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Esperance (other)
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Esperance may refer to: * Esperance (town), New York * Esperance (village), New York * Esperance, Quartier Militaire (village), Quartier Militaire, Moka, Mauritius * Esperance, Washington * Esperance, Western Australia ** Goldfields–Esperance, a large region in Western Australia ** Shire of Esperance, a local government area in Western Australia ** Esperance (suburb), the CBD of Esperance, Western Australia ** Esperance Bay, the bay Esperance is located on * Cape Esperance, Solomon Islands ** Battle of Cape Esperance, a WWII naval battle * Exuperantia (Esperance), French saint * HMS ''Esperance'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also * Espérance (other) :''See also Esperance (other)'' Espérance is one of the two French words that can be translated into "hope", the other being "espoir". Whereas the latter is closer to the idea of "dream" or "fantasy" and corresponds to most of the common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esperance (town), New York
Esperance is a town in Schoharie County, New York, United States. The population was 1,806 at the 2020 census. The town was given the name of the principal village, which was named for "hope" in French. The Town of Esperance contains a village called Esperance. The town is in the northeastern part of Schoharie County and is west of Schenectady. History The town was first settled ''circa'' 1729. Esperance village was incorporated in 1818 and rechartered in 1835, before the Town of Esperance was established. The town was formed in 1846 from the Town of Schoharie. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 20.0 square miles (51.9 km2), of which 19.6 square miles (50.7 km2) is land and 0.5 square mile (1.2 km2) (2.29%) is water. The eastern town line, partly marked by the Schoharie Creek, is the border of Schenectady County, and the northern town boundary is the border of Montgomery County. Crip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esperance (village), New York
Esperance is a village in Schoharie County, New York, United States. The population was 345 at the 2010 census. The village was given the French name for "hope." The Village of Esperance is in eastern part of the Town of Esperance. The village is west of Schenectady. History The village was settled ''circa'' 1793, based on an original land grant, the Ten Eyck Patent of 1769. The village was incorporated in 1818 and a fire department was authorized to be formed. The village is the oldest incorporated village in the county. When the town of Esperance was formed in 1846, it thereupon took the name of the village. Geography Esperance is located at (42.762271, -74.259361). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and (5.66%) is water. The village is adjacent to the Schoharie Creek and is located on U.S. Route 20 at the junction of County Roads 28 and 44. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 380 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quartier Militaire
Quartier Militaire is a village in the centre of Mauritius, found in the Moka District. It houses the region's District Council. Its quarters and suburbs include Bonne Veine, Esperance, Providence, Vuillemin. Environment Quartier Militaire is known for its cold temperature in Mauritius. The coolest temperature ever recorded in Quartier-Militaire was 5 degrees Celsius and also the cloudiest. To the east lies Camp De Masque, where the climate is hotter and also Medine, which has a much milder climate. To the south lies Phoenix, which is the closest town to Quartier Militaire. To the west lies the developing area of Saint Pierre. Areas neighbouring the town are Curepipe, Hermitage, Belle Rive, Alma, Saint Pierre, Verdun, Highlands, Mont Ida and Melrose. Facilities Educational institutes like the Shrimati Indira Gandhi SSS college, Quartier Militaire SSS (Girls) college are found there. The Sir Edward Walter Government School and St Leon RCA are primary school which educates y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esperance, Washington
Esperance is a census-designated place (CDP) in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. Esperance is an enclave of the city of Edmonds, Washington. The population was 4,007 at the 2020 census, up from 3,601 at the 2010 census. Geography Esperance is located at (47.795006, -122.347487). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.9 km2), all of it land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 3,503 people, 1,315 households, and 956 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 4,852.4 people per square mile (1,878.5/km2). There were 1,349 housing units at an average density of 1,868.6/sq mi (723.4/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 87.13% White, 1.51% African American, 0.88% Native American, 7.11% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.51% from other races, and 2.80% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.31% of the population. There were 1,315 households, out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esperance, Western Australia
Esperance () is a town in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, on the Southern Ocean coastline approximately east-southeast of the state capital, Perth and south of Kalgoorlie. The urban population of Esperance was 12,003 at June 2018. Its major industries are tourism, agriculture, and fishing industry, fishing. History European history of the region dates back to 1627 when the Dutch vessel 't Gulden Zeepaert (ship, 1626), ''Gulden Zeepaert'', skippered by François Thijssen, passed through waters off the Esperance coast and continued across the Great Australian Bight. French explorers are credited with making the first landfall near the present day town, naming it and other local landmarks while sheltering from a storm in this area in 1792. The town itself was named after a French ship, the French ship Espérance (1781), ''Espérance'', commanded by Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec. is French for "hope". In 1802, British navigator Matthew Flinders sailed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldfields–Esperance
The Goldfields–Esperance region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia. It is located in the south-eastern corner of Western Australia, and comprises the local government areas of Coolgardie, Dundas, Esperance, Kalgoorlie–Boulder, Laverton, Leonora, Menzies, Ngaanyatjarraku, Ravensthorpe and Wiluna. It also incorporates the area along the Great Australian Bight to the South Australian border known as the Nullarbor Plain. Geography The Goldfields–Esperance region is the largest of Western Australia's regions, with an area of . It is mostly a low and flat plateau of extremely ancient Precambrian rocks that have been stable since long before the Paleozoic Era. Because of the extreme geological stability and the absence of glaciation since the Carboniferous, the soils are extremely infertile and generally quite saline. Consequently, the region supports the lowest stocking rates in the world: it is considered that one sheep per square mile is the maximum sus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Esperance
The Shire of Esperance is a Local government areas of Western Australia, local government area in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, about south of the town of Kalgoorlie and about east-southeast of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of , and its seat of government is the town of Esperance, Western Australia, Esperance, where about three-quarters of the Shire's population resides. History The Esperance Road District was established on 13 September 1895. Two weeks later, on 27 September 1895, the township of Esperance separated from the road district as the Municipality of Esperance. The municipality was re-absorbed into the road district on 30 October 1908. On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire of Esperance under the ''Local Government Act 1960'', which reformed all remaining road districts into shires. A railway line from Coolgardie, Western Australia, Coolgardie to Esperance that was completed in 1927 led to development of farming in the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esperance (suburb)
The suburb of Esperance is the central business district of the town of Esperance, in the Shire of Esperance, Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. It is located on Esperance Bay, on the Southern Ocean. The suburb of Esperance is on the traditional land of the Njunga people of the Noongar The Noongar (, also spelt Noongah, Nyungar , Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, and Yunga ) are Aboriginal Australian people who live in the South West, Western Australia, south-west corner of Western Australia, from Geraldton, Western Aus ... nation. The Njunga were previously part of the Wudjari Noongar, but separated from them for cultural reasons. The suburb is home to a number of State heritage listed places, the Dempster Homestead, the Bijou Theatre and the RSL Building, which also includes the war memorial and the Norfolk pine trees. References External links * Tourism Western AustraliaEsperance Foreshore {{Towns Goldfields-Esperance WA Suburbs of Espe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esperance Bay
Esperance Bay is a bay on the south coast of Western Australia. Nominally located at , it is the site of the town of Esperance. The bay was discovered on 9 December 1792 by a French expedition under Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, which sailed in search of the lost expedition of Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse. Stormy weather had blown the ships into hazardous waters surrounded by islands, but acting ensign Jacques-Bertrand Le Grand sighted a navigable passage and a somewhat sheltered anchorage, providing what d'Entrecasteaux regarded as a "miraculous" escape from being wrecked. Ship botanist Jacques Labillardière Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardière (28 October 1755 – 8 January 1834) was a French biologist noted for his descriptions of the flora of Australia. Labillardière was a member of a voyage in search of the Jean-François de Galaup, comte ... was in favour of naming the bay after Le Grand, and indeed he refers to the bay on his specimen slips as "Baie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Esperance
Cape Esperance () is the northernmost point on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. History The Battle of Cape Esperance, one of several naval engagements fought in the waters north of the island during the World War II Guadalcanal campaign, took its name from this point. In 1943, Cape Esperance was the site of the final Imperial Japanese Armed Forces withdrawal of troops from the island after six months of fierce resistance against occupying US Marines The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines or simply the Marines, is the Marines, maritime land force service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is responsible for conducting expedi .... References * * Esperance {{WWII-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Cape Esperance
The Battle of Cape Esperance, also known as the Second Battle of Savo Island and in Japanese sources as the , took place on 11–12 October 1942, in the Pacific War, Pacific campaign of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and United States Navy. The Naval warfare, naval battle was the second of four major surface engagements during the Guadalcanal campaign and took place at the entrance to the strait between Savo Island and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Cape Esperance is the northernmost point on Guadalcanal, and the battle took its name from this point. On the night of 11 October, Japanese naval forces in the Solomon Islands area—under the command of Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa—sent a major supply and reinforcement convoy to their forces on Guadalcanal. The convoy consisted of two seaplane tenders and six destroyers and was commanded by Rear Admiral Takatsugu Jōjima. At the same time but in a separate operation, three heavy cruisers and two destroyers— ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
