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    de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is the city hall of Paris, France, standing on the Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville – Esplanade de...
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    La Courneuve (French pronunciation: [la kuʁnœv] ) is a commune in Seine-Saint-Denis, France. It is located 8.3 km (5.2 mi) from the center of Paris. Inhabited...
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    Ville de Saintes (in French). Archived from the original on 15 August 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2010. (in French) Le patrimoine des communes de la Charente-Maritime...
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    where the patron saint of Paris, Saint Denis of Paris, was beheaded by the Romans. His tomb became the site of the Basilica of Saint Denis, the traditional...
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    Cyprien de la Nativité de la Vierge, Roger (1660). Recueil des vertus et des écrits de Madame le Baronne Neuvillette décédée depuis peu dans la ville de Paris...
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    du centre-ville de Cap-de-la-Madeleine. Historique des propriétés. Rues Fusey, Saint-Laurent et Sainte-Madeleine. (Répertoire), Cap-de-la-Madeleine,...
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    Paris (redirect from Ville Lumiere)
    just north of Paris in the neighbouring commune of Saint-Denis. Paris hosts the annual French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament on the red clay of Roland...
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    radio-canada.ca: "L’imam Chaoui poursuit Denis Coderre et la Ville de Montréal", July 9, 2015 "No charges for Mayor Denis Coderre in jackhammer vs mailbox stunt"...
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    The Quartier international de Montréal (QIM) or Montreal's International District is a district of the Ville-Marie borough in the city's downtown core...
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    Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ʒyst]; 25 August 1767 – 10 Thermidor, Year II [28 July 1794]), sometimes nicknamed the Archangel...
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    national stadium of France, located just north of Paris in the commune of Saint-Denis. Its seating capacity of 80,698 makes it the largest stadium in France...
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    Daniel (1994). Saint-Lô [Saint-Lô] (in French). Rennes: A. Sutton. Houël, Gabriel. Histoire de la ville de Saint-Lô [History of the City of Saint-Lô] (in French)...
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    Porte de Versailles station, since 2009), T3a and T3b (at the Porte de Vincennes station, since 2012), T1 and T5 (at the Marché de Saint-Denis station...
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    The Fontaine Saint-Michel (1858–1860), designed by Gabriel Davioud, marked the beginning of Boulevard Saint-Michel. The Théâtre de la Ville, one of two...
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    Magog and Waterville, the municipalities of Ascot Corner, Compton, Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, Stoke and Val-Joli; the township municipalities of Hatley...
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    Lake of Two Mountains and Lake Saint-Louis to Louis de Berthé, Lord of Chailly, and to his brother Gabriel, Lord of La Joubardière. One of these adjacent...
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    augmentée par l'auteur, chez François Fournier, Libraire, rue Saint-Jacques, aux Armes de la Ville, avec approbation & et privilège du Roy, Paris, 1717, p....
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    Creil – Compiègne – Tergnier – Saint-Quentin Paris – Persan-Beaumont – Beauvais Paris – Orry-la-Ville – Creil – Saint-Just-en-Chaussée – Breteuil – Amiens...
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    the Saint-Alphonse-de-Bagotville and Saint-Alexis-de-Grande-Baie parish municipalities merged and became the Town of La Baie. 2002 The Town of La Baie...
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    d'Arc-et-Senans, la production du sel ignigène". UNESCO. "Fortifications de Vauban". UNESCO. "Juridiction de Saint-Émilion". UNESCO. "Le Havre, la ville reconstruite...
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    The Battle of the Saintes (known to the French as the Bataille de la Dominique), also known as the Battle of Dominica, was an important naval battle in...
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    Quebec (redirect from Province de Québec)
    Municipal police, such as the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal and the Service de police de la Ville de Québec, are responsible for law enforcement...
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    Metz (redirect from Ville de Metz)
    Metz gained its nickname of The Green City (French: La Ville Verte), as it has extensive open grounds and public gardens. The historic city centre is...
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    Retrieved 17 November 2023. "La Défense, Tout sur ce quartier d'exception". Ville de Courbevoie. Retrieved 19 October 2021. "La Défense near Paris. Shopping...
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    "L'Hôtel de Ville de Stains" (in French). Seine Saint Denis Tourisme. Retrieved 13 January 2010. Souvenirs du Fort de l'Est, près Saint-Denis, Carnet d'un...
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    "Bienvenue sur la site de Domremy-la-pucelle [Welcome to the Domremy-La-Pucelle Website]". Domremy la Pucelle: village Natal de Jaenne d'Arc [Domremy La Pucelle:...
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    king. The Hôtel de Ville was not finished until 1628. Cortona also designed the first Renaissance church in Paris, the church of Saint-Eustache (1532)...
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    chapel founded by Saint Louis. The new chapel was called La-Sainte Chapelle, modeled after the Saint-Chapelle in the Palais de la Cité in Paris. It was...
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    : 678–679  Denis Diderot was born in Langres, Champagne. His parents were Didier Diderot, a cutler, maître coutelier, and Angélique Vigneron. Of Denis' five...
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    Tuileries Palace, Palais-Royal, Palais de Justice and Hôtel de Ville, but spared others such as Notre-Dame de Paris. They also set fire to private homes...
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