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    The Town of Île-Perrot (French/official name: Ville de l'Île-Perrot, pronounced [lil pɛʁo]) is a town and municipality on Île Perrot in southwestern Quebec...
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    Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot (French pronunciation: [nɔtʁə dam də lil pɛʁo]) is the largest of four municipalities located on Île Perrot, west of the island...
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    La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas (French pronunciation: [la vizitasjɔ̃ də lil dypa]) is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of...
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    1er Régiment de Fusiliers Marins 1ère Escadrille de Chasse Régiment de Chasse Normandie-Niemen 2ème Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes de l’Armée de l’Air...
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  • Hussards Régiment de Colonel Général Dragons Régiment de Mestre de Camp Général Dragons Régiment Royal Dragons Régiment du Roi Dragons Régiment de La Reine...
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    "Flore de La Réunion". Habiter La Réunion (in French). Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021. (in French) L'Île de la Réunion...
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  • (15|8|1944 - 2 mai 1945) », 2005, p. 364 "Libération de l'île d'Oléron sur cheminsdememoire.gouv.fr". "Libérationde l'île de Ré sur cheminsdememoire.gouv.fr"....
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    Varennes, Quebec (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    Varennes starts with the arrival of the Régiment de Carignan-Salières in New France. René Gaultier, sieur de Varennes, was given three concessions by...
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    Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau (French pronunciation: [lwi də bɥad kɔ̃t də fʁɔ̃tənak e də palɥo]; 22 May 1622 – 28 November 1698) was...
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    the French) in the year 1630. The period of service of the regiments varied: Régiment du Havre (1636-1642), Régiment des Îles (garrisoned at îles de Ré...
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  • de l'île Maurice. p. 198. ISBN 978-99903-31-24-0. "Prosper de Chermont - Gouverneur de l'île" [Prosper de Chermont - Governor of the island]. Île de la...
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    Battle of Trincomalee (category Naval battles of the American Revolutionary War involving France)
    a British fleet under Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes and a French fleet under the Bailli de Suffren off the coast of Trincomalee, then Ceylon (modern Sri...
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    The Saint Helen Island Fort (French: Fort de l'Île Sainte-Hélène), a historic site on Saint Helen's Island in the city of Montreal, Quebec, was constructed...
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    "Black Arrow". Régiment pénal de l'Île de Ré ("French Penal Regiment of Île de Ré") – One of five regional penal units forming part of the French Army in the...
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    railway line to L'Île-Rousse and Ponte-Leccia, connecting with the main line Ajaccio - Bastia. Tour du Sel and the citadel Église Sainte-Marie de Calvi Communes...
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    New Brunswick (category Articles containing French-language text)
    a colonial division of New France covering the Maritimes, was founded in 1604 by Samuel de Champlain and Pierre Dugua de Mons with a settlement on Saint...
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    Ajaccio (redirect from Ajaccio, France)
    jours sur la France et à 10 jours sur le monde". www.meteofrance.com. Retrieved 31 May 2017. MétéoFrance. "Quand les tornades "rafalent" l'île". www.corsematin...
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    The Recovery of Ré Island (French: Reprise de l'Île de Ré) was accomplished by the army of Louis XIII in September 1625, against the troops of the Protestant...
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  • Adolphe Salvat (category 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights)
    one-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Charles Labie and Joanny Augier 1840: L'Île de Calypso, one-act folie-vaudeville, with Joanny Augier 1842: Duchesse et...
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    Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    and then shipped to the penal colony of Devil's Island (L'île du Diable) off the coast of French Guiana. In 1896, Lieutenant-Colonel Georges Picquart, the...
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    Mokrani Revolt (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    Histoire du pays Kunie (L'Île des Pins): De la terre de tous les exils à l'île la plus proche du paradis. Mairie de l'Île des Pins. ISBN 9782953990867...
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    et batteries de tambour (1670) Sans mentir on est bien misérable (1671) Marche (1672) Marches pour le régiment de Savoie (1685) Pièces de symphonies, Airs...
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    Philippe Pétain (category 20th-century heads of state of France)
    He led the French Army to victory at the nine-month-long Battle of Verdun, for which he was called "the Lion of Verdun" (French: le lion de Verdun). After...
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  • Intendant de Corse, à l'ouverture des États de l'Ile – Bastia, 26 mai 1785 – pages 10 – 12 P.M. Jones – Reform and Revolution in France: The Politics...
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    (in French). Panazol: Lavauzelle. ISBN 978-2-7025-1606-5. Yves & Ada Rémy, Histoire des essais nucléaires français: Du désert de la soif à l'île du grand...
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    2020. Thi Keng Lau, Jean Claude (1991). Inter-ethnicité et politique à l'île Maurice. L'Harmattan. ISBN 2-7384-1046-4. S2CID 175282041. Virahsawmy, Dev...
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  • List of colonial governors and administrators of Saint Vincent (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    d'outre-mer (in French). "Procès-verbal de la remise de l'île Saint-Vincent en vertu du traité de 1783, par le comte de Tilly, gouverneur de Saint-Vincent"...
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    consist of a regiment of the Troupes de marine, the Régiment d'infanterie de marine du Pacifique. About 80 percent of the 700-member regiment is composed...
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    Horse Artillery of the Imperial Guard (category Artillery regiments of France)
    and the French campaign of 1814, before being disbanded by royal decree on 12 May 1814 and transferred back to the line regiments. The régiment d'artillerie...
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    Old Montreal (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    by cultivating the land. In 1665, Louis XIV sent 1,200 men from the Régiment de Carignan-Salières. The Sulpicians organized seigneuries at the centre...
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