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    The canton of Cognac-2 is an administrative division of the Charente department in southwestern France. It was created during the French canton reorganisation...
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    Cognac Cognac (/ˈkɒn.jæk/ KON-yak, also US: /ˈkoʊn-, ˈkɔːn-/ KOHN-, KAWN-, French: [kɔɲak] ) is a variety of brandy named after the commune of Cognac...
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    regional Cognac developed into a centre for the production of wine and brandy. In November 1651, Cognac was besieged by rebels led by Prince de Condé during...
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    Val-de-Cognac (French pronunciation: [val də kɔɲak], literally Vale of Cognac) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It was...
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    January 2008 the canton of Rouillac that previously belonged to the arrondissement of Angoulême was added to the arrondissement of Cognac. At the January...
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  • internationale pour une histoire de la civilisation européenne and became its president in 1994. In 2013, he founded the Confrérie du cognac. Gérard Montassier died...
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  • Angoulême-2 Angoulême-3 Boëme-Échelle Boixe-et-Manslois Charente-Bonnieure Charente-Champagne Charente-Nord Charente-Sud Charente-Vienne Cognac-1 Cognac-2 La...
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    Barbezieux, Confolens, Cognac, La Rochefoucauld, Ruffec) and forty-four cantons. Barbezieux sought to merge with Saintonge, while Cognac requested a court...
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    the river beside which the department's two largest towns, Angoulême and Cognac, are sited. In 2019, it had a population of 352,015. Charente is one of...
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    (tropical fruit) Jabuticaba Kruškovac (pear) Kwai Feh (lychee) Lichido (vodka, cognac, lychee and guava essences, and white peach juice) Limoncello (lemon liqueur)...
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    Cognac Communauté de communes des 4B Sud-Charente Communauté de communes de Charente Limousine Communauté de communes Cœur de Charente Communauté de communes...
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    river Charente between Angoulême and Cognac. It is about 20 km west of Angoulême, and about 10 km east of Cognac. Jarnac is the birthplace of former French...
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    Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ loʁɑ̃ də kɔɲak], literally Saint-Laurent of Cognac; Occitan: Sent Laurenç de Conhac) is a commune in...
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    Puntarenas canton, it is awarded the title of city, which comprises the Puntarenas, Chacarita and El Roble districts. As the city of the first canton of the...
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    added to the arrondissement of Confolens, and the canton of Rouillac to the arrondissement of Cognac. The borders of the arrondissements of Charente were...
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    Empress Elisabeth of Austria (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    for inspection. When her hair was washed with a combination of eggs and cognac once every two weeks, all activities and obligations were cancelled for...
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    that the pear will grow inside it. Since 2001, Eau-de-vie de poire du Valais produced in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland has been protected as an Appellation...
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    normally diluted with water before being consumed. Absinthe was created in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland in the late 18th century by the French physician...
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    20,000 acres of mountainous terrain, compared to about 220,000 acres for cognac and 83,000 acres for champagne. Most singani production since about 1980...
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    Jungfrau (category Mountains of the canton of Bern)
    summits of the Bernese Alps, located between the northern canton of Bern and the southern canton of Valais, halfway between Interlaken and Fiesch. Together...
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    (confluence). The Né runs through the cantons of Charente-Sud, Boëme-Échelle, Charente-Champagne, Jonzac, Cognac-2 and Thénac. The ancient forms are "aquam...
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    Bordeaux, Bergerac, Cognac (production of Cognac and Pineau des Charentes) and partially, Armagnac (production of Armagnac and Floc de Gascogne), Southwest...
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    Saint-Lô (redirect from Gare de Saint Lô)
    department. It is also chef-lieu of an arrondissement and two cantons (Saint-Lô-1 and Saint-Lô-2). The placename derives from that of a local saint, Laud of...
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    of Oléron Talmont-sur-Gironde Jonzac Fort Boyard Barrels of Hennessy cognac Cantons of the Charente-Maritime department Communes of the Charente-Maritime...
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    (17th century), at 4 km (2.5 mi) from the city. It is home to the Centre Culturel de Rencontre de La Borie et l'Ensemble Baroque de Limoges. The remains of...
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  • Arthur de Pourtalès, Count de Pourtalès-Gorgier (31 August 1844 – 1928) was a Swiss-French diplomat. Pourtalès was born in Gorgier in the Canton of Neuchâtel...
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    Cherves-de-Cognac (before 1956: Cherves) with Richemont in January 1973. On 1 January 2024, it was merged into the new commune of Val-de-Cognac. Communes...
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    Alain Delon (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Delon 1980-1983 Le Film Français, No. 2555, 21 avril 1995. Le Festival de Cognac acclame Alain Delon Le Film Français, No. 2823, 14 avril 2000. Jean-Michel...
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    Škoda Superb (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    textile materials used are made from 100% recyclable materials, and the ‘cognac’ brown leather option is tanned using waste water from olive processing...
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    Reich" 2e SS Panzer Division (Parcours de la division en France, 560 pp), Éditions de La Lauze/Périgueux. ISBN 2-912032-76-8 Wikimedia Commons has media...
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