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Martigues
Martigues ( in classical norm, ''Lou Martegue'' in Mistralian norm) is a commune northwest of Marseille. It is part of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the eastern end of the Canal de Caronte. A direct translation from the Martigues TourismeMartigues-Tourisme Official Website , page of direct translation, quoting Martigue as "The Venice of Provence" website reveals the following about Martigues: Nicknamed the "Provençale Venice", Martigues is a point of passage between the Mediterranean Sea and the Sea of Martigues (now Etang de Berre), close to the Côte d'Azur. The charm of its canals, its docks and bridges made it "The Venice of Provence". Martigues possesses also its cooperative winery "La Venise provençale": Coteaux d'Aix en Provence, ro ... |
Jimmy Abdou
Nadjim "Jimmy" Abdou (born 13 July 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Starting his career in his hometown club of Martigues, Abdou later went on to play in Ligue 1 with Sedan before moving to England with Plymouth Argyle. From 2008 to 2017, he played for Millwall, where he scored nine goals in 342 appearances. In 2018, Abdou returned to Martigues. Born in France, Abdou is of Comorian descent through his parents. He made his international debut for the Comoros in October 2010, and played for his nation at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. Club career Early career Born in Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhône, Abdou started out with his home-town club Martigues, first joining the side when he was seven years old. After progressing through the ranks, Abdou was promoted to the first team in 2002 and spent one season with them, making twenty–six appearances and scoring two times. Sedan After one season at Martigues, Abdou joined Sedan on 25 July 2003. Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Fanni
Rod Dodji Fanni (born 6 December 1981) is a former French footballer who last played as a centre-back for Montreal Impact in Major League Soccer. He made five appearances for the French national team between 2008 and 2010. Club career Early career Fanni began his career with FC Martigues, playing in both Ligue 2 and the Championnat National. He joined RC Lens in 2002 where he made his debut in Ligue 1, as well as both the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup. He played the entire 2004–05 season on loan at Châteauroux in Ligue 2. Nice In June 2005, he joined Nice but left after only two seasons to sign a four-year contract with Rennes, where he was viewed as a replacement for Dutch defender Mario Melchiot, who had departed for Premier League club Wigan Athletic. Fanni was named in the Ligue 1 Team of the Year for the 2008–09 season. He expressed desire to play in the Premier League and was strongly linked with a move to Newcastle United before signing f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Dalé
Maurice Junior Dalé (born 12 July 1985) is a French professional footballer of who plays as a striker for ES Fosséenne. Career The French-Ivorian began his career with FC Martigues, where he played until 2008 while spending 2007 on loan at US Le Pontet. In July 2008, Dalé joined AJ Auxerre, where he played his first professional match in the Ligue 1 on 13 December 2008 against Paris Saint-Germain. On 7 August 2009, AC Arles-Avignon signed the forward from AJ Auxerre. After one season with Arles-Avignon, Dalé signed for Unirea Urziceni. Due to financial problems of Unirea Urziceni, Dalé on 25 August 2010 agreed to go on loan to Panserraikos F.C. for one year. On 3 October 2010, he scored his first goal for Panserraikos in a 1–0 home win of his team against Larissa. After two-year stint at Romania and Greece, he returned to France and joined FC Nantes on 28 June 2011. In 2014, Dalé signed with Nancy. In the 2016–17 season he made 25 Ligue 1 appearances scor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barket Bekrar
Barket Bekrar (born 17 February 1975 in Martigues, France) is a French-Algerian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for FC Martigues Football Club de Martigues, known as FC Martigues or just Martigues, is a French professional football club which plays in the Championnat National, the third level of football in France. The club plays at the Stade Francis Turcan, which has a ... in the French third tier and 46 games in Ligue 2 from 2000 to 2002. References Living people 1975 births People from Martigues Sportspeople from Bouches-du-Rhône Association football midfielders Algerian footballers French footballers Ligue 2 players FC Martigues players French sportspeople of Algerian descent Footballers from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur {{Algeria-footy-midfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône ( , , ; oc, Bocas de Ròse ; "Mouths of the Rhône") is a department in Southern France. It borders Vaucluse to the north, Gard to the west and Var to the east. The Mediterranean Sea lies to the south. Its prefecture and largest city is Marseille; other important cities include Aix-en-Provence, Arles, Martigues and Aubagne. Marseille, France's second-largest city, has one of the largest container ports in the country. It prizes itself as France's oldest city, founded by Greek settlers from Phocaea around 600 BC. Bouches-du-Rhône is the most populous department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, with 2,043,110 inhabitants as of 2019.Populations légales 2019: 13 Bouches-du-Rhône INSEE It has an area of . Its [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Ahamada
Ali Ahamada (born 19 August 1991) is a Comorian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Azam FC. Born in France, he represents the Comoros national team. Club career Toulouse Born in Martigues, France, Ahamada began his football career at Martigues and stayed there for nine years before joining Toulouse in 2009. Months after joining the club, he was called up to the first team following the injury of Olivier Blondel and appeared as an unused substitute against Sochaux on 10 December 2009. Ahamada was involved in the club's first team throughout the pre–season friendlies prior to the 2010–11 season. However, he did not feature in Toulouse's first team squad until November and appeared in the substitute bench for the next two months. Ahamada made his professional debut on 20 February 2011 appearing against Rennes appearing as a substitute for the injured Marc Vidal. Four days later on 24 February 2011, he signed his first professional contract with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gare De Martigues
Gare de Martigues is a railway station serving the town Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhône Bouches-du-Rhône ( , , ; oc, Bocas de Ròse ; "Mouths of the Rhône") is a department in Southern France. It borders Vaucluse to the north, Gard to the west and Var to the east. The Mediterranean Sea lies to the south. Its prefecture and ... department, southeastern France. It is served by trains between Marseille and Miramas.Rechercher une fiche horaire TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, accessed 16 May 2022. TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, accessed 16 May 2022. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Étienne Richaud
Étienne Richaud (Étienne Antoine Guillaume Richaud), born on January 11, 1841, in Martigues (Bouches-du-Rhône, France) and died on May 31, 1889, in the Bay of Bengal, was the Principal private secretary of the Minister of Commerce Maurice Rouvier ( Gambetta's Ministry), Governor of La Réunion, Governor General for Inde française in the Second French Colonial Empire The French colonial empire () comprised the overseas colonies, protectorates and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward. A distinction is generally made between the "First French Colonial Empire", that exist ... under Third Republic. Titles held 1841 births 1889 deaths People from Martigues Governors of French India People of the French Third Republic {{France-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Thom
Blessed Gerard (c. 1040 – 3 September 1120), first known as Gérard de Martigues, was a lay brother in the Benedictine Order who was appointed as rector of the hospice in Jerusalem at Muristan in 1080. In the wake of the success of the First Crusade in 1099, he became the founder of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, also known as the Knights Hospitaller, an organization that received papal recognition in 1113. As such, he was the first Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller. Name Gerard became known as Pierre-Gérard de Martigues due to a tradition of his place of birth being Martigues, Provence. However, William of Tyre, writing in the late 12th century, cites Amalfi as Gerard's birthplace. This is not implausible, as merchants from Amalfi were involved in the reconstruction of the hospice in Jerusalem in the 1020s after its destruction in 1005 under caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. An alleged surname ''Tum'', variously also ''Thom'', ''Tune'' or ''Tenque'', is due t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaby Charroux
Gaby Charroux (born 1942) is a French politician. Early life Gaby Charroux was born on 25 June 1942 in Algiers, French Algeria. Career Charroux was a schoolteacher. Charroux is a member of the French Communist Party. He served as Michel Vaxès's parliamentary assistant. He served as a member of the National Assembly from 2012 to 2017, representing Bouches-du-Rhône's 13th constituency. In May 2016, he co-sponsored a bill to cap the salaries of top executives in private corporations. Charroux also serves as the mayor of Martigues. In July 2016, he tried to expel Roma people The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with sign ..., in vain. References Living people People from Algiers People from Martigues French Communist Party members Mayors of places in Provence-Alpes- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Maurras
Charles-Marie-Photius Maurras (; ; 20 April 1868 – 16 November 1952) was a French author, politician, poet, and critic. He was an organizer and principal philosopher of ''Action Française'', a political movement that is monarchist, anti-parliamentarist, and counter-revolutionary. Maurras also held anti-communist, anti-masonic, anti-protestant, and anti-Semitic views, though he was highly critical of Nazism, referring to it as "stupidity". His ideas greatly influenced National Catholicism and integral nationalism, with a major tenet of his views being that "a true nationalist places his country above everything". Raised Catholic, Maurras went deaf and became an agnostic in his youth, but remained anti-secularist and politically supportive of the Church. His ideas were opposed by Pope Pius XI, but received mixed to positive reception from Pius X, Billot, and Pius XII. An Orléanist, he began his career by writing literary criticism and became politically active during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis
The Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis (french: métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence) is the ''métropole'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the cities of Marseille and Aix-en-Provence. It is located in the Bouches-du-Rhône, Var and Vaucluse departments, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, southeastern France.Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence (N° SIREN : 200054807) BANATIC. Accessed 4 April 2022. It was created in January 2016, replacing the previous '' Communauté urbaine [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
