish Ghetto of Venice, Italy...
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  • guild of Chinese merchants or hongs, operated the import–export monopoly in Canton (present-day Guangzhou) during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911). During the...
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    The East Beirut canton, also known as Kfarshima - Madfoun or Marounistan, was a Christian-dominated geopolitical region that existed in Lebanon from 1976...
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    to the canton, where they were recognized as full members and can move around freely and in this way, the last fraction of the Kamaya canton thus was...
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    Histoire de ma vie. 2nd volume, Michel Lévy frères, Paris 1856, p. 179 (gallica.bnf.fr). Glarus, October 15, 1799 (State Archives of the Canton of Glarus...
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  • he exchanges bitter words with Canton. Canton and Averill quarrel and Canton is knocked to the floor. That night, Canton recruits men to kill the named...
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    Mike Sievert (category People from Canton, Ohio)
    "T-Mobile's next CEO, Mike Sievert, is a Canton native". CantonRep. Gannett. Retrieved 9 December 2019. Levy, Nat (14 June 2018). "T-Mobile promotes Mike...
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    KRIGER" June 21, 2009 Eau Claire Leader: "Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Kriger, Canton, Ohio, announce the engagement of their daughter, Raechelle Beth Kriger...
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    by paying annual lease of hundreds of silver taels to Ming China. Luso-Canton trade relations were formally reestablished in 1554, and Portugal soon after...
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    Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area Carroll 26,721 394.67 Canton-Massillon, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area Champaign 38,714 428.56 Urbana...
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    Sud-Ouest-du-Canton-de-Ham and the Parish of Saint-Joseph-de-Ham-Sud. 2 April: Creation of the Municipality of Partie-Ouest-du-Canton-de-Douglas from...
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    Sonderbund War (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
    Switzerland, then still a relatively loose confederacy of cantons. It ensued after seven Catholic cantons formed the Sonderbund ("separate alliance") in 1845...
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    mai 1968. Direction des Archives de Paris. Amédée Sevène, Notice sur Villemur: chef-lieu de canton de l'arrondissement de Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), 1898...
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    (25320) Landresse (25325) Laval-le-Prieuré (25329) Laviron (25333) Levier (25334) Longechaux (25342) Longemaison (25343) Longevelle-lès-Russey (25344)...
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  • Mexico's Santa Fe de Nuevo México territory. González and Montoya were both Taos Pueblo Indians and led the independent Junta Popular or Cantón, which was the...
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    the Legislative Assembly, the Sections of Paris, the Assemblies of the Cantons and all who imitated us? For all these things have been illegal, as illegal...
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  • Church tax (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    collected through taxation. Each canton church tax may formally have to leave the church.[clarification needed] In some cantons private companies are unable...
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    Lausanne, and the following year he was moved to another on Lake Küssnacht in Canton Schwyz. He died at Küssnacht on 26 October 1918. Although from a humble...
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