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Baule
Baule () is a commune in the department of Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The writer Michèle Desbordes (1940–2006) died in Baule. Population See also * Communes of the Loiret department The following is the list of the 325 communes of the Loiret department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Official site Communes of Loiret {{Loiret-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of France
A () is a level of administrative divisions of France, administrative division in the France, French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipality, municipalities in Canada and the United States; ' in Germany; ' in Italy; ' in Spain; or civil parishes in the United Kingdom. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlet (place), hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the Municipal arrondissem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the Regions of France, administrative regions and the Communes of France, communes. There are a total of 101 departments, consisting of ninety-six departments in metropolitan France, and five Overseas department and region, overseas departments, which are also classified as overseas regions. Departments are further subdivided into 333 Arrondissements of France, arrondissements and 2,054 Cantons of France, cantons (as of 2023). These last two levels of government have no political autonomy, instead serving as the administrative basis for the local organisation of police, fire departments, and, in certain cases, elections. Each department is administered by an elected body called a departmental council (France), departmental council ( , ). From 1800 to April 2015, these were called gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loiret
Loiret (; ) is a department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France. It takes its name from the river Loiret, which is contained wholly within the department. In 2019, Loiret had a population of 680,434.Populations légales 2019: 45 Loiret INSEE Its is , which is about southwest of Paris. As well as being the regional prefecture, it is a historic city on the banks of the Loire. It has a large central area with many historic buildings and mansions. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centre-Val De Loire
Centre-Val de Loire (; ,In isolation, ''Centre'' is pronounced . ) or Centre Region (, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen Regions of France, administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley in the interior of the country, with a population of 2,572,853 as of 2018. Its Prefectures in France, prefecture is Orléans, and its largest city is Tours. Naming and etymology Like many current regions of France, the region of Centre-Val de Loire was created from parts of Province of France, historical provinces: , and . First, the name Placename etymology, was chosen by the government purely on the basis of geography, in reference to its location in Geography of France, northwest-central France (the central part of the Langues d'oïl, original French language area). However, the Centre region is not situated in the geographical centre of France (except the Cher (department), Cher department). The name was criticised as being too dull and nondescri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michèle Desbordes
Michèle Desbordes (4 August 1940, Saint-Cyr-en-Val (Loiret) – 24 January 2006, Baule (Loiret), aged 65) was a French writer. A curator of university libraries, she received several awards for her story ''La Demande'' devoted to Leonardo da Vinci. Biography After studying literature at the Sorbonne, she became a curator in libraries in Parisian universities, then in Guadeloupe in public readings. In 1994, she was appointed director of the University Library of Orléans. From her home in Baule she wrote poems and novels. Works *1986: ''Sombres dans la ville où elles se taisent'' (poetry), Arcane 17 *1997: ''L'Habituée'', *1999: ''La Demande'', Verdier *2000: ''Le Commandement'', Gallimard *2001: ''Le Lit de la mer'', Gallimard *2004: ''La Robe bleue'', Verdier, inspired by the story of Camille Claudel *2004: ''Dans le temps qu'il marchait'', éditions Laurence Teper *2005: ''Un été de glycine'', Verdier *2006: ''L'Emprise'', Verdier *2006: ''Artemisia et autres pros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Loiret Department
The following is the list of the 325 communes of the Loiret department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Périmètre des groupements en 2025 BANATIC. Accessed 28 May 2025. * Orléans Métropole * Communauté d'agglomération Montargoise et Rives du Loing * Communauté de communes de la Beauce Loirétaine * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
