province of Île-de-France before the French Revolution The modern départements covered by the historical Île-de-France Modern region of Île-de-France and...
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Paris (redirect from Paris, Île-de-France)
Seine; of those, two remain today: Île Saint-Louis and the Île de la Cité. A third one is the 1827 artificially created Île aux Cygnes. Modern Paris owes much...
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Look up -ile, Ile, ile, or île in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ile may refer to: iLe, a Puerto Rican singer Ile District (disambiguation), multiple...
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Island (Île des Soeurs). The island is served by buses 207 and 407. Historically named Île Bonaventure, by 1723 it had come to be named Île Bizard, after...
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called it Île de Bascuz (from Bacchus) because of the abundance of wild grapes growing on the island. Officials later changed the name to Île d'Orléans...
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Île de Ré (French pronunciation: [il də ʁe]; variously spelled Rhé or Rhéa; Poitevin: ile de Rét; English: Isle of Ré, /reɪ/ RAY) is an island off the...
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Île Takamaka may refer to one of two islands in separate groups in the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean: the Egmont Islands the Salomon Islands...
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Lérins Islands (redirect from Iles de Lerins)
in Cannes. The two largest islands in this group are the Île Sainte-Marguerite and the Île Saint-Honorat. The smaller Îlot Saint-Ferréol and Îlot de...
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Île Vierge Île Vierge (Breton language: Enez-Werc'h) is a 6-hectare (15-acre) islet lying 1.5 kilometres (3⁄4 nautical mile) off the north-west coast of...
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Belle-Île (French pronunciation: [bɛl il]), Belle-Île-en-Mer (French pronunciation: [bɛl il ɑ̃ mɛʁ]), or Belle Isle (Breton: Ar Gerveur, [arˌɡɛrˈvøːr];...
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(Les Îles-Laval), they became part of the city of Laval on August 6, 1965. Located northeast of Île Bizard between the Island of Montreal and Île Jésus...
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Salomon Islands (redirect from Île Boddam)
clockwise: Île de la Passe Île Mapou Île Takamaka Île Fouquet Île Sepulture Île Jacobin Île du Sel Île Poule Île Boddam Île Diable Île Anglaise Cruising...
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transportation is available at Île d'Yeu Aerodrome (IATA: IDY, ICAO: LFEY), with commercial service from Nantes Airport. Île d'Yeu has an oceanic climate...
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Réunion (redirect from Île Bourbon)
under the First Empire, General Decaen named it Île Bonaparte (after Napoleon), and in 1810 it became Île Bourbon again. It was eventually renamed Réunion...
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Grande Île was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. At the time, the International Council on Monuments and Sites noted that the Grande Île is "an...
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relatively large, islands of Île Saint-Lanne Gramont and Île Howe, as well as the smaller Île Mac Murdo, Île Briand, Îles Dayman and Îlots Hallet, have...
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Île d'Or The île d'Or is a private island located at the east of the city of Saint-Raphaël in France, facing the cape of Le Dramont. This small island...
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L'Île-aux-Marins (redirect from Île aux Marins)
located on the northern end of the island. Two smaller islands, Île aux Vainqueurs and Île aux Pigeons, are located to the northeast of the island. 46°47′10″N...
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Île Chevreau also known as Île Bonhomme is an island off the north coast of Saint Barthélemy in the Caribbean. It is the westernmost most of a series of...
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Mercedes Cabra Joglar (born April 28, 1989), better known by the nickname "iLe", is a Puerto Rican singer, composer and vocalist. She began her musical...
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Île Bigras is the largest of the four islands that make up the Îles-Laval archipelago in the Rivière des Prairies in Quebec. They all are part of the...
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a limited edition, now an expensive collectors' item. However, Île Amsterdam and Île Saint-Paul were often confused at the time, and Péron may have been...
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Montreal, via the Galipeault Bridge. Île Perrot holds the only working windmill in Quebec, dating from the time Île-Perrot was a seigneury in the French...
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48°18′23″N 4°30′24″W / 48.30639°N 4.50667°W / 48.30639; -4.50667 Île Longue (French pronunciation: [il lɔ̃ɡ]; French for "Long Island"; Breton: Enez-Hir)...
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Grande-Île is the largest of the islands of Chausey located near the Channel Islands off the coast of Normandy in France. The island is 1.5 kilometres...
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of the Grosse Isle Disaster Grosse-Île, Quebec, one of two municipalities forming the urban agglomeration of Îles-de-la-Madeleine in Quebec, Canada Grosse...
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Islands of St Brandon - Images of Île Raphael, Cargados Carajos in Mauritius The Thirteen Islands of St Brandon - Images of Île Raphael, Cargados Carajos in...
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village of Héliopolis Porquerolles Port-Cros Île du Bagaud Île du Levant Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Îles d'Hyères. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert...
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Île-des-Chênes is an unincorporated community in Manitoba, Canada, within the Rural Municipality of Ritchot. The community is located 13 kilometres south-east...
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more than 420,000 residents as of 2016. Île Jésus is the major component of the City of Laval, along with the Îles Laval and several other islands. The island...
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