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    The arrondissement of Montargis is an arrondissement of France in the Loiret department in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It has 125 communes. Its population...
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    Gien (French pronunciation: [ʒjɛ̃]) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. Gien is on the river Loire, 80 km (50 mi) from Orléans...
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    828 in 2021. In 1800 the arrondissements of Orléans, Gien, Montargis and Pithiviers were established. The arrondissements of Gien and Pithiviers were disbanded...
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    Fours (58118) Gien-sur-Cure (58125) Glux-en-Glenne (58128) Gouloux (58129) Isenay (58135) Lanty (58139) Larochemillay (58140) Lavault-de-Frétoy (58141)...
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    1941 to 1943, after the occupation of the zone libre, they fled again to Gien in the Loiret. There she attended Sainte-Marie-des-Fleurs-et-des-Fruits school...
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    Hôtel Gaillard (category Buildings and structures in the 17th arrondissement of Paris)
    Place du Général-Catroux, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. It has hosted since 2019 the Cité de l'économie et de la monnaie (Citéco), sponsored by the...
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    north-central France. It is part of the canton of Courtenay and of the arrondissement of Montargis. Communes of the Loiret department "Répertoire national...
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    largest rade in Europe. It is protected from the sea by the peninsula of Giens and the peninsula of Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer, and has been used as a military...
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    anchorage of the French Navy; Wind-surfing offshore of the peninsula of Giens; Le Thoronet Abbey, one of the best-preserved medieval Cistercian monasteries...
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    Chartres. It includes the arrondissement of Montargis, formerly subject to the Archdiocese of Sens, the arrondissement of Gien, once in the Burgundian Diocese...
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  • Fleury-les-Aubrais Gien Lorris Le Malesherbois Meung-sur-Loire Montargis Olivet Orléans-1 Orléans-2 Orléans-3 Orléans-4 Pithiviers Saint-Jean-de-Braye Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle...
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    Paris in September 1429, Joan of Arc passed through Montargis on her way to Gien. After the war Charles VII rewarded the town for its valour by granting it...
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    Poilly-lez-Gien (French pronunciation: [pwaji lɛ ʒjɛ̃], literally Poilly near Gien) is a commune in the Loiret department, located in north-central France...
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    England. It is the seat of the canton of Courtenay, which is part of the arrondissement of Montargis. Courtenay was the birthplace of Aristide Bruant and Pierre...
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    Gien-sur-Cure (French pronunciation: [ʒjɛ̃ syʁ kyʁ], lit. 'Gien-on-Cure') is a commune in the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region...
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    Loiret (category Departments of Centre-Val de Loire)
    d'Augerville, Château de Bellegarde, Château de Gien, Château du Hallier, Château de Meung-sur-Loire, Château de Sully-sur-Loire and Château de Trousse-Barrière...
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    in 1944 was to prevent the Germans from crossing the river Loire between Gien and Nevers and reinforcing troops in Brittany. The French Resistance and...
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    lies the pine-covered hill of Costebelle, which overlooks the peninsula of Giens. Hyères is the oldest resort on the French Riviera. The Hellenic city of...
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    Palmé. Legey, Henri (1881). Cinq semaines en exil, Bellefontaine, arrondissement de Cholet (Maine-et-Loire) : expulsion des Trappistes, occupation du...
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    December 2023. Décret du 10 mars 1988 portant changement de nom de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0065, 17 March 1988, p. 3550...
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    Foucherolles Fréville-du-Gâtinais Gaubertin Gémigny Germigny-des-Prés Gidy Gien Girolles Givraines Gondreville Grangermont Greneville-en-Beauce Griselles...
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    unique en France". Le pavillon Madame René Coty, au sein de l'hôpital Renée-Sabran à Giens, va retrouver une seconde jeunesse. Ouest-France (Newsletter...
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    Bapterosses [fr] (1813-1885), industrialist and developer of the Faïencerie de Gien, died in Briare Pierre Larousse (1817-1875), one of the foremost French...
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    Castellet and Varages for provincial workshops but also Gien and modern productions. Other faience work Gien ink stand Moustiers sugar bowl Moustiers oblong plate...
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    Brice, to whom the parish church is dedicated. The Château de Saint-Brisson [fr], built by the de Sancerre family in the early 13th century on the site of...
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    Foucherolles Fréville-du-Gâtinais Gaubertin Gémigny Germigny-des-Prés Gidy Gien Girolles Givraines Gondreville Grangermont Greneville-en-Beauce Griselles...
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    Foucherolles Fréville-du-Gâtinais Gaubertin Gémigny Germigny-des-Prés Gidy Gien Girolles Givraines Gondreville Grangermont Greneville-en-Beauce Griselles...
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    Saint-Jean-de-Braye (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ də bʁɛ]) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. It is an eastern suburb of...
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    strategic crossing of the Loire river. The château was expanded by Maximilien de Béthune, first duke of Sully and prime minister of King Henry IV of France...
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    and "Pillow fight"). In 2004, she creates a stunning Russian tea set for Gien: Polka. An interior designer, she carried out the projects for Pershing Hall...
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