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Dombes
The Dombes (; ) is an area in eastern France, once an independent municipality, formerly part of the provinces of France, province of Burgundy (region), Burgundy, and now a district comprised in the department of France, department of Ain, and bounded on the west by the Saône River, on the south by the Rhône, on the east by the Ain (river), Ain and on the north by the district of Bresse. Topography The region forms an undulating plateau with a slight slope towards the north-west, the higher ground bordering the Ain and the Rhône attaining an average height of about . The Dombes is characterized by an impervious surface consisting of boulder clay and other relics of glacial action. Because of this, there are a large number of rain-water pools, varying for the most part from 35 to in size which cover some 23,000 acres (93 km2) of its total area of 282,000 acres (1,140 km2). These pools, artificially created, date in many cases from the 15th century, some to earlier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villars-les-Dombes
Villars-les-Dombes (, literally ''Villars near Dombes'') is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Its people are known as ''Villardois''. Geography The town is located within Ain, half-way between Lyon (33 km) and Bourg-en-Bresse (29 km), in the heart of the area known as the Dombes, notable for its hundreds of lakes which are waterfowl habitats and are suitable for breeding fish. Its ornithological park, Parc des Oiseaux, is the largest in France. The Chalaronne river forms part of the commune's south-western border, flows northward through the western part of the commune, crosses the town, then forms part of its northern border. History The lordship of Villars (of which archival evidence dates from 940) became, by marriage, the lordship of ''Thoire-et-Vilars'' in 1188, and in about 1400 its caput was Trévoux (the estate was managed from there). In 1565, Villars was promoted to a marquisate dependent on the house of ''Savoie'' (Savoy), a benefic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trévoux
Trévoux (; ) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. The inhabitants are known as Trévoltiens. It is a popular destination outside of Lyon, built on the steeply sloping left bank of the river Saône and is known for its fort. History In AD 843, the treaty of Verdun divided up the empire of Charlemagne. The river Saône became the frontier between France and the Empire. It is thanks to this border location that Trévoux gained its particular political status. In the 11th century it was included in the domain of the lords of Thoire-Villars, from whom it acquired its freedom. It was bought by the Bourbons in 1402, became the capital of the Dombes, and had its own mint. From that time, the Trévoux river toll became important, and the town built a castle and walls. On the 30th of June 1417, the local baron issued a decree allowing the local Jewish population to continue to study the Talmud, contrary to the decision taken in Chambéry in January 1417 as a resul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bresse
Bresse () is a former French province. It is located in the regions of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté of eastern France. The geographical term ''Bresse'' has two meanings: ''Bresse bourguignonne'' (or ''louhannaise''), which is situated in the east of the department of Saône-et-Loire, and ''Bresse'', which is located in the department of Ain. The corresponding adjective is ''bressan'', and the inhabitants are ''Bressans''. Bresse extends from the Dombes on the south to the river Doubs on the north, and from the Saône eastwards to the Jura mountains, measuring some in the former, and in the latter direction. It is a plain varying from above the sea, with few eminences and a slight inclination westwards. Heaths and coppice alternate with pastures and arable land; pools and marshes are numerous, especially in the north. Its chief rivers are the Veyle, the Reyssouze and the Seille, all tributaries of the Saône. The soil is gravelly clay but moderately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marguerite De Baugé
Marguerite de Baugé (1200–1252), also known as Marguerite de Bâgé, Marguerite de Baujé and as the Dame de Miribel, was a French noblewoman. She brought the as part of her dowry when she married Humbert V, Constable of France under King Louis IX in 1219. Biography Marguerite was the granddaughter of Ulric de Baugé and eldest daughter of Guy de Baugé. She married Humbert V, Seigneur de Beaujeu, the son of Guichard IV, Seigneur de Beaujeu, in 1219, with whom she had six children: Guichard, Isabelle, Sibille, Béatrix, Marguerite and Jeanne. In about 1229-1230 or 1238, she founded the charterhouse of Poleteins in Bresse; her daughter Jeanne (d. 1260) became the prioress. In the absence of her husband, Marguerite de Baugé managed the barony of Beaujeu, and used a seal on which she was depicted riding a horse and holding a hawk; the counter-seal showed the arms of Beaujeu. In 1229, she confirmed a treaty made between her husband and Guy, Abbot of the monastery of Îl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ain (river)
The Ain (, ; ) is a river in eastern France. It gave its name to the Ain department. It is long. Geography The river rises at an altitude of some 700 metres, near the village of La Favière, in the Jurassic limestone of the southern end of the Jura mountains and flows into the Rhône near Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans, about 40 kilometres upstream of Lyon. Its source is in the old county of Franche-Comté. It flows south through the combined lengths of the two departments of: * Jura (named after the mountains), and * Ain (named after the river). On the way it passes through the towns of Champagnole and Pont-d'Ain. Its longest tributaries are the Suran, Bienne, Albarine and Valouse. Geology The river flows through two regions. The Jura is, of course, Jurassic but it includes less clay than the Jurassic of England so Upper or Middle Jurassic means limestone of some sort, possibly marl (EB 13). The lower river passes over Holocene deposits from the river's own activi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bâgé-le-Châtel
Bâgé-le-Châtel () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. History The name of Bâgé-le-Châtel comes from a Gallo-Roman villa belonging to a certain Balgiasius. In the Middle Ages, three parishes were formed on the territory of the Seigneurs de Bâgé: Bâgé-le-Châtel around the chateau, Saint-André where the church was built, and Bâgé-la-Ville, the largest town. Bâgé-le-Châtel is the ancient capital of Bresse. In 1272, Bresse became part of Savoy when Sibylle de Bâgé, sole heir, married Amadeus V, Count of Savoy. Bourg (today Bourg-en-Bresse), a fortified bastion with 3400 inhabitants, became the capital of Bresse. Bâgé remained a village, whereas Bourg expanded beyond its walls to become the city of today. Population See also *Communes of the Ain department The following is a list of the 391 communes of the Ain department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humbert IV Of Beaujeu
Humbert, Umbert or Humberto (Latinized ''Humbertus'') is a Germanic given name, from ''hun'' "warrior" and '' beraht'' "bright". It also came into use as a surname. Given name ;Royalty and Middle Ages * Emebert (died 710) * Humbert of Maroilles (before 652 – 680) * Humbert (bishop of Würzburg) (died 842) * Humbert I, Count of Savoy (980 – 1047 or 1048) * Humbert II, Count of Savoy (1065–1103) * Humbert III, Count of Savoy (1135–1189) * Humbert, bastard of Savoy (c.1318–1374), soldier * Humbert V de Beaujeu (1198–1250) * Humbert I of Viennois (1240–1307), Dauphin of the Viennois * Humbert II of Viennois (1312–1355), Dauphin of the Viennois * Humbert I of Italy (1844–1900) * Humbert II of Italy (1904–1983) * Humbert of Silva Candida (1015–1061), Roman Catholic cardinal and Benedictine oblate * Humbert of Romans (died 1277), master general of the Dominicans ;Others * Humbert Achamer-Pifrader, Austrian jurist, member of the SS of Nazi Germany and co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Excommunication
Excommunication is an institutional act of religious censure used to deprive, suspend, or limit membership in a religious community or to restrict certain rights within it, in particular those of being in Koinonia, communion with other members of the congregation, and of receiving the sacraments. It is practiced by all of the ancient churches (such as the Catholic Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodox churches and the Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox churches) as well as by other Christian denominations; however, it is also used more generally to refer to similar types of institutional religious exclusionary practices and shunning among other religious groups. The Amish have also been known to excommunicate members that were either seen or known for breaking rules, or questioning the church, a practice known as shunning. Jehovah's Witnesses use the term disfellowship to refer to their form of excommunication. The word ''excommunication'' means putting a specific indiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area around Rome, Italy. Through the expansion of the Roman Republic, it became the dominant language in the Italian Peninsula and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire. It has greatly influenced many languages, Latin influence in English, including English, having contributed List of Latin words with English derivatives, many words to the English lexicon, particularly after the Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England, Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons and the Norman Conquest. Latin Root (linguistics), roots appear frequently in the technical vocabulary used by fields such as theology, List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names, the sciences, List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes, medicine, and List of Latin legal terms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
