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Bure
Bure may refer to: Places Belgium * Bure, Wallonia, Belgium, a small village in the Tellin municipality * Battle of Bure, a World War II battle during the Battle of the Bulge Eritrea and Ethiopia * Bure (disputed zone), on the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia, claimed by both countries * Bure, Gojjam (woreda), a woreda (district) in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia **Bure (Gojjam), Ethiopia, a town * Bure, Oromia (woreda), a woreda (district) in the Oromia Region, Ethiopia ** Bure, Illubabor, a town France * Bure, Meuse, a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est, hosting the Meuse/Haute Marne Underground Research Laboratory * Bure, Moselle a village in the French département of Moselle * Buré, a commune in the French département of Orne Italy * Bure (stream), a stream in Tuscany Sweden * Bure River, a river in Sweden Switzerland *Bure, Switzerland, a municipality in the Canton of Jura United Kingdom *River Bure, a river in Norfolk * HM Prison Bure, Scottow, Norfolk Oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Bure
The River Bure is a river in the county of Norfolk, England, most of it in the Broads.Ordnance Survey (2005). ''OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads''. . The Bure rises near Melton Constable, upstream of Aylsham, which was the original head of navigation. Nowadays, the head of navigation is downstream at Coltishall Bridge. After Aylsham Lock and Burgh Bridge, the Bure passes through Buxton Lammas, Coltishall, Belaugh, Wroxham, Horning, past St. Benet's Abbey, through Oby, Acle, Stokesby, along the northern border of the Halvergate Marshes, through Runham and Great Yarmouth where it meets Breydon Water and flows into the sea at Gorleston. It has two major tributaries, the River Thurne and the River Ant. There is also Muck Fleet which connects the Trinity Broads (Ormesby, Rollesby and Filby Broad) to the main network. Other minor tributaries include the River Hor, which joins the Bure just upstream of Hoveton, The Mermaid which merges at Burgh-next-Aylsham and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Bure
The Battle of Bure was part of the Battle of the Bulge, which lasted from 3 to 5 January 1945 during the final months of the Second World War. The battle was fought as part of the Allied counterattack to force the Germans from ground that they had captured and which had forced the Allies on the defensive. XXX Corps with British 6th Airborne Division attached, was to clear the area east of Dinant, Rochefort, Grupont and Bure in Belgium. Bure was secured after nearly three days of heavy fighting whilst Gupont and Rochefort were both cleared with little resistance and the advance continued. Background In December 1944, the German armies launched a counter-offensive through the forests of the Ardennes. The plan was to drive across the river Meuse and on to Antwerp to split the Allied armies and their lines of communication. As part of the First Allied Airborne Army, 6th Airborne Division was available as part of the strategic reserve for the Allied forces in north-west Europe. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bure, Switzerland
Bure () is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Porrentruy (district), Porrentruy in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Jura (canton), Jura in Switzerland. It lies in very close proximity to the border with France. History Bure is first mentioned in 1139 as ''Bures''. The municipality was formerly known by its German name ''Burnen'', however, that name is no longer used. Geography Bure has an area of . Of this area, or 44.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 27.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 13.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 14.4% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HM Prison Bure
His Majesty's Prison Bure, more commonly known as HM Prison Bure, and often abbreviated to HMP Bure, is a Category C men's prison, located in the parish of Scottow in Norfolk, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service, and became operational in November 2009. History Bure Prison was established on part of the domestic site of the former RAF Coltishall. Built during the Second World War, RAF Coltishall was used for night fighters, and then ground attack aircraft. In its latter years, the base was home to the 'Jaguar Force', its pink-painted Jaguars playing a major role in the 1991 Gulf War as part of Operation Granby. Due to defence cuts and reorganisation of the Royal Air Force, the station was formally closed on 30 November 2006. During January 2007, the Home Office expressed an interest in using the former RAF base. Initially earmarking the site for a new immigration detention facility, by the end of the year media reports suggested the Home Office w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bure (Gojjam), Ethiopia
Bure (Amharic: ቡሬ), also transliterated Burye is a town in western Ethiopia. Located in the Mirab Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a longitude and latitude of with an elevation of 2091 meters above sea level. Bure enjoys a flourishing small business and connection point of businesses between Wolega, Gondar and Shewa. An agricultural training college and Bure Baguna, a mineral water factory, are the main modern industrial opportunities in the town. History An early mention of Bure is Emperor Susenyos's visit in 1608, after he had celebrated Easter at Wancha near the Melka Saytant ford over the Abay River. Ras Mikael Sehul and his puppet Emperor Tekle Haymanot camped at Bure in 1770 for three days after their victory at the Battle of Faggeta. The Enderase (Regent) of the Emperor of Ethiopia, '' Ras'' Ali II, was born in Bure while his father '' Dejazmach'' Alula was governor of Damot.Charles T. Beke"Abyssinia. Being a Continuation of Routes in Tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bure Language
Bure, also known as Bubbure, is an Afro-Asiatic language belonging to the Bole-Tangale group of the West branch of the Chadic family. It is spoken in northern Nigeria in the village of Bure (10°31’06.16”N, 10°20’03.00”E, Kirfi Local Government, Bauchi State, Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...) and in some small settlements nearby. The language is used mostly by a very few speakers, of great-grandparental generation. Except for Hausa, which is lingua franca in the area, Bure is surrounded by other Chadic languages such as Gera, Giiwo and Deno (Bole group). Compared to other languages of the same group (e.g. Bole or Karai-Karai), the endangerment of Bure is by far the most critical. References * The Clause Structure. In ''14th Italian Meeting of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bure (cloth)
Bure was an old heavy woolen woven cloth that has undergone many changes since the Middle Ages. Hence, It was called with many names such as Bura, Burel, Burian, Burly, Burlesque, Burratto, Bournous, Burratine. Modifications In ancient Gaul, it was a heavy coarse woolen variety of cloth called ''Bura''. Bure was poor people's cloth in medieval times. Later it was modified to a plain or twilled dress material made with a blended napped fabric made of cotton or hemp yarns in warp and wool on the weft side. Lately, it was made lighter and softer as well. Bureau Bureau is a French word, adopted into English, which evolved from the Burel cloth used for covering desks, to mean the desk, then the physical office, then the administrative department. See also * Burel (fabric) Burel may refer to: * Burel Hill, ice-free hill at Desolation Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica * Burel Valley, Sub-Balkan valley in western Bulgaria * Clara Burel (born 2001), French tennis player * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bure, Oromia (woreda)
Bure is one of the woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Illubabor Zone, Bure is bordered on the south by Nono, on the southwest by the Gambela Region, on the west by the Kelem Welega Zone, on the northeast by Metu, and on the southeast by Ale; the Birbir River defines the west and north boundaries. Towns in Bure include Bure and Sibo. Huka Halu woreda was separated from Bure. Although coffee is an important cash crop of this woreda, less than 20 square kilometers are planted with this crop. Demographics The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 50,841, of whom 25,312 were men and 25,529 were women; 5,477 or 10.77% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants practised Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 37.59% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 30.9% of the population said they were Moslem, and 30.73% were Protestant. Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bure (surname)
Bure is a Swedish surname that may refer to * A personal name preservad in Burestenen, a Swedish runestone * A Swedish family name, see Bure kinship ** Johannes Bureus or Johan Bure, a Swedish 17th century polymath *Candace Cameron Bure (born 1976), American actress, producer, author and talk show panelist *Pavel Bure (born 1971), Russian hockey player *Valeri Bure (born 1974), Russian hockey player, brother of Pavel *Vladimir Bure Vladimir Valeryevich Bure (, 4 December 1950 – 3 September 2024) was a Russian and Soviet freestyle swimmer and a fitness coach for the New Jersey Devils of the NHL. Bure was the father of retired NHL players Pavel and Valeri Bure. USSR Bure ... (1950–1924), Soviet swimmer, father of Pavel and Valeri Bure See also * Burre {{surname Swedish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bure (disputed Zone)
Bure is a small area about west of Asseb, on the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia, and claimed by both countries. Bure lies across the important Awash-Asseb highway, which in the past has been an important trucking route. Bure came under Eritrean control after several weeks of fighting in May–June 1998. Eritrea said that Ethiopia had started an offensive at Bure by dropping bombs on the front-lines on 14 February 1999. The fighting in the area continued through the Eritrean-Ethiopian War (1998-2000), with each side claiming it had inflicted heavy casualties on the other, until they agreed to a ceasefire. The Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission determined in 2002 that Bure lay on the Ethiopian side of the border. Relations between Eritrea and Ethiopia soured in November 2005, when 20 Ethiopian soldiers occupied a portion of the area for several days. After peace-keeping troops from United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea intervened, Ethiopian troops were withdrawn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bure, Illubabor
Bure is a town in south-western Ethiopia. Located in the Illubabor Zone of the Oromia Region, in the highlands north of the canyon of the Baro River, this town has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 1730 meters. It is one of two settlements in Bure woreda. Explorer H.H. Austin spent two weeks convalescing at Bure from an illness he contracted after following the Baro river upstream from Sudan and climbing up the slopes of the canyon of the Baro. According to Richard Pankhurst, Bure lay on the trade route between the Kingdom of Jimma and the Blue Nile, and had markets three days a week where a considerable trade was carried out in ivory, civet, wax, honey, coffee, raw cotton, '' shemmas'', '' tef'', and various grains. Its importance increased in the 1920s and 1930s. By 1918, Bure was equipped with a telegraph station. Demographics Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency The Central Statistical Agency, also known as the Ethiopian Statistical Servic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bure River
Bure River () is a river in Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count .... References Rivers of Västerbotten County {{Sweden-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
