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    Simplon (French: [sɛ̃.plɔ̃]) was a department of the First French Empire. It was named after the Simplon Pass (Italian: Passo del Sempione). It was formed...
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  • Simplon is the name of a region in the Alps, and can refer to: Simplon Pass Simplon Tunnel, close to the pass Simplon (département), a former French département...
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    the projected improvements, the Simplon Pass could now be used safely all through the year. The former Simplon département (the Swiss canton Valais) was...
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    In the administrative divisions of France, the department (French: département, pronounced [depaʁtəmɑ̃] ) is one of the three levels of government under...
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    and the République des Sept-Dizains, briefly annexed by France as Simplon département during 1810–1813. claimed by Frederick William III of Prussia until...
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    Valais". Fondation Napoléon. Retrieved 2 June 2021. Arnold, Renato. "Simplon (département)". Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Translated by Florence Piguet...
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  • Haute-Savoie département in France Entremont (district), a district of the canton of Valais in Switzerland and was a canton of the former Simplon département of...
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    Rhodanic Republic was annexed by the First French Empire as the departement of Simplon. The department was occupied by Austrian troops in late 1813, and...
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    This is a list of the 130 departments (French: départements), the conventional name for the administrative subdivisions of the First French Empire at the...
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    century. In 1810 Valais was part of the French Empire and the "Département du Simplon". The Maffiola family, originally from Italy, worked as sub-concessionaires...
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    finally incorporated into the First French Empire under the name of Département du Simplon. A prefect headed the department, which was divided into three arrondissements...
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    passing Gonda, Monte Leone, Bortelhorn, Helsenhorn, traversed by the Simplon Tunnel connecting Brig with Varzo, Grieshorn just south of Nufenen Pass...
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    Jura were even briefly joined to France, as the Léman, Simplon and Mont-Terrible départements, respectively). Suisse romande is used in contrast to Suisse...
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    the Rhodanic Republic, which in 1810 became part of the French département of Simplon before in 1815 joining the restored Swiss Confederacy as a canton...
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    missed opportunity for Geneva to keep its central position came with the Simplon tunnel. Geneva had entertained the idea to build a tunnel through the Col...
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  • important transport routes through the Swiss Alps, namely the Gotthard, the Simplon and Great St. Bernard passes, because Switzerland does not possess any...
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  • hub of northern Italy and, with the opening of the Gotthard (1882) and Simplon (1906) railway tunnels, the major South European rail hub for goods and...
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    remained independent until 1810 when it was annexed into France as the département of Simplon. Between 1798 and 1801 the representative of the Helvetic government...
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  • France. The Rhodanic Republic is annexed by France and becomes the département of Simplon. 1811 28 March The Kingdom of Haiti supersedes the State of Haiti...
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    a construction locomotive, later probably Simplon No. 4, used at Brig during the construction of the Simplon Tunnel 2475 1907 0-4-0 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)...
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    Retrieved 2024-07-25. Seine-Saint-Denis, Département de la (2006-02-28). ""Atlas communal du département de la Seine. Arrondissement de Saint-Denis...
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    9th, Paris 18th 2,167,570 Bobigny–Pablo Picasso (Préfecture - Hôtel du Département) 1985-04-25 underground Bobigny 6,561,327 Bobigny–Pantin–Raymond Queneau...
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    1793 and 1800 it was part of the Département of Mont-Terrible and then in 1800–1814 it was part of the Département of Haut-Rhin. Under the revolutionary...
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  • 233078°N 7.361119°E / 46.233078; 7.361119 7051 Ancienne Préfecture du Département du Simplon (maison de Kalbermatten) Rue de Lausanne 7 593.940 120.120 46°13′57″N...
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  • Rhodanic Republic of 1802, and into a canton within the French département du Simplon in 1810. In 1815, it was restored as a tithing (after 1848 called...
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    Charles-Maurice Emery: Faire la Voie, Chemin de fer-Musée Blonay-Chamby, Département de la formation, de la jeunesse et de la culture (DFJC) – Service des...
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