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Cubzac-les-Ponts Bridge
Cubzac-les-Ponts (; ), also referred to as Cubzac, is a commune of the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, a region in southwestern France.Commune de Cubzac-les-Ponts (33143) INSEE Located 20 km northeast of , it is a crossing point of the river . Cubzac has three bridges, one designed by . During the Middle Ages, Cubzac served as a watchtower through the Four Sons of Amon castl ... [...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] |
Oligocene
The Oligocene ( ) is a geologic epoch (geology), epoch of the Paleogene Geologic time scale, Period that extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present ( to ). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain. The name Oligocene was coined in 1854 by the German paleontologist Heinrich Ernst Beyrich from his studies of marine beds in Belgium and Germany. The name comes from Ancient Greek (''olígos'') 'few' and (''kainós'') 'new', and refers to the sparsity of Neontology, extant forms of Mollusca, molluscs. The Oligocene is preceded by the Eocene Epoch and is followed by the Miocene Epoch. The Oligocene is the third and final epoch of the Paleogene Period. The Oligocene is often considered an important time of transition, a link between the archaic world of the tropical Eocene and the more modern ecosystems of the Miocene. Major chang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrondissement Of Bordeaux
The arrondissement of Bordeaux is an arrondissement of France in the Gironde department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 82 communes. Its population is 1,013,121 (2021), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Bordeaux, and their INSEE codes, are: # Ambarès-et-Lagrave (33003) # Ambès (33004) # Artigues-près-Bordeaux (33013) # Ayguemorte-les-Graves (33023) # Bassens (33032) # Baurech (33033) # Beautiran (33037) # Bègles (33039) # Beychac-et-Caillau (33049) # Blanquefort (33056) # Blésignac (33059) # Bonnetan (33061) # Bordeaux (33063) # Bouliac (33065) # Le Bouscat (33069) # La Brède (33213) # Bruges (33075) # Cabanac-et-Villagrains (33077) # Cadaujac (33080) # Camarsac (33083) # Cambes (33084) # Camblanes-et-Meynac (33085) # Canéjan (33090) # Carbon-Blanc (33096) # Carignan-de-Bordeaux (33099) # Castres-Gironde (33109) # Cénac (33118) # Cenon (33119) # Cestas (33122) # Créon (33140) # Croignon (33141) # Cursan (33145) # Eys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Le Nord-Gironde
The canton of Le Nord-Gironde is an administrative division of the Gironde department, southwestern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Saint-André-de-Cubzac. It consists of the following communes: # Cavignac # Cézac # Civrac-de-Blaye # Cubnezais #Cubzac-les-Ponts # Donnezac # Gauriaguet # Générac # Laruscade # Marcenais # Marsas #Périssac # Peujard #Saint-André-de-Cubzac # Saint-Christoly-de-Blaye # Saint-Genès-de-Fronsac # Saint-Gervais #Saint-Girons-d'Aiguevives #Saint-Laurent-d'Arce # Saint-Mariens # Saint-Savin #Saint-Vivien-de-Blaye Saint-Vivien-de-Blaye (, literally ''Saint-Vivien of Blaye'') is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Gironde department The following is a list of the 534 ... # Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac # Saugon # Val-de-Virvée # Virsac References Cantons of Gironde {{Girond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrondissement Of Blaye
The Arrondissement of Blaye is an arrondissement of France in the Gironde department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 62 communes. Its population is 94,930 (2021), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Blaye are: #Anglade #Bayon-sur-Gironde # Berson #Blaye #Bourg #Braud-et-Saint-Louis # Campugnan #Cars #Cartelègue # Cavignac # Cézac # Civrac-de-Blaye # Comps # Cubnezais #Cubzac-les-Ponts # Donnezac #Étauliers #Eyrans # Fours # Gauriac # Gauriaguet # Générac # Lansac # Laruscade # Marcenais # Marsas # Mazion # Mombrier # Peujard # Plassac # Pleine-Selve #Prignac-et-Marcamps #Pugnac # Reignac #Saint-André-de-Cubzac # Saint-Androny #Saint-Aubin-de-Blaye # Saint-Christoly-de-Blaye # Saint-Ciers-de-Canesse # Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde #Saint-Genès-de-Blaye # Saint-Gervais #Saint-Girons-d'Aiguevives #Saint-Laurent-d'Arce # Saint-Mariens # Saint-Martin-Lacaussade # Saint-Palais # Saint-Paul # Saint-Savin # Saint-Seurin-de-Bourg # Saint-Seurin-de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prim
Prim may refer to: People * Prim (given name) * Prim (surname) Places * Prim, Virginia, unincorporated community in King George County *Dolní Přím, a municipality and village in the Czech Republic *Přím, a village and part of Javornice in the Czech Republic * Saint-Prim, commune in Isère, France * Prim (Neckar), river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, tributary of the Neckar * Prims, river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, tributary of the Saar Other *Prim, a type of ''tamburica'' (musical instrument) *Prim or Primost, a Norwegian cheese *Prim, abbreviation for Primitive Methodist *Prim's algorithm for minimum spanning tree, developed by Robert C. Prim * PRIM (watches), a Czech trademark * Graham Street Prims F.C., football club in Derby, England * In computers, a geometric primitive, or prim, is a simple shape used in 3D modeling to build into more complex objects. ** A Sculpted prim, in Second Life, is a 3D parametric object whose 3D shape is determined by a texture, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xynthia (storm)
Cyclone Xynthia was an exceptionally violent European windstorm which crossed Western Europe between 27 February and 1 March 2010. It reached a minimum pressure of on 27 February. In France—where it was described by the civil defence as the most violent since Lothar and Martin in December 1999—at least 51 people were killed, with 12 more said to be missing. A further six people were killed in Germany, three in Spain, one in Portugal, one in Belgium and another one in England. Most of the deaths in France occurred when a powerful storm surge topped by battering waves up to high, hitting at high tide, smashed through the sea wall off the coastal town of L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer.Staff (1 March 2010"Weak sea walls blamed for France storm disaster "''BBC News'' A mobile home park built close to the sea wall was particularly hard-hit. The sea wall was about two hundred years old, built in the time of Napoleon; critics said that situating a mobile home park so close to the sea wall sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
