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La Baule
La Baule-Escoublac (; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Écoubiâ'', , ), commonly referred to as La Baule, is a communes of France, commune in Loire-Atlantique, a departments of France, department in Pays de la Loire, western France. History Seaside resort In 1879, when the Saint-Nazaire-Le Croisic, Croisic railroad was conceived by Parisian industrialist Jules-Joseph Hennecart that the tourist potential of the coast was recognised. Just before the inauguration of the line, Hennecart bought 40 ha of dunes for the Society of Escoublac Dunes (Société des dunes d'Escoublac) and commissioned local architect Georges Lafont to design the new town. Lafont designed a long sand promenade named Avenue de la Gare (today Avenue du Général-de-Gaulle) and a chapel (see picture). After the railroad opened Lafont built more than 250 villas, taking the lead in the development of the seaside resort. Rise of a seaside resort In 1918, casino business magnate François André (see Groupe Lucien Barriè ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallo Language
Gallo ( endonym: ''Galo''; ) is a regional language of eastern Brittany. It is one of the langues d'oïl, a Romance sub-family that includes French. Today it is spoken only by a minority of the population, as the standard form of French now predominates in this area. Gallo was originally spoken in the Marches of Neustria, an area now corresponding to the border lands between Brittany, Normandy, and Maine. Gallo was a shared spoken language among many of those who took part in the Norman conquest of England, most of whom originated in Upper (i.e. eastern) Brittany and Lower (i.e. western) Normandy, and thus had its part, together with the much bigger role played by the Norman language, in the development of the Anglo-Norman variety of French which would have such a strong influence on English. Gallo continued as the everyday language of Upper Brittany, Maine, and some neighbouring portions of Normandy until the introduction of universal education across France, but is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conseil D'État (France)
In France, the (; Council of State) is a governmental body that acts both as legal adviser to the executive branch and as the supreme court for administrative justice, which is one of the two branches of the French judiciary system. Established in 1799 by Napoleon as a successor to the King's Council (), it is located in the Palais-Royal in Paris and is primarily made up of top-level legal officers. The Vice President of the Council of State ranks as the ninth most important civil servant in France. Members of the Council of State are part of a Grand Corps of the French State (''Grand corps de l'État''). The Council of State mainly recruits from among the top-ranking students graduating from the ''École nationale d'administration''. Composition A General Session of the Council of State is presided over by the Prime Minister or, in their absence, the Minister of Justice. However, since the real presidency of the Council is held by the Vice-President, the Vice Preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Di Calypso
Charlotte di Calypso (born Charlotte Belliard, 17 April 1990) is a French fashion model best known for winning the Elite Model Look in 2005 and being the face of the Chanel Chance perfume. Early life Charlotte di Calypso was born Charlotte Belliard in La Baule, France. In 2005, at age fifteen, she entered the French Elite Model Look and was chosen to move on to the international final in Shanghai. She won the competition, earning herself a contract with the prestigious Elite Model Management in Paris. Career After her win, Di Calypso debuted in fashion in September 2005, modeling for the Prada Spring 2006 collection. She then booked her first campaign, with Topshop. Her runway work forged her career, walking for top designers and fashion houses, like Chanel, Valentino, Yohji Yamamoto, Dolce & Gabbana, Jil Sander, Diane von Furstenberg, and Emanuel Ungaro. For the Spring 2009 haute couture season, she opened for Christian Dior and walked for Christian Lacroix, Chanel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lolo Ferrari
Lolo Ferrari (born Ève Valois; 9 February 1963 – 5 March 2000) was a French dancer, actress, and singer billed as "the woman with the largest breast implants in the world". She entered the international limelight in 1995, appearing in the French ''Guinness Book of World Records'' in 1996 and 1999. Her death in 2000 was ruled a suicide. Background Born in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France, Ève Valois was raised in the resort town of La Baule on the Atlantic coast. She often talked about her unhappy childhood, with her father absent and her mother Catherine Valois (née Ferrari) disliking her. As a teenager, she obtained a few modelling jobs. In 1988, she married Éric Vigne, a former drug dealer 15 years her senior who had just been released from prison. She then started to work as a model with her husband as manager. She also worked as a prostitute, and her husband was arrested for being her pimp.''Death of a Porn Star'', The Dark Side of Porn season 1 episode 4, Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Peyron
Bruno Tristan Peyron (born 10 November 1955) is a French yachtsman who, along with his crew on the catamaran '' Orange II'', broke the outright round-the-world sailing record in March 2005. He was the first winner of the Jules Verne Trophy in 1994, for completing a round-the-world trip in less than 80 days. Peyron was born in Angers, France and grew up in the French Atlantic coast city of La Baule. He has been one of the main organisers of the round-the-world-race, The Race. See also * Circumnavigation * List of circumnavigations This is a list of circumnavigations of Earth. Sections are ordered by ascending date of completion. Global Nautical 16th century * The 18 survivors, led by Juan Sebastián Elcano (Spanish), of Ferdinand Magellan's Magellan's circumnavigation ... References French male sailors (sport) Single-handed sailors 1955 births Living people 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Pajot
Marc Pajot (born 21 September 1953 in La Baule) is a French sailor. He has been a crew member on Éric Tabarly’s boats. Noted for winning the silver medal at the 1972 Olympics at 19 with his older brother Yves, 5 times world champion, winner of the cross-Atlantic Route du Rhum, twice semi-finalist representing France at the America’s Cup as a Project Manager and Skipper, he has been representing French sailing achievement around the world. Member of French Maritime Academy, the French Yacht Club, and the Monaco Yacht Club he is now settled in Cannes, Côte d’Azur, running a Yacht Selection activity and a consulting activity in marina landscaping. Sailing career From the age of 14 to 23, with his brother Yves Marc Pajot accumulates national and international titles : * Olympic Silver Medal winner, in 1972 in Flying Dutchman. * 5 times World Champion * 7 times French Champion 10 years competing on the oceans Marc Pajot sets out to conquer the oceans under the win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique Desseigne
Dominique Desseigne (born 19 August 1944) is a French businessperson and billionaire. He is the son-in-law of Lucien Barrière and was the chief executive of Groupe Lucien Barrière between 2001 and 2023, before being appointed Honorary Chairman. After refusing to submit to a paternity test, he was recognized by a court of law as the father of Rachida Dati Rachida Dati (, ; born 27 November 1965) is a French politician and former magistrate who has been Minister of Culture (France), Minister of Culture since January 2024 in the Attal government, government of Gabriel Attal, the Barnier government, ...'s child. References 1944 births Living people People from Commercy French businesspeople {{France-business-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Édouard Luntz
Édouard Luntz (8 August 1931 – 26 February 2009) was a French film director. He directed nine films between 1959 and 1973. His 1966 film ''Naked Hearts (1966 film), Les coeurs verts'' was entered into the 16th Berlin International Film Festival and his 1970 film ''Last Leap, Le dernier saut'' was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography * ''...Enfants des courants d'air'' (1959) * ''Le silence'' (1960) * ''Insolites et clandestins'' (1961) * ''Bon pour le service'' (1963) * ''L'escalier'' (1964) * ''Naked Hearts (1966 film), Les coeurs verts'' (1966) * ''Last Leap, Le dernier saut'' (1970) * ''L'humeur vagabonde'' (1972) * ''Hung Up (film), Le grabuge'' (1973) References External links * 1931 births 2009 deaths French film directors French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters 20th-century French male writers {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucien Barrière
Lucien Barrière (14 January 1923 – 17 September 1990) was a prominent French entrepreneur and businessman, best known as the founder and heir of the Lucien Barrière group. This group stands as one of the largest conglomerates comprising casinos, luxury hotels, resorts, and restaurants. Biography He was born in Ardèche, a region in Southeastern France, from a modest, goat raising family. In 1962, he was chosen by his uncle François André, who had no direct descendants, to succeed him as head of several successful companies specializing in casinos and luxury hotels operation. The company's flagship assets included renowned establishments such as the casinos of Deauville, Cannes, and La Baule, along with esteemed hotels like the Normandy Barrière, Royal Barrière, and the Hôtel du Golf Barrière de Deauville. In 1959, he became the general manager of the group. For thirty years he developed the successful Barriere empire following the same policy as his predecessor: l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Guichard
Olivier Guichard (; 27 July 1920 – 20 January 2004) was a French politician. He was born in Néac and joined the French Army in 1944 and served until the end of World War II, during which, he earned the Médaille militaire and the Croix de guerre. At the end of his life he also was a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. In 1947, he joined the gaulliste mouvement. He occupied various local elected offices. He has been a member of parliament and several time minister. From 1969 until 1972, he was Minister of National Education. Between 1972 and 1974, he was Minister of Public Works. And between 1976 and 1977, he was Minister of Justice. Between 1967 and 1968, he was a member of the Union pour la nouvelle République, then between 1968 and 1978 he was a member of the Union of Democrats for the Republic and finally from 1978 until 1997 he was a member of the Rally for the Republic. He died on 20 January 2004 in Paris, aged 83. Political career Governmental functio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Lecointe
Gérard Pierre Louis François Armand Lecointe (7 July 1912, in Poitiers, France – 30 January 2009, in La Baule-Escoublac, France) was a French ''Army corps general, général de corps d'armée''. He served in World War II and the Cold War and saw colonial service in French North Africa. He was the last commander of French forces in French Algeria, Algeria, and completed his career as commander-in-chief of the French Forces in Germany. Biography Early life and career Lecointe was born in Poitiers on 7 July 1912, the son of ''Capitaine'' (Captain) Henri Lecointe, an Officer of the Legion of Honor. He attended high school in Douai, where he won eleven awards for excellence. He originally planned to attend the ''École Polytechnique'', but instead chose to attend the military academy at École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, Saint-Cyr, which he entered in 1930 at the age of eighteen in the "Joseph Joffre, Joffre class." While at the school, he was promoted from cadet to aspirant i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Anger
Henri Anger (8 June 1907 – 1989) was a French journalist and writer. Entered at '' Télégramme de Brest et de l'Ouest'' in 1944, he became its chief editor in 1965. He used to sign his columns under the pseudonym Kerdaniel. After he finished his studies at lycée de Nantes, he became a journalist at age 16 for ''Le Populaire de Nantes''. Henri Anger won the 1983 edition of thPrix Roland de Jouvenelawarded by the Académie française with his novel ''Une petite fille en colère'' as well as the 1988 edition of the Prix des Deux Magots The Prix des Deux Magots () is a major French literary prize. It is presented to new works, and is generally awarded to works that are more off-beat and less conventional than those that receive the more mainstream Prix Goncourt. The name derives ... with his novel ''La Mille-et-Unième Rue''. Works *1979: ''Chatte allaitant un ourson'', Grasset *1980: ''L'An Quarante'', Grasset *1982: ''Une Petite fille en colère'', Gallimard *1987: ''L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
