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    Tugéras-Saint-Maurice is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Communes of the Charente-Maritime department "Répertoire...
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    West Africa. Pauline Réage (1907–1998), pseudonym of Anne Desclos, author Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908–1961), philosopher Pierre Salviac, (born 1946), a French...
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    Saint-Césaire (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sezɛʁ]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before...
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    Saint-Savinien (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ savinjɛ̃]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern...
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    The commune of La Rochelle absorbed part of the former commune of Saint-Maurice in 1858 and Laleu in 1880. La Rochelle possesses a commercial deep water...
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    La Fenêtre, Saint-Rémy, Saint-Vivien, Saint-Eutrope, Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pallais, Saint-Sébastien de Bouard, La Récluse, Le Maine-Saint-Sorlin and Bellevue...
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    Saint-Jean-d'Angély (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ dɑ̃ʒeli] ; Saintongeais: Sént-Jhan-d'Anjhéli) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in...
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    Saint-Martin-de-Ré (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ də ʁe], literally Saint-Martin of Ré; Saintongeais: Sént-Martin-de-Ré) is a commune in the western...
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    Bellerophon, which took him to Torbay and Plymouth before he was transferred to Saint Helena. The Battle of the Basque Roads, April 1809. Napoleon on HMS Bellerophon...
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    Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ dɔleʁɔ̃], lit. 'St. Peter of Oléron') is a commune in the French department of Charente-Maritime...
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  • Thumbnail for Saint-Porchaire
    Saint-Porchaire (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pɔʁʃɛʁ]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine...
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    Saint-Ouen-la-Thène (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿wɛ̃ la tɛn]; before 2013: Saint-Ouen) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern...
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    emerged. Between 1050 and 1075, the Prieuré de Saint-Vivien de Saintes built the Saint Pierre priory on the Saint-Pierre plateau, two kilometres from Royan...
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  • Thumbnail for Saint-Pierre-de-l'Isle
    Saint-Pierre-de-l'Isle (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ də lil]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. The commune...
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  • Thumbnail for Saint-Xandre
    Saint-Xandre (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sɑ̃dʁ]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Communes of the Charente-Maritime...
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  • Thumbnail for Saint-Georges-des-Agoûts
    Saint-Georges-des-Agoûts (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɔʁʒ de.z‿aɡu]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region...
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    conducted from 1769 under the direction of stonemason Martin and Daniel Maurice Blondeau carpenter. In the following century, the bell tower, cracked,...
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  • Thumbnail for Saint-Georges-de-Didonne
    Saint-Georges-de-Didonne (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɔʁʒ də didɔn]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in...
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  • Rouffignac Saint-Aigulin Sainte-Colombe Saint-Martin-d'Ary Saint-Martin-de-Coux Saint-Palais-de-Négrignac Saint-Pierre-du-Palais Souméras Sousmoulins Tugéras-Saint-Maurice...
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    Saint-Georges-d'Oléron (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɔʁʒ dɔleʁɔ̃], literally Saint-Georges of Oléron) is a commune on Oléron Island in the Charente-Maritime...
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  • Thumbnail for Saint-Pardoult
    Saint-Pardoult (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ paʁdu]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. The village lies on the right...
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  • Thumbnail for Saint-Médard-d'Aunis
    Saint-Médard-d'Aunis (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ medaʁ doni(s)], literally Saint-Médard of Aunis) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the...
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  • Thumbnail for Boyardville
    Boyardville (French pronunciation: [bwajaʁˈvil]) is a district in the town of Saint-Georges-d'Oléron on the eastern part of Oléron Island (Île d'Oléron), Charente-Maritime...
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  • Thumbnail for Saint-Palais-de-Négrignac
    Saint-Palais-de-Négrignac (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ palɛ də neɡʁiɲak]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region...
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    Tonnay-Charente Torxé Les Touches-de-Périgny La Tremblade Trizay Tugéras-Saint-Maurice La Vallée Vanzac Varaize Varzay Vaux-sur-Mer Vénérand Vergeroux...
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  • Thumbnail for Saint-Aigulin
    Saint-Aigulin (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ɛɡylɛ̃]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Communes of the Charente-Maritime...
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    built on a rock, overlooking the river Charente, 9 km downstream from Saintes. The place was first mentioned as terra Talleburgi in 1267. It was the...
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  • Thumbnail for Saint-Maigrin
    Saint-Maigrin (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ mɛɡʁɛ̃]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France...
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  • Thumbnail for Saint-Vaize
    Saint-Vaize (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ vɛz]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Communes of the Charente-Maritime...
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  • Thumbnail for Pons, Charente-Maritime
    Tonnay-Charente Torxé Les Touches-de-Périgny La Tremblade Trizay Tugéras-Saint-Maurice La Vallée Vanzac Varaize Varzay Vaux-sur-Mer Vénérand Vergeroux...
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