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    Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist lə mwan də bjɛ̃vil]; /lə ˈmɔɪn də biˈɛnvɪl/; February 23, 1680 – March 7, 1767)...
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  • Celeron de Bienville (1693–1759), French colonial explorer of the Ohio Valley Bienville, Louisiana, U.S. Bienville Parish, Louisiana, U.S. Bienville, Oise...
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    Bienville Parish (French: Paroisse de Bienville, pronounced [paʁwas də bjɛ̃vil]) is a parish located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of...
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    Bienville is a village in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 218 at the 2010 census. Bienville was established in 1891 when...
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    Oysters Bienville is a traditional dish in New Orleans cuisine of baked oysters in a shrimp sauce. It is served at some of the city's renowned restaurants...
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    Bienville House, or the Bienville House Hotel, is a hotel in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. Its building dates from 1835. It was converted...
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  • Lake Bienville (French: Lac Bienville; Cree: apišikamîš) is a lake in western central Quebec in Canada. The lake was named after Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne...
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    Bienville Square is a historic city park in the center of downtown Mobile, Alabama. Bienville Square was named for Mobile's founder, Jean-Baptiste Le...
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  • Bienville University was an unaccredited institution that was based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was run by Thomas J. Kirk. Bienville University was referred...
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  • CSS Bienville was a light draft steamer "substantially built" of yellow pine and white oak under contract by John Hughes and Co., at Bayou St. John, La...
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    Bienville National Forest is a United States National Forest in central Mississippi, named for Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. It lies in parts of...
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    USS Bienville was a 1,558 long tons (1,583 t) (burden) wooden side-wheel paddle steamer acquired by the Union Navy early in the American Civil War. She...
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    Eurville-Bienville (French pronunciation: [œʁvil bjɛ̃vil]) is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France. The commune was formed...
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    between 1931 and 1934. They were ambushed by police and shot dead in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. They are believed to have murdered at least nine police...
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    Bienville (French pronunciation: [bjɛ̃vil]) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France Communes of the Oise department "Répertoire national...
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  • The canton of Eurville-Bienville is an administrative division of the Haute-Marne department, northeastern France. It was created at the French canton...
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    Gibsland, Louisiana (category Towns in Bienville Parish, Louisiana)
    Gibsland is a town in Bienville Parish in northern Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 773. The town is best known for...
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    Beauregard Parish 36,549 1166 DeRidder, LA Micropolitan Statistical Area Bienville Parish 12,981 822 Bossier Parish 128,746 867 Shreveport-Bossier City,...
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    after he had left New France. For instance, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville founded the city of New Orleans, near the mouth of the Mississippi River...
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    Ringgold, Louisiana (category Towns in Bienville Parish, Louisiana)
    Ringgold is a town in the U.S. state of Louisiana, in the western half of Bienville Parish. The town of Ringgold is named for United States Army Major Samuel...
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    and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, to establish control over France's claims to La Louisiane. Bienville was appointed as royal governor of...
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    abandoned, and the units were officially referred to as "parishes". In 1848, Bienville Parish was formed from Claiborne Parish. In 1852, Winn Parish was formed...
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    Arcadia, Louisiana (category Towns in Bienville Parish, Louisiana)
    Arcadia is a town in, and the parish seat of, Bienville Parish in northern Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,919 at the 2010 census. Arcadia...
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    Driskill Mountain (category Landforms of Bienville Parish, Louisiana)
    sea level. It lies about 5.3 miles (8.5 km) southeast of Bryceland, in Bienville Parish. A large pile of rocks marks the high point. It is the third lowest...
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    arrangement kept secret for two years. Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville brought the first two African slaves to Louisiana in 1708, transporting...
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    and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, to establish control over France's claims to La Louisiane. Bienville was appointed as royal governor of...
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  • December 1693, Montreal—14 April 1759, Montreal) — also known as Celeron de Bienville (or Céleron, or Céloron, etc.) — was a French Canadian Officer of Marine...
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  • students in Arcadia, Louisiana, United States. It was originally known as Bienville Parish Training School and was later known as Crawford High School. It...
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  • Arcadia–Bienville Parish Airport (FAA LID: 5F0) is a public-use airport located two nautical miles (2.3 mi; 3.7 km) southwest of the central business...
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    went to the mainland, Biloxi, with his brother Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. On May 1 he completed Fort Maurepas on the northeast side of the Bay...
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