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Isigny-sur-Mer
Isigny-sur-Mer (, literally ''Isigny on Sea'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Calvados (department), Calvados Departments of France, department and Normandy (administrative region), Normandy Regions of France, region of north-western France. It is part of the communauté de communes Communauté de communes Isigny-Omaha Intercom, Isigny-Omaha Intercom, the 59 communes of which have a combined population of 27,181. Geography and economy Situated in the fertile grassland region – known as the Baie des Veys – which constitutes the joint estuary of four rivers, Isigny is an important centre of the dairy industry. The town is famous for its Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée, AOC butter and cream, as well as for the production of Mimolette, Pont-l'Évêque (cheese), Pont-l'Évêque, Camembert (cheese), Camembert, and Trésor d'Isigny cheeses, among others, made by the Isigny Sainte-Mère co-operative. Oysters have been extensively cultivated in the nearby waters of the Baie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Isigny-sur-Mer
The canton of Isigny-sur-Mer is a former Cantons of France, canton of the Calvados (department), Calvados ''Departments of France, département'' in northwestern France. It had 10,172 inhabitants (2012).Populations légales 2012: 14 Calvados Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, INSEE It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 24 Communes of France, communes, which joined the canton of Trévières in 2015. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vire River
The Vire () is a river in Normandy, France whose course crosses the ''departments of France, départements'' of Calvados (department), Calvados and Manche, flowing through the towns of Vire, Saint-Lô and Isigny-sur-Mer, finally flowing out into the English Channel. Its main tributaries are the Aure (river), Aure, the Elle (river), Elle and the Souleuvre. The outflow of the Vire has been canalized and forms the port of Isigny-sur-Mer. The poets of the Vire valley (''Vau de Vire'') are said to have given rise to vaudeville. Places along the river: * Calvados (department), Calvados (14) : Vire, Pont-Farcy, Isigny-sur-Mer * Manche (50) : Tessy-sur-Vire, Troisgots, Torigni-sur-Vire, Condé-sur-Vire, Sainte-Suzanne-sur-Vire, Saint-Lô, Rampan, Pont-Hébert, La Meauffe, Cavigny Hydrology and water quality The generally brownish waters of the Vire are moderately alkaline having been tested by Lumina Tech as pH 8.31. The river waters are relatively turbid, with a Secchi disc measureme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aure (river)
The Aure () is a river in northwestern France, in the department of Calvados. It is long. Its source is in Caumont-l'Éventé, and it flows into the river Vire in Isigny-sur-Mer. The largest town on the Aure is Bayeux. History In modern history, crossing of the Aure is noted in the advances of units of infantry of the United States as they undertook liberation of France from Germany in June, 1944. The river leads to a small mill that formerly was used to make cotton. Hydrology and water quality The Aure river has relatively high turbidity and its brownish water is moderate in velocity due to the slight gradient of the watercourse, although the narrow channel in locations like Bayeux centre engenders higher surface velocities; pH levels have been measured at 8.35 in the centre of Bayeux near the Bayeux Tapestry MuseumHogan, C. Michael, ''Water quality of freshwater bodies in France'', Lumina Tech. Press, Aberdeen, Scotland (2006) and electrical conductivity of the waters have t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Oubeaux
Les Oubeaux () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the commune Isigny-sur-Mer. 8 September 2016 Population See also *Communes of the Calvados department
The following is a list of the 526 Communes of France, communes of the Calvados (department), Calvados Departments of France, department of France.
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Disney Family
The Disney family are an American family that gained prominence when brothers Roy and Walt began creating films through the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, today known as mass media and entertainment conglomerate The Walt Disney Company. The Disney family's influence on American culture grew with successful feature films such as ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' in 1937 and the opening of the Disneyland Amusement park in 1955. Other Disney family members have been involved in the management and administration of the Disney company, filmmaking, and philanthropy. Background The family name, originally ''d'Isigny ("from Isigny")'', is of Norman French derivation, coming from the town of Isigny-sur-Mer. The Disneys, among others who took names from the Normans, settled in England and gave their name to Norton Disney in Lincolnshire. Some of the family moved to Ireland around the 11th century. Elias Disney Elias Charles Disney (1859–1941) was born in the rural village o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castilly
Castilly () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the commune Isigny-sur-Mer. 8 September 2016 Population See also *Communes of the Calvados department
The following is a list of the 526 Communes of France, communes of the Calvados (department), Calvados Departments of France, department of France.
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Neuilly-la-Forêt
Neuilly-la-Forêt () is a former commune in the department of Calvados in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the commune Isigny-sur-Mer. 8 September 2016 Population See also *Communes of the Calvados department
The following is a list of the 526 Communes of France, communes of the Calvados (department), Calvados Departments of France, department of France.
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Vouilly
Vouilly () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it merged into the commune of Isigny-sur-Mer. 8 September 2016 Population See also *Communes of the Calvados department
The following is a list of the 526 Communes of France, communes of the Calvados (department), Calvados Departments of France, department of France.
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Le Molay-Littry
Le Molay-Littry () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. History On 23 January 1969 Le Molay merged with the old commune of Littry to form ''Le Molay-Littry''. Le Molay-Littry has good travel links with neighbouring towns such as Isigny, Bayeux, Saint-Lô, and Balleroy, which served it well in the early 17th century. At that time, the town was a local source of coal which made the town a wealthy one. The town still has a mining museum which is open to the public. Château du Molay The Château du Molay was built on the northwest side of town about two-and-a-half centuries ago on 45 acres of wooded grounds. In 1758, a young Jacques-Jean le Coulteux du Molay (1740–1823), and his wife Geneviéve –Sophie le Coulteux de la Noraye (painted below in 1788); built the château, his first large residence, in the heart of Normandy's woodland countryside, close to his birthplace in Rouen. Jacques-Jean was a wealthy and well-known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weilerbach
Weilerbach is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated approximately 11 km north-west of Kaiserslautern. Weilerbach is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Weilerbach (population about 14,500). History of the Town Founding until 1794 Weilerbach was first mentioned in a document from 1214, in which King Friedrich II gave the right of patronage to his loyal ''Reinhard von Lautern'', knight of Hoheneck, for the parish church at Ramstein with its daughter church in Weilerbach (''Wilrebach'') und Spesbach (''Spethisbach''). In 1253, Siegfried von Hoheneck gave these rights and the income therefrom to the Teutonic Order in Kaiserslautern. Pope Alexander IV confirmed in 1258 the Order's possession of Ramstein, Weilerbach, und Spesbach. In 1257, the names ''Steinmar'' and ''Diederich von Weilerbach'' appear as do the names ''Hertlin'' und ''Theodor von Weilerbach'' in 1273 as witnesses in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton Disney
Norton Disney is a small village and civil parish on the western boundary of the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the border with the adjacent county of Nottinghamshire and shares a boundary with Collingham in that county. This county and parish boundary of Collingham and Norton Disney also splits the Potter Hill area which has important Iron Age and Roman archaeology. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 226. It lies midway between Lincoln and Newark, to the south-east of the A46. Norton Disney was one of the seats of the Disney family, whose name was an Anglicised version of the original French surname ''d'Isigny'', of Isigny-sur-Mer, Normandy, from whom film producer Walt Disney's family might be descended. The Disney family were also lords of the manor in Swinderby, Carlton-le-Moorland and Kingerby. The Church of England parish church, St Peter's, is a Grade I listed building. The village has one public house, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsbridge
Kingsbridge is a market town in the South Hams district of Devon, England, with a population of 6,116 at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census. Two electoral wards bear the name of ''Kingsbridge'' (East & North). Their combined population at the above census was 4,381. It is situated at the northern end of the Kingsbridge Estuary, a ria that extends to the sea south of the town. It is the third largest settlement in the South Hams and is southwest of Torquay and southeast of Plymouth. History The town formed around a bridge which was built in or before the 10th century between the royal estates of West Alvington, Alvington, to the west, and Chillington, Devon, Chillington, to the east, hence giving it the name of Kyngysbrygge ("King's bridge"). In 1219W. G. Hoskins, ''Devon'', 1954 the Abbot of Buckfast Abbey, Buckfast was granted the right to hold a market there, and by 1238 the settlement had become a borough. The manor remained in possession of the abbot until th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
