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L'Isle-Jourdain (; oc, L'Isla de Baish, ; ca, Illa Jordà or ) is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the Gers department, Occitania
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, Southwestern France. The lexicographer
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* Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries.
* Theoretica ...
s Claude (1854–1924) and Paul Augé Paul Augé (4 July 1881, L'Isle-Jourdain – 23 July 1951, Cabourg) was a 20th-century French publisher, romanist and lexicographer. In 1920, Paul Augé took over the publishing of the dictionary and lexicum of the Éditions Larousse from his fat ...
(1881–1951) were born in L'isle-Jourdain as was the writer Armand Praviel (1875–1944).
Geography
Population
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Lislois'' in French.Twin towns
L'Isle-Jourdain is twinned with: * Carballo,Spain
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, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
* Motta di Livenza
Motta di Livenza (or di Ligenda/ Ligondo·la/ Livanda·la, later Ligondza, then Livenza) is a town in the province of Treviso, Veneto, Italy.
Twin towns
Motta di Livenza is twinned with:
* L'Isle-Jourdain, Gers, France
* Cres
Cres (; ...
, Italy
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See also
*Save (Garonne)
The Save (; oc, Sava) is a 144 km long river in southern France, left tributary of the Garonne. Its source is in the northern foothills of the Pyrenees, south of Lannemezan. It flows north-east through the following ''départements'' and citi ...
* Communes of the Gers department
References
Communes of Gers Gers communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia Armagnac {{Gers-geo-stub