The Durance (French pronunciation: [dyʁɑ̃s]; Durença in the Occitan classical norm or Durènço in the Mistralian norm) is a major river in Southeastern...
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Saint-Paul-lès-Durance (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pɔl lɛ dyʁɑ̃s], literally Saint-Paul near Durance; also spelled Saint-Paul-lez-Durance; Provençal: Sant...
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European and American voyages of scientific exploration (section 1819–1821: Le Rhône and La Durance)
to investigate the acclimatisation of plants transplanted from Asia. La Durance returned to France in 1820, Le Rhône the following year. Captain: Pierre...
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and Cadière and – since 1966 – by Électricité de France's Canal EDF de la Durance [fr]. Two canals link it to the Mediterranean, the open air Canal de Caronte [fr]...
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sillon subalpin entre le Champsaur et la vallée de la Durance" [Subalpine trench between Champsaur and the Durance Valley] (in French). Retrieved 10 April...
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the River Durance, which is used for kayaking, white-water rafting and other water sports. The Argentiere Canoe Slalom Course is in the Durance River south...
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"spectacular" via ferrata Gorges de la Durance); routes up and around waterfalls (via ferrata de l´Adret: la Passerelle) or simply overhanging and strenuous...
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The Durance class is a series of multi-product replenishment oilers, originally designed and built for service in the French Navy. Besides the five ships...
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Salon-de-Provence Hippodrome de la Durance, Cavaillon Hippodrome de la Levade, Bollène Hippodrome de Saint-Ponchon, Carpentras Hippodrome de la plage, Hyères Hippodrome...
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The Pont de Bonpas is a bridge over the Durance river, connecting the south of Vaucluse to the north of Bouches-du-Rhône in southern France. An initial...
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replenishment oiler of the Durance class in service in the Argentine Navy. She was the lead ship of her class serving in the French Navy as Durance (A 629) from 1977...
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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. It is situated in the Durance Valley, at the foot of the Luberon mountains. Cavaillon was already a city...
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one-act play Agricol Viala, ou Le jeune héros de la Durance (Agricol Viala, or The young hero of the Durance), put on in Paris on 1 July 1794. 1794 also saw...
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Gard or Gardon (in Beaucaire) Durance (in Avignon) Calavon (near Caumont-sur-Durance) Verdon (in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance) Asse (in Valensole) Bléone (in...
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piano. They also perform in various surrounding villages, La route de la Durance aux Alpilles, during free concerts to discover these artists of tomorrow...
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Marseille Monument de l'Armée d'Orient in 1927, the works La Méditerranée" and "La Durance" for the Cavaillon bridge in 1932, decoration on the Marseille...
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française 2011 : Les Hommes sont toujours des enfants 2019 : La Méouge, le Rhône, La Durance 2023 : Chanter le Blues 1979 : Rien ne va plus [fr] directed...
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des Écrins, delimited by the main valleys of rivers Drac, Romanche and Durance (with its Guisane dependency). Écrins National Park covers the territory...
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as the Ancien Canal de Marseille, was abandoned when the Canal EDF de la Durance went into service in 1966. Since that time, water initially enters the...
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The following rivers flow through the department: Durance, Guisane, Buëch, Drac and Clarée. The Durance has been dammed to create one of the largest artificial...
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Barcelonnette and Castellane. The main river is the Durance which runs in the west of the department. It is in the Durance valley that the most important traffic routes...
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L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (French pronunciation: [lil syʁ la sɔʁɡ]; Occitan: L'Illa de Sòrga [ˈlilɔ de ˈsɔʀɡɔ] or L'Illa de Venissa [ˈlilɔ de veˈnisɔ]) is a...
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d'Aigues. Edisud. p. 195. ISBN 978-2-7449-0764-7. Clébert, Jean-Paul (1991). La Durance. Privat. p. 73. ISBN 2-7089-9503-0. Ollivier-Elliot, Patrick (2008). Luberon...
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flow gauges". Proc. Institute Civ. Eng. 4 (2): 1–8. M.E. Imbeau, (1892) La Durance: Regime. Crues et inundations, Ann. Ponts Chausses Mem. Doc. Ser. 3(I)...
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becoming archbishop this hermit went on retreat in a cave overhanging la Durance in the town of Beaumont de Pertuis. Later on, this cave became a pilgrimage...
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a remote valley near Draguignan in 1160. Silvacane Abbey, on the Durance river at La Roque-d'Anthéron, was founded in 1175. In the 13th century, the French...
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peuple, tant des villes que de la campagne, avec beaucoup de notes intéressantes Agricol Viala, ou le Jeune héros de la Durance, fait historique et patriotique...
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a review in Maurice Schlesinger's widely distributed and very influential La Revue et Gazette musicale de Paris of a performance at a music evening given...
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Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t maʁi də la mɛʁ], also Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, lit.: "(the) Saint Marys of the Sea", locally...
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Villeneuve-lès-Avignon in the Gard département; Avignon, Caumont-sur-Durance, Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue, Jonquerettes, Morières-lès-Avignon, Le Pontet,...
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