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    Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ dy ʃəmɛ̃]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France...
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  • département Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin, in the Vendée département Saint-Pierre-du-Fresne, in the Calvados département Saint-Pierre-du-Jonquet, in the Calvados...
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    river in the Vendée département, western France. Its source is at Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin and it flows generally southwest. It flows into the Bay of Biscay...
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    merger of the communes of Boufféré, La Guyonnière, Montaigu, Saint-Georges-de-Montaigu and Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay. Communes of the Vendée department "Répertoire...
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    chaussée Saint-Honoré from 1450. The section between the now extinct rue du Rempart and the rue Royale was known successively as the chemin de Clichy...
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    localities within the borough of Saint-Hubert. Brentwood Brentwood was located in between Rue Kimber and Chemin Chambly. Chemin Noble was among the main streets...
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    the Trout River Border Crossing). Part of this highway is known as the Chemin du Roy, or King's Highway, which is one of the oldest highways in Canada...
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    of anecdotes and tales, is sometimes attributed to him. Born at Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin, in the area of Vendée in Poitou, he entered monastic orders in...
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    from Marmoutier near Tours and monks of Saint-Cyprien at Poitiers built a new monastery and dedicated it to Saint Stephen. A wooden stockade was built by...
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    In 1903, the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest launched a halt to serve the Fouilleuse racecourse (now the Saint-Cloud racecourse). The halt took...
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    Lattre-de-Tassigny, Lycée polyvalent Pierre-Mendès-France, and Lycée professionnel Edoaurd Branly Private senior high schools: Lycée Saint-François d'Assise, Lycée...
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    The Compagnie des chemins de fer du Midi (abbr. CF du Midi), also known in English as the Midi or Southern Railway, was an early French railway company...
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    the Atlantic Ocean. It is situated on the coast between La Rochelle and Saint-Nazaire, near the coastal terminus of the A87 that connects it and nearby...
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    classified as a seaside resort. In the ninth century, the monks of Saint-Gilles-du-Gard settled in what was then called Sidunum, a priory and a fortified...
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  • Saint-Maurice-des-Noues Saint-Maurice-le-Girard Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin Saint-Valérien Sérigné Terval Thiré Vouvant "Décret n° 2014-169 du 17 février 2014 portant...
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    of the communes of Cezais, Saint-Sulpice-en-Pareds and Thouarsais-Bouildroux. Its seat is Thouarsais-Bouildroux. Rives-du-Fougerais takes its name from...
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    western France. The history of the town began with the arrival of the monk Saint Philibert in 674 who founded a monastery. The Château de Noirmoutier dates...
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    the station of Saint-Pierre-lès-Calais, opened in 1848 by the Chemin de Fer du Nord, 40 years before the union of Calais with Saint-Pierre. The bridge over...
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  • from Paris to Le Pecq, built by Émile Péreire's Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Saint-Germain and inaugurated on 24 August 1837 by Marie-Amélie...
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  • The Chemin Neuf Community (French: Communauté du Chemin Neuf) is a Catholic community with an ecumenical vocation. Formed from a charismatic prayer group...
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    first album Petite mam'zelle de chemin on May 24, 2011. The album sold relatively well in Quebec and it even won St-Pierre her first nomination for the Breakthrough...
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    point, at No 252, the Église Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas, for pilgrims leaving Paris to make their way along the Chemin de Saint-Jacques that led eventually...
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    out. Chemin de la Rivière-Saint-Pierre (now avenue de l'Église) was built to join Chemin de la Côte-des-Argoulets (Boulevard LaSalle) with the Chemin de...
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    under the supervision of Pierre-Paul Riquet, and construction lasted from 1666 to 1681, during the reign of Louis XIV. The Canal du Midi is one of the oldest...
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    de Luçon". svowebmaster.free.fr. "Saint Philbert, patron secondaire du diocèse". vendee.catholique.fr. "Histoire du diocèse de Luçon". vendee.catholique...
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  • aciéries de la Marine et Homécourt, the Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM), Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans (PO), établissements...
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    authorized and approved the constitution of a company called Compagnie du chemin de fer de Saint-Étienne à la Loire for the implementation and operation of the...
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    steep-sided gorge of the river Hérault, Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert is essentially a medieval village located on the Chemin de Saint-Jacques (Way of St James) pilgrim...
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    The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (French pronunciation: [sɔsjete nɑsjɔnal de ʃ(ə)mɛ̃ d(ə) fɛʁ fʁɑ̃sɛ]; abbreviated as SNCF [ɛs‿ɛn se...
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    original complex was constructed between 1861 and 1864 on behalf of the Chemin de Fer du Nord company. The station replaced an earlier and much smaller terminal...
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