La Villette (French pronunciation: [la vilɛt] ) was a French commune (municipality) in the Seine département lying immediately north-east of Paris. It...
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Pierre Villette (1926–1998), French composer Rétaux de Villette (1759–1797), French forger Ernemont-la-Villette, in the Seine-Maritime département La Villette...
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The Bassin de la Villette (French pronunciation: [basɛ̃ də la vilɛt], La Villette Basin) is the largest artificial lake in Paris. It was filled with water...
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Pierre Villette (7 February 1926 – 6 March 1998) was a French composer of choral and instrumental music. Villette was born into a musical family in 1926...
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the ballet Chout. Originally officially called Mantes-sur-Seine (meaning "Mantes upon Seine"), Mantes merged with the commune of Gassicourt in 1930 and...
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of the River Seine. It is crossed by two canals, the Canal Saint-Denis and the Canal de l'Ourcq, which meet near the Parc de la Villette. The 19th arrondissement...
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Charles Michel, Marquis de Villette (4 December 1736 – 7 July 1793) was a French writer and politician. Charles was born in Paris as the heir of a financier...
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Ernemont-la-Villette (French pronunciation: [ɛʁnəmɔ̃ la vilɛt]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France...
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the next day at 17:00 in Arcachon. Departing from the gas plant of La Villette, Seine (present-day 159 boulevard Macdonald [fr], Paris), the landing took...
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La Chapelle is a former commune of the Seine department, which existed from 1790 to 1860 before being incorporated into Paris, France. It was called "La...
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Marcilly-en-Villette, in the Loiret département Marcilly-et-Dracy, in the Côte-d'Or département Marcilly-la-Campagne, in the Eure département Marcilly-la-Gueurce...
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water went into the Seine. Beginning in 1840, 6,000 cubic meters of water per day from La Villette were set aside for the Fontaines de la Concorde. The fountains...
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beaches each summer along the river Seine in the centre of Paris, and, since 2007, along the Bassin de la Villette in the northeast of Paris. Every July...
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Parc de la Villette (19th arrondissement) Parc André Citroën Parc de Bagatelle Parc de Belleville Parc de Bercy Parc Georges-Brassens Parc de la Butte-du-Chapeau-Rouge...
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Louvre Pyramid, Musée d'Orsay, Parc de la Villette, Arab World Institute, Opéra Bastille, Grande Arche de La Défense, Ministry of the Economy and Finance...
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Bassin de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement, with the suburban municipalities of Saint-Denis and Aubervilliers in the department of Seine-Saint-Denis...
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Camille Claudel Parc de la Villette - hosting the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, a science museum, and the Cité de la Musique, which houses various...
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Canal Saint-Martin (category Place de la Bastille)
basin (Bassin de la Villette) of the Canal de l'Ourcq is at a double lock near the Place de Stalingrad. Continuing towards the river Seine, the canal is...
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Tessancourt-sur-Aubette (78609) Tilly (78618) Vaux-sur-Seine (78638) Vert (78647) La Villeneuve-en-Chevrie (78668) Villette (78677) The arrondissement of Mantes was...
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Specifically, he decreed that the Seine be diverted from below the Bassin de l'Arsenal to the Bassin de la Villette. The canals would have the dual purposes...
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Dieppe (redirect from Dieppe (Seine-Maritime))
(French pronunciation: [djɛp]; Norman: Dgieppe) is a coastal commune in the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France. Dieppe is a seaport on the...
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The Pont de la Tournelle (Tournelle Bridge in English), is an arch bridge spanning the river Seine in Paris. The location of the Pont de la Tournelle is...
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section of line 7 between Opéra and Porte de la Villette a short distance away in the Boulevard de la Villette and named after it. In 1942, the two stations...
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north-central departments of Val-d’Oise, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Ville-de-Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Val-de-Marne, Essonne, and Yvelines. It is...
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in 2017. 5 November 1910: Line 7 was opened linking Opéra to Porte de la Villette. 18 January 1911: A new branch was opened from Louis Blanc to Pré-Saint-Gervais...
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served by lines ,, and . Bassin de la Villette Canal de l'Ourcq Canal Saint-Denis Canal Saint-Martin Place de la Bastille Pavillon de l'Arsenal: Created...
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Tacoignières Le Tartre-Gaudran Le Tertre-Saint-Denis Tilly Vert La Villeneuve-en-Chevrie Villette "Décret n° 2014-214 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation...
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Wall of the Ferme générale (redirect from Rotonde de la Villette)
such as the rotunda of the Barrier of La Villette (now Place de Stalingrad), the Barrière du Trône (now Place de la Nation), the Barrière d'Enfer (now Place...
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Saint-Germain-en-Laye Château of Thoiry Château de Vaux-sur-Seine Château de Mauvières Château du Pont Château de Villette Château de Millemont Museum of National Antiques...
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Communauté d'agglomération Caux Seine Agglo Communauté d'agglomération de Fécamp Caux Littoral Communauté d'agglomération de la Région Dieppoise Communauté...
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