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    it was close to the river port at the Place de Grève. It was built on a slight hill, the Monceau Saint-Gervais, to be safe from the floods of the Seine...
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    Sainte-Mère-Église. On 1 January 2019, the former communes of Carquebut and Ravenoville were merged into Sainte-Mère-Église. Sainte-Mère-Église lies in a...
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    Mont-Saint-Michel (French pronunciation: [lə mɔ̃ sɛ̃ miʃɛl]; Norman: Mont Saint Miché; English: Saint Michael's Mount) is a tidal island and mainland commune...
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    of the Saint-Lô prefecture, and the second-largest city in the region, after Caen. Its urban unit is composed of three communes (Cherbourg-en-Cotentin...
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    to the bishop Palladius, was established (and later replaced by the église Saint-Pallais, which gives its name to the neighborhood), then a Benedictine...
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    breed off Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue once more. Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue organizes a regular Book Festival, "Ancres & Encres". Jean Raspail and Jean-Pierre Thiollet...
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    Saint-Jean-d'Angély (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ dɑ̃ʒeli] ; Saintongeais: Sént-Jhan-d'Anjhéli) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern...
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    student of F. Rude. The parish of Saint-Lô has other Catholic buildings: Church of Saint Jean-Eudes located in Val Saint-Jean The chapel of the Memorial Hospital...
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    north-western France. A market takes place in Saint-Pierre-Église every Wednesday. Saint-Pierre-Église is twinned with Twyford, United Kingdom. Communes...
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    envisioned the Hôtel de Ville in 1583 The Hôtel de Ville and the Place de Grève, Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Raguenet, c. 1753 The Hôtel de Ville on the Verniquet atlas...
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    physical chemist and physiologist Saint Louis de Montfort, Roman Catholic priest Alcide d'Orbigny, botanist Jean-Paul Sartre, philosopher and novelist...
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    The oldest known parish register in Paris belongs to the parish of Saint-Jean-en-Grève [fr]. In agenda format and written in Latin, it covers the period...
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    The Chateau de Quineville is in the village, along with a church, the eglise Notre-Dame. Communes of the Manche department "Répertoire national des élus:...
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    Jobourg, Omonville-la-Petite, Omonville-la-Rogue, Sainte-Croix-Hague, Saint-Germain-des-Vaux, Tonneville, Urville-Nacqueville, Vasteville and Vauville...
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    (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.. "14 février 1952: une grève en Guadeloupe réprimée dans le sang, France24.com, 14 février 2009". "Le petit...
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    his father had built or repaired. He restored the organs at Saint-Jean-en-Grève and Saint Benoit, where he replaced his father's spring-chest with a slider-chest...
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    on Allied ships. Since February 2010, Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Sainte-Mère-Église and Ravenoville have formed a grouping of "communes touristiques" [fr]....
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    Cambridge University Press. P. 59. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte. v t e...
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    Germany, since 1963 Saint Helier, Jersey, since 1982 Crediton, United Kingdom, since 1993 Avranches was the birthplace of: General Jean-Marie Valhubert (1764–1805)...
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    Saint-Pair-sur-Mer Saint-Patrice-de-Claids Saint-Pierre-d'Arthéglise Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances Saint-Pierre-de-Semilly Saint-Pierre-Église Saint-Pierre-Langers Saint-Planchers...
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    Antoine Galiot Mandat de Grancey (category Knights of the Order of Saint Louis)
    east of Touraine on 13 June 1727. Mandat de Grancey was baptised at Église Saint-Sulpice. He served in the First Company of Musketeers of the Garde ordinaire...
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    Years' War, bought the Roque of Jean d'Argouges. On the orders of Henry VI of England, in order to isolate Mont Saint-Michel, the last French bridgehead...
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    Norman architecture and contains a chapel and stained glass dedicated to Saint Marcouf. The bishop of Coutances exercised ecclesiastical jurisdiction over...
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    University Press. The submerged rock was probably the Quillebœuf Rock. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE Wikimedia Commons has media related to Barfleur...
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    Place de Grève, Châtelet and Saint-Jacques de la Boucherie, and a density of 1000 to 1500 persons around Les Halles, rue Saint-Denis and rue Saint-Martin...
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    the Église Saint-Côme Saint-Damien and the 17th century Château de Hiesville which was also renovated in the 19th century. Église Saint-Côme Saint-Damien...
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    chimique de France (in French). Schwartz (2000, p. 218-219) L. B. (2002). "Grève contre le sous-effectif". L'Humanité (in French). Schwartz (2000, p. 187)...
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    department in southwestern France. Before 1928, it was known as Saint-Martin-de-Villeneuve. La Grève-sur-Mignon was the birthplace of: Lova Moor, dancer and singer...
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    Partnership Committee Montebourg, Jumelage, Saint Saviour.jpg Saint Saviour Partnership Committee Église Saint-Jacques de Montebourg Abbaye de Montebourg...
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    Pointe-de-Grave at Le Verdon-sur-Mer connects through the Médoc region to Bordeaux-Saint-Jean station. The Tramways de Royan provided mainly passenger transport along...
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