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Langon, Gironde
Langon (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Gironde Departments of France, department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Langon serves as the seat of its district, canton and subprefecture. Its inhabitants are called ''Langonnais'' and ''Langonnaise''. Geography Langon is in the southern part of the department southeast of Bordeaux on the left bank of the Garonne river. It lies within the wine-growing region of Graves (wine region), the Graves near the border with the Landes forest, forest of the Landes. Population Notable people born in Langon * Louis Beaulieu (1840–1866), catholic priest, martyr in Korea * Thomas Boudat * Caroline Delas * Louis Ducos du Hauron * Benjamin Fall * Martine Faure * Édouard Lafargue * Pierre de La Montagne * Pierre Lees-Melou * David Martimort, economist * Raymond Oliver * Sandrine Revel * Jean Sentuary * Patrick Zygmanowski (born in 1970), classical pianist Transport Traditionally it was a stop on the Bordeaux-Toulous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subprefectures In France
In France, a subprefecture () is the Communes of France, commune which is the administrative centre of a Arrondissements in France, departmental arrondissement that does not contain the Prefectures in France, prefecture for its Departments of France, department. The term also applies to the building that houses the administrative headquarters for an arrondissement. Senate (France), Senate (in French). The civil servant in charge of a subprefecture is the subprefect, assisted by a Secretary (title), general secretary. Between May 1982 and February 1988, subprefects were known instead by the title Deputy Commissioner of the Republic (''commissaire adjoint de la République''). Where the administration of an arrondissement is carried out from a prefecture, the general secretary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre De La Montagne
Pierre de La Montagne (1755, Langon – c. 1825) was an 18th–19th-century French playwright, poet and translator. Prior to the French Revolution, the baron of La Montagne was correspondent of the Museum of Bordeaux then a member of the . From his youth, La Montagne showed a happy disposition for poetry and published his first essays in periodicals. In 1773, he addressed ''Stances à Voltaire malade''. He also translated from English and Greek into French. Works *1791: ''Arabelle et Altamont'', three-act tragedy, in verse. Paris, Creuze et comp., in-8°. (The subject of this tragedy is drawn from '' The New Heloise'' by J.-J. Rousseau.) *1808: ''La Bataille de Marengo'', ode, Paris, S. A. Hugclet, October, in-8° de 16 p. *1801: ''Discours prononcé dans la cérémonie de la translation des cendres de Michel Montaigne, le prem. vendémiaire an IX.'', Bordeaux, in-8°. *1785: ''L’Enthousiaste'', two-act comedy in verse, followed by ''Poésies fugitives'', Paris, by the autho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sud Ouest (newspaper)
''Sud Ouest'' (; ) is a daily French newspaper, the second largest regional daily in France in terms of circulation. It was created in Bordeaux, on August 29, 1944, by Jacques Lemoine, as a successor to ''La Petite Gironde''. In 1949, the Sunday edition, ''Sud Ouest Dimanche'' was launched. ''Sud Ouest'' covers the Gironde, the Charente, the Charente-Maritime, the Dordogne, the Lot et Garonne, the Landes and the Pyrénées Atlantiques départements. It is owned by the Groupe Sud Ouest, which was directed by Jacques Lemoine from 1944 to 1968, and by his son Jean-François Lemoine from 1968 to 2001. The president of the group since February 2008 has been Pierre Jeantet. 80% of the group belongs to the Lemoine family, 10% to the journalists, and the remaining 10% to the staff. The Sud Ouest group Besides ''Sud Ouest'', the group has progressively broadened and now also owns ''La Charente Libre'', ''La Dordogne Libre'', ''La République des Pyrénées'' and ''L’Eclair des Pyrén� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agen
Agen (, , ) is the prefecture of the Lot-et-Garonne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Southwestern France. It lies on the river Garonne, southeast of Bordeaux. In 2021, the commune had a population of 32,485. Geography The city of Agen lies in the southwestern department of Lot-et-Garonne in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. The city centre lies on the east bank of the river Garonne, the Canal de Garonne flows through the city, approximately halfway between Bordeaux and Toulouse . Climate Agen features an oceanic climate (''Cfb'') in the Köppen climate classification and according to the latest temperature numbers borders a humid subtropical climate (''Cfa''). According to the Trewartha climate classification the climate is now humid subtropical (''Cf''). Winters are mild and feature cool to cold temperatures while summers are mild and warm. Rainfall is spread equally throughout the year; however, most sunshine hours are from March–September. Toponymy From Occitan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golfech Nuclear Power Plant
The Golfech Nuclear Power Plant is located in the commune of Golfech (Tarn-et-Garonne), on the border of Garonne between Agen (30 km downstream) and Toulouse (90 km upstream) on the river Garonne, from where it gets cooling water, it is approximately 40 km west of Montauban. The station has two operating nuclear reactors that are both pressurized water reactors of the French P'4 design. The plant also has two 178.5-metre-tall cooling towersHydraulic works study of Golfech cooling towers, 1989, Goldwirt, F.; Ghuzel, M.; Lemoine, P.; https://inis.iaea.org/search/searchsinglerecord.aspx?recordsFor=SingleRecord&RN=21068176 that get water from the Garonne River, only using water to compensate for evaporation; the cooling loop is closed and water is never released back into the river. In 2002 the plant produced nearly half of the electricity used in the area. It employs nearly 700 full-time workers. History In 1965, the Midi-Pyrénées announced its intention to cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airbus A380
The Airbus A380 is a very large wide-body airliner, developed and produced by Airbus until 2021. It is the world's largest passenger airliner and the only full-length double-deck jet airliner. Airbus studies started in 1988, and the project was announced in 1990 to challenge the dominance of the Boeing 747 in the long-haul market. The then-designated A3XX project was presented in 1994 and Airbus launched the €–billion ($10.7–billion) A380 programme on 19 December 2000. The first prototype was unveiled in Toulouse, France on 18 January 2005, commencing its first flight on 27 April 2005. It then obtained its type certificate from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 12 December 2006. Due to difficulties with the electrical wiring, the initial production was delayed by two years and the development costs almost doubled. It was first delivered to Singapore Airlines on 15 October 2007 and entered service on 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itinéraire à Grand Gabarit
The ''Itinéraire à Grand Gabarit'' is a water and road route that has been created in order to allow the transport of the outsize structural sections of the Airbus A380, Airbus A380 airliner from their point of manufacture to Toulouse for final assembly. The route was largely created by modifying existing waterways and public roads, with the addition of some new road sections. Specially constructed ships, barges and road vehicles carry the aircraft parts on the route, as traditional transportation methods proved unfeasible. The parts are not handled directly.Morales, Jesus"The A380 Transport Project and Logistics – Assessment of alternatives" p19 ''Airbus'', 18 January 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2012. Major sections of the fuselage of the A380 are built in northern France, Germany and Spain, whilst the wings are built in the United Kingdom. Due to the size of the A380, most of these parts are moved on the surface through the ''Itinéraire à Grand Gabarit'', although some smalle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A62 Autoroute
The A62 autoroute is a French motorway forming part of the ''Autoroute de Deux Mers'' (Two Seas Motorway). The route forms the entirety of European route E 72, which is a part of the International E-road network, inter-European road system. The route of the A62 / E72 is between the cities of Bordeaux and Toulouse. The E72 was previously called E76 in 1975. The road is the western portion of the Autoroute de Deux Mers connecting Toulouse (as an extension of the A61 autoroute, A61) with Bordeaux with a junction with the A630 autoroute, A630. The road is a toll road for the majority of its course (free between Bordeaux and La Brède). It is operated by Autoroutes du sud de la France, ASF. The A62 / E72 is 2x2 lanes between Bordeaux and Montauban and was widened to 2x3 lanes between Montauban and Toulouse where it also carries the north–south traffic coming from A20 autoroute, A20. Junctions *''Exchange A630-A62 / E72'' *01 (''Technopolis'') km 7 Towns served: Martillac *0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toulouse
Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Paris. It is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, fourth-largest city in France after Paris, Marseille and Lyon, with 511,684 inhabitants within its municipal boundaries (2022); its Functional area (France), metropolitan area has a population of 1,513,396 inhabitants (2022). Toulouse is the central city of one of the 22 Métropole, metropolitan councils of France. Between the 2014 and 2020 censuses, its metropolitan area was the third fastest growing among metropolitan areas larger than 500,000 inhabitants in France. Toulouse is the centre of the European aerospace industry, with the headquarters of Airbus, the SPOT (satellites), SPOT satellite system, ATR ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Zygmanowski
Patrick Zygmanowski (born 1970 in Langon) is a French classical pianist and piano teacher. on the site of the École Normale de Musique de Paris
The École Normale de Musique de Paris "Alfred Cortot" (ENMP) is a leading conservatoire located in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. The school was founded in 1919 by Auguste Mangeot and Alfred Cortot. The term ''école normale'' (English: no ... .
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Jean Sentuary
Jean Sentuary was a French civil servant who was governor of the island of Bourbon (now known as La Réunion) in the southwest Indian Ocean in the mid 18th century. He at first served as its procurer general, then became governor of the colony between 7 September 1763 and 14 October 1763, ''Les Gouverneurs de La Réunion. Ancienne île de La Réunion'', Raoul Lucas and Mario Serviable, Éditions du Centre de recherche indianocéanique, Sainte-Clotilde, 1987. succeeding Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier (14 January 1705 – 1786) was a French explorer and colonial administrator of the Mascarene Islands to the east of Madagascar. He was orphaned at the age of seven and after being educated in Paris, he w .... He was also the father of three notable figures - Marie-Catherine Sentuary, Michelle de Bonneuil and Françoise-Augustine Duval d'Eprémesnil. References Governors of Réunion {{Réunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandrine Revel
Sandrine Revel (born 3 October 1969) is a French bande dessinée illustrator and author of comics. Biography Born in Langon, Gironde Langon (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Gironde Departments of France, department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Langon serves as the seat of its district, canton and subprefecture. Its inhabitants are called ''Langon ..., 3 October 1969,"Diablo à l'école", ''Sud Ouest (newspaper), Sud Ouest'', 15 May 2001 Sandrine Revel spent three years at the and graduated. In 1996, she published her first album, ''Jouvence La Bordelaise'', based on a script by Frédéric Bouchet and, at the same time, she drew for ''Sud Ouest (newspaper), Sud Ouest Dimanche'' and Milan Presse. In 1999, based on a script by , Revel drew the children's comic strip, .Sarfati, Sonia, "Ange ou démon?", ''La Presse (Canadian newspaper), La Presse'', 27 February 2000 The album earned her the Prix jeune espoir at in 2000,"Saint-Malo. Femmes de bul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
