dialect); is a commune in central France, capital of the Allier department. It is located on the river Allier. Among its many tourist attractions are the Maison...
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with Sioule and Allier, is part of the Gannat / Escurolles / Saint-Pourçain triangle while Forterre covers the Canton of Varennes-sur-Allier ending near Jaligny...
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Colomb Jean Joseph Amat Pascal Joseph Faure Jean-Antoine Allier Pascal Joseph Faure Jean-Antoine Allier Pierre-Louis-Auguste-Bruno Blanc de La Nautte d'Hauterive...
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Antoine Dauvergne (3 October 1713 – 11 February 1797) was a French composer and violinist. Dauvergne was born in Moulins, Allier. He served as master of...
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Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, vicomte de Saint-Exupéry (29 June 1900 – c. 31 July 1944), known simply as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (UK: /ˌsæ̃tɪɡˈzuːpəri/...
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German journalist, poet and playwright Communes in France Chézy, Allier, in the Allier department Chézy-en-Orxois, in the Aisne department Chézy-sur-Marne...
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Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (/ləˈvwɑːzieɪ/ lə-VWAH-zee-ay; French: [ɑ̃twan lɔʁɑ̃ də lavwazje]; 26 August 1743 – 8 May 1794), also Antoine Lavoisier after...
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1795-launched ship Viala was named after him. In 1822, the sculptor Antoine Allier created a life-size bronze monument to Viala, showing him nude and from...
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Félix Tshisekedi (redirect from Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo)
Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo (French: [feliks ɑ̃twan tʃisekedi tʃilombo]; born 13 June 1963) is a Congolese politician who has been the fifth president...
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hydrography. Antoine Vacher was the brilliant son of a family of tailors from Montluçon, Allier. His paternal grandfather was a farmer in the Allier, while...
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18th-century French writer, playwright and translator. Born in Moulins, Allier, he died in Paris aged 48. Griffet de Labaume was well educated, and learned...
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Antoine Lahad (1927 – 10 September 2015) was a Lebanese military officer and the leader of the South Lebanon Army (SLA) from 1984 until 2000, when the...
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Adolphe Sax (redirect from Antoine-Joseph Sax)
Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax (French: [ɑ̃twan ʒozɛf adɔlf saks]; 6 November 1814 – 7 February 1894) was a Belgian inventor and musician who invented the...
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Antoine, but Antoine had Philip the Good of Burgundy as an ally. After Charles II died in 1431, Antoine attacked the new Duke, René of Anjou, defeating and capturing...
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Vichy (category Communes of Allier)
; Occitan: Vichèi [viˈtʃɛj]) is a city in the Allier department in central France. Located on the Allier river, it is a major spa and resort town and during...
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Antoine-Henri Jomini (French: [ʒɔmini]; 6 March 1779 – 22 March 1869) was a Swiss military officer who served as a general in French and later in Russian...
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Rossignols (redirect from Antoine Rossignol)
cryptographers and cryptanalysts, included Antoine Rossignol (1600–1682), Bonaventure Rossignol and Antoine-Bonaventure Rossignol. The family name means...
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Orélie-Antoine de Tounens (born Antoine Tounens) (12 May 1825 – 17 September 1878) was a French avoué and adventurer who proclaimed by two decrees on 17...
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Marie-Antoine Carême (French: [maʁi ɑ̃twan kaʁɛm]; 8 June 1783 or 1784 – 12 January 1833), known as Antonin Carême, was a leading French chef of the early...
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is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: Marigny, Allier Marigny, Deux-Sèvres Marigny, Jura Marigny, Manche Marigny, Marne Marigny...
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Marcellin Marbot (redirect from Jean Baptiste Antoine Marcelin, Baron de Marbot)
Jean-Baptiste Antoine Marcelin Marbot (/mɑːrˈboʊ/ mar-BOH, French: [ʒɑ̃ batist ɑ̃twan maʁsəlɛ̃ maʁbo]; 18 August 1782 – 16 November 1854), known as Marcellin...
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Joseph-Antoine le Fèbvre, sieur de La Barre (or Antoine Lefebvre, Antoine Lefèvre; 1622–1688) was a French lawyer and administrator best known for his...
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The Little Prince (category Works by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
a novella written and illustrated by French writer and military pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It was first published in English and French in the United...
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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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Marie Émile Antoine Béthouart (French pronunciation: [maʁi emil ɑ̃twan betwaʁ]; 17 December 1889 – 17 October 1982) was a French Army general who served...
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pommes de terre is a speciality of the Centre-Val de Loire, Limousin and Allier (Bourbonnais) regions in Central France. It can be served either as a side...
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to Étoile, while the working-class neighbourhood of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine on the eastern side of the city grew increasingly crowded with poor migrant...
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Army of Free Lebanon (redirect from Antoine Barakat)
began to be established on January 23, 1976, in Beirut by Lebanese Colonel Antoine Barakat who declared loyalty to the then President of Lebanon Suleiman...
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Bastille (redirect from Bastille Saint-Antoine)
French: [bastij] ) was a fortress in Paris, known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for...
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Jean-Luc Mélenchon (redirect from Jean-Luc Antoine Pierre Mélenchon)
Jean-Luc Antoine Pierre Mélenchon (French: [ʒɑ̃lyk melɑ̃ʃɔ̃] ; born 19 August 1951) is a French politician who has been the de facto leader of La France...
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