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Menier (other)
Menier may refer to: Places *Port-Menier, Quebec, a small fishing town located in Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada *Port-Menier Airport, (IATA: YPN, ICAO: CYPN), located east of Port-Menier, Quebec, Canada Chocolate * Menier Chocolate, a French chocolate manufacturing business founded in 1816 *Menier family of Noisiel, France, was a prominent family of chocolatiers who began as pharmaceutical manufacturers in Paris in 1816 *Émile-Justin Menier (1826–1881), French pharmaceutical manufacturer, chocolatier, and politician *Antoine Brutus Menier (1795–1853), French entrepreneur and founder of the Menier family of chocolatiers *Antoine Gilles Menier (1904–1967), French businessman and municipal politician, member of the Menier family of chocolatiers * Henri Menier (1853–1913), French businessman and adventurer, member of the Menier family of chocolatiers *Menier Chocolate Factory, a 180-seat fringe studio theatre, restaurant and gallery in a former 1870s Menier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port-Menier, Quebec
Port-Menier, Quebec is a small fishing town located on the western end of Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada, part of the L'ÃŽle-d'Anticosti municipality. The port village was built during the late 19th century by French chocolate maker Henri Menier. The village is the hub of Anticosti Island. Its population doubles in the summer with seasonal workers and tourists. The economic mainstays are outdoor tourism, especially deer hunting, and forestry/logging. Services available in Port-Menier are: general and grocery stores, gas station, banking (Caisse populaire Desjardins), car rental (Location Sauvageau), restaurant, and lodging. Port-Menier can be reached via a ferry that runs between Sept-ÃŽles, Port-Menier and Havre-Saint-Pierre, as well as other destinations along the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River. This service is operated by Relais Nordik and runs from April through January. The nearby Port-Menier Airport also provides transportation options for the town. Hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port-Menier Airport
Port-Menier Airport is located east of Port-Menier, Quebec, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... The airport has a single small terminal building, and is serviced by a single runway. Airlines and destinations References Certified airports in Côte-Nord Anticosti Island {{Quebec-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menier Chocolate
The Menier Chocolate company (french: Chocolat Menier) is a French chocolate manufacturing business founded in 1816 as a pharmaceutical manufacturer in Paris, at a time when chocolate was used as a medicinal product and was only one part of the overall business. Founded by Antoine Brutus Menier, the company remained managed by his family until 1971, when it was acquired by Rowntree Mackintosh Confectionery. In 1988, Menier became part of Swiss conglomerate Nestlé when it acquired Rowntree Mackintosh. In 1996, Menier moved production to Swiss city Broc, where has remained since then. The former building at Noisel Factory was turned into Nestlé France headquarters.Menier brand history from the official website History The Menier family Controlled and run by the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menier Family
The Menier family of Noisiel, France, was a prominent family of chocolatiers who began as pharmaceutical manufacturers in Paris in 1816. They would build a highly successful enterprise, expanding to London, and New York City. The Menier Chocolate Co. remained in the family until 1965. Today, it is owned by the Nestlé company. The family owned several significant estates in Noisiel, Houlgate, Cannes, and Vauréal as well as the famous Château de Chenonceau in the Loire Valley. * Antoine Brutus Menier (1795–1853) * Emile-Justin Menier (1826–1881) * Henri Menier (1853–1913) * Gaston Menier (1855–1934) * Hubert Menier (1910–1959) * Antoine Gilles Menier Antoine Gilles Florent Menier (October 13, 1904 – August 12, 1967) was a French businessman and municipal politician who was a member of the prominent Menier family of chocolatiers. Born in Paris, Antoine Menier was the eldest of the four ... (1904–1967) Chocolatiers {{France-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émile-Justin Menier
Émile-Justin Menier (18 May 182617 February 1881), French pharmaceutical manufacturer, chocolatier, and politician, was born in Paris. In 1853, on the death of his father, Antoine, Émile-Justin Menier inherited a large and successful Parisian company that manufactured a range of medicinal powders. His father's company also manufactured chocolate as part of its business and Émile-Justin Menier would eventually devote himself to the making of chocolate. His Menier Chocolate company purchased cocoa-growing estates in Nicaragua and sugar beet fields in France, erected a processing mill, and equipped itself in other ways for the production of chocolate on a large scale. In 1864 he sold his interest in the drug-manufacturing business, and thenceforth confined himself to chocolate, building up an immense trade. He built a factory in London in 1870 and the next year he hired architect Jules Saulnier to design a new chocolate factory to replace their existing facility in Noisiel. Émile- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Brutus Menier
Jean-Antoine Brutus Menier (May 17, 1795 – December 19, 1853) was a French entrepreneur and founder of the Menier family of chocolatiers. Born in Germain-de-Bourgeuil, Indre-et-Loire, he was the third child in a family of merchants. In 1811 Antoine Brutus Menier was enrolled in the La Flèche Military Academy where he studied the composition of pharmaceuticals. The following year the 17-year-old served with the medical staff of La Grande Armée in Napoleon's invasion of Russia. In 1813 he was employed at Val-de-Grâce military hospital in Paris. In 1816, Antoine Brutus Menier married Marie-Edmée Virginie Pichon. With her sizeable dowry he was able to go into business and he established the Menier Hardware Company in the Marais district of Paris. Although not certified as a pharmacist, Menier began preparing and selling a variety of powders for medicinal purposes. This aspect of the business grew rapidly and in 1825 he began an expansion through the acquisition of a second pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Gilles Menier
Antoine Gilles Florent Menier (October 13, 1904 – August 12, 1967) was a French businessman and municipal politician who was a member of the prominent Menier family of chocolatiers. Born in Paris, Antoine Menier was the eldest of the four sons of Georges Menier (1880–1933) and Simone Camille Marie Legrand (1881–1972). He studied at the Lycée Condorcet in Paris but had little interest in business and did not go on to advanced studies. Instead, he used his wealth to pursue a life of sporting activities. An auto racing enthusiast, Antoine Menier set a number of records driving Alfa Romeo vehicles in hillclimbing events. In 1933 Antoine Menier became the mayor of Lognes, a town about south of the family's factories in Noisiel. He held the mayoral position until 1945 when his uncle Jacques Menier died. Since 1871, Menier family members had been the mayor of the town of Noisiel and Antoine replaced his uncle Jacques as Noisiel's mayor. He held that office until 1959 but w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Menier
Henri Emile Anatole Menier (July 14, 1853 – September 6, 1913) was a French businessman and adventurer and a member of the Menier family of chocolatiers. Born in Paris, he was the son of Emile-Justin Menier and grandson to Antoine Brutus Menier who founded the Menier Chocolate company. On his father's death in 1881, Henri Menier became mayor of Noisiel, an office he held for 32 years until his death in 1913. The beneficiary of a substantial fortune, and having a large annual income from the family business, Henri Menier spent a great deal of his time and money pursuing various leisure interests, notably yachting and auto racing. As the eldest son, Henri Menier was the titular head of the company but the day-to-day management would mostly be left to his very capable brother Gaston. A member of the governing council of the Yacht Club de France, Menier studied naval architecture and yacht design. He owned several large sailing and steam powered yachts and journeyed to numerous E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menier Chocolate Factory
The Menier Chocolate Factory is a 180-seat off-West End theatre, which comprises a restaurant, bar and rehearsal rooms. It is located in a former 1870s Menier Chocolate, Menier Chocolate Company factory at 53 Southwark Street, a major street in the London Borough of Southwark, central south London, England, some 2.5 km from the theatrical West End. The theatre stages plays and musical theatre, musicals, live music and stand-up comedy. According to the ''Evening Standard'', it is "one of the most dynamic fringe venues in London". History and awards The French company Menier Chocolate Company expanded overseas and built a five-storey factory and warehouse of brick with stone dressings in London between 1865 and 1874. It was listed Grade II in 1996. The Menier Chocolate Factory was opened in 2004 in its current incarnation, the building having been derelict since the 1980s. It is run by artistic director David Babani. In 2005, the theatre received the Peter Brook/Empty Space ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meunier (other) (surname)
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Meunier is a French surname meaning "miller". Meunier may also refer to: * Pinot Meunier, aka Meunier; a variety of wine grape * Meunier rifle, WWI French battle rifle * Mount Meunier, Kohler Range, Antarctica * Meunier Museum, Brussels, Belgium; named after sculptor Constance Meunier See also * * Menier (other) * Minier (surname) * Mounier (surname) * Munier Munier () is a French surname, most prevalent in France. Notable people with this surname include: * Carlo Munier (1859–1911), Italian mandolinist * Émile Munier (1840–1895), French artist * Ernest Munier-Chalmas (1843–1903), French geologi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minier
Minier is a French surname. Origin In French, the word means ''mining'', in the sense of ''pertaining or related to mining''. Notable people Notable people with this surname include: * Christine Minier (born 1964), French singer * Daniel D. Minier (1794–1849), American soldier * Ethan B. Minier (1874–1958), American politician * Karen Minier (born 1973), Belgian television presenter * Nelson Minier, pseudonym of Adrien Stoutenburg (1916–1982), American writer * Theodore L. Minier (1819–1895), American politician See also * Menier * Meunier * Mounier * Munier Munier () is a French surname, most prevalent in France. Notable people with this surname include: * Carlo Munier (1859–1911), Italian mandolinist * Émile Munier (1840–1895), French artist * Ernest Munier-Chalmas (1843–1903), French geologi ... References {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munier
Munier () is a French surname, most prevalent in France. Notable people with this surname include: * Carlo Munier (1859–1911), Italian mandolinist * Émile Munier (1840–1895), French artist * Ernest Munier-Chalmas (1843–1903), French geologist * Henri Munier (1884–1945), French bibliographer * Laurent Munier (born 1966), French handball player * Mishuk Munier (1959–2011), Bangladeshi journalist * Nick Munier (born 1968), English maitre d'hotel * Roger Munier (1923–2010), French writer * Vincent Munier (born 1976), French wildlife photographer As given name * Munier Choudhury (1925–1971), Bangladeshi educationist See also * Meunier (other), Meunier * Menier (other), Menier * Mounier References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
