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Fayence (; ) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. Fayence is one of a series of "perched villages" overlooking the plain between the southern Alps and the Esterel massif, which borders the Mediterranean Sea between Cannes and Saint-Raphaël. The village is located on the road to Mons, which later on joins the Route Napoléon linking Nice to Grenoble through the Alps. Some high-standing resorts have settled nearby the village in the recent years: the Domaine de Terre Blanche at Tourrettes and Domaine de Fayence attract a foreign clientele. The village contains a primary school (École de la Ferrage) and a junior high school (Collège Marie Mauron). The Aérodrome de Fayence-Tourettes is one of the most active in Europe for gliding; it hosts the Provence Côte d'Azur Aeronautical Association. History Before and during WWII, Fayence-Tourettes Airfield was an air force base. On 13 June 1940, 12 Italian Fiat CR.4 ...
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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 ...
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Mons, Var
Mons (; or ) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Geography Situated at an altitude of 814 metres the commune of Mons encompasses a vast territory of in the Var, Provence, ranging from 214 metres (at the confluent of the Siagne and the Siagnole rivers) to 1715 metres at the summit of Mont-Lachens. This explains the variety of different scenery found on the territory of the commune, as well as the diversity of its vegetation, but also accounts for the fact that it is sparsely cultivated. There are exceptional views from the village (from the Place Saint Sebastien), ranging from Menton to the East all the way to Toulon in the West. Transportation With today's network of roads, Mons is a mere from Grasse, from Draguignan, from Saint-Raphaël, from Cannes and from Nice. Personalities related to the municipality Famous members of the Villeneuve family, including: * A saint, Roseline of Villeneuve, OCart Oth ...
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Fiat CR
Fiat Automobiles S.p.A., commonly known as simply Fiat ( , ; ), is an Italian automobile manufacturer. It became a part of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in 2014 and, in 2021, became a subsidiary of Stellantis through its Italian division, Stellantis Europe. Fiat Automobiles was formed in January 2007 when Fiat S.p.A. reorganized its automobile business, and traces its history back to 1899, when the first Fiat automobile, the Fiat 4 HP, was produced. Fiat Automobiles is the largest automobile manufacturer in Italy. During its more than century-long history, it remained the largest automobile manufacturer in Europe and the third in the world after General Motors and Ford for over 20 years, until the car industry crisis in the late 1980s. In 2013, Fiat S.p.A. was the second-largest European automaker by volumes produced and the seventh in the world, while FCA was the world's eighth-largest automaker. In 1970, Fiat Automobiles employed more than 100,000 in Italy when its product ...
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Fayence-Tourrettes Airfield
Fayence-Tourrettes Airfield () is a small airfield located south of Fayence and Tourrettes, both communes of the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. History On 13 June 1940, 12 Italian fighters FIAT CR.42, from 151° ''Gruppo'' of 53° ''Stormo'', of Regia Aeronautica, attacked the airfield, destroying several aircraft on the ground.Skulski 2007, p. 20. Nowadays, it is home to a large gliding Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sports, air sport in which pilots fly glider aircraft, unpowered aircraft known as Glider (sailplane), gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmospher ... club, the ''Association Aéronautique Provence Côte d'Azur'' (AAPCA) and to one microlight school. Runway 10L has two small tarmac landing strips for the exclusive use of gliders. References Bibliography * De Marchi, Italo. ''Fiat CR.42 Falco'' (in Italian). Modena, Italy: Stem Mucchi, ...
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Wiley - ISTE
Wiley may refer to: Locations *Wiley, Colorado, a U.S. town *Wiley, Georgia, an U.S. unincorporated community * Wiley, Pleasants County, West Virginia, U.S. * Wiley-Kaserne, a district of the city of Neu-Ulm, Germany People *Wiley (musician), British grime MC, rapper, and producer Other uses *Wiley (publisher), a publishing company also known as John Wiley & Sons **Wiley-Blackwell, an imprint of the publisher *Wiley College, Texas, U.S. * Wiley Rein, a U.S. law firm * USS ''Wiley'' (DD-597), a U.S. warship See also *Whiley * Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner; the cartoon coyote character's name and "Wily" are homophones *Willey (other) *Wily (other) *Wyle (other) *Wylie (other) *Wyllie *Wyly Wyly is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles Wyly (1933–2011), American businessman * L. D. Wyly (1916–2004), American scientist * Michael Wyly (born 1939), American Marines colonel * Sam Wyly (born 1934), American bus ... ...
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Louis Boisgibault
Louis Boisgibault is a French academic director, professor, researcher and author known for his publications on energy transition in the EMEA Region. Early life and education Boisgibault was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He graduated in 1984 with a master's degree in economics and management from Université Paris-Dauphine. He received an MBA from HEC Paris in 1990 with an exchange program at the Wharton School. In September 2016, he defended successfully a PhD thesis at Sorbonne Université in geography. Career After eight years at BNP-Paribas in Paris and Amsterdam, Boisgibault worked for Electricité de France and Engie Group in Paris and London, as executive director and Board member for energy projects. In 2006, he co-founded and led VALMERE, a consulting firm specialized in energy transition. He started to lecture in graduate schools and enrolled for PhD. After several part-time positions as Senior Lecturer and contractual Professor, he was appointed in March 2022 as Dir ...
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