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Lavelanet
Lavelanet (; ''L'Avelhanet'' in the Languedocian dialect of Occitan) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. Population Its inhabitants are called ''Lavelanetiens.'' Tour de France In 2002 the 13th stage of the Tour de France started in Lavelanet. In 2008 the 12th stage of the Tour de France started in Lavelanet. Etymology The name of Lavelanet comes from the Latin meaning "hazel nut" (french: noisette). The city is commonly called by the locals. Personalities * Alix André (1909-2000), romance novelist * Fabien Barthez, footballer * Benoît Baby, rugby player * Jean-Paul Banos and Jean-Marie Banos, fencers * Perrine Laffont, mogul skier * Daniel Lassalle, baroque trombonist See also *Communes of the Ariège department The following is a list of the 327 communes of the Ariège department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariège (department)
Ariège (; oc, Arièja ) is a department in southwestern France, located in the region of Occitanie. It is named after the river Ariège and its capital is Foix. Ariège is known for its rural landscape, with a population of 153,287 as of 2019.Populations légales 2019: 09 Ariège INSEE Its INSEE and postal code is 09, hence the department's informal name of ''le zéro neuf''. The inhabitants of the department are known as ''Ariègeois'' or ''Ariègeoises''. Geography [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavelanet-de-Comminges
Lavelanet-de-Comminges (, literally ''Lavelanet of Comminges''; oc, L'Avereit de Comenge) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Population The inhabitants of the commune are known as Lavelanéciens Geography The commune is bordered by four other communes: Le Fousseret to the northwest, Cazères to the southwest, Saint-Élix-le-Château to the northeast, and finally by Saint-Julien-sur-Garonne to the southeast. Twin towns Lavelanet-de-Comminges is twinned with: * Brazii, Romania * Narthang, China See also Communes of the Haute-Garonne department The following is a list of the 586 communes of the French department of Haute-Garonne. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Commun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabien Barthez
Fabien Alain Barthez (born 28 June 1971) is a French racing driver and former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. At club level, he played football in both France and England with Toulouse, Marseille, AS Monaco, Manchester United, and Nantes. At international level, he represented the France national team, with whom he won the 1998 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2000, and the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, representing his nation at a total of three editions of both the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship; he also reached the final of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, after which he retired from international football. Nicknamed ''Le Divin Chauve'' ("The Divine Bald One"), due to his trademark shaved head, Barthez was France's most capped player in the FIFA World Cup, with 17 appearances at the finals and shares the record for the most World Cup finals clean sheets with Peter Shilton, with ten. In club football, he won the UEFA Champions League with Olympique M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alix André
Alix André (née, Caseneuve; 17 April 1909 – 6 July 2000) was a French romance novelist. Between 1942 and 1980, she wrote dozens of books, some of which were translated into several other languages or reprinted episodically in women's magazines. She was a recipient of the Prix de l'Académie des jeux floraux and the Montyon Prize. André died in 2000. Biography Alix Caseneuve was born on 17 April 1909 in Lavelanet, Ariège. She married Antoine André, owner of the Château de Pech-Latt in Lagrasse, which produced a white wine typical of the Corbières appellation d'origine contrôlée. They had three children, Philippe, Serge and Jacques. André began writing novels in 1942 for Éditions Tallandier. Her first work, ''Notre-Dame des neiges'', received the Prix de l'Académie des jeux floraux. Through 1980, she wrote around fifty popular romance novels in French, which were translated into several other languages and reprinted episodically in various women's magazines. She wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benoît Baby
Benoît Baby (born 7 September 1983) is a former French rugby union footballer. He usually played at centre, but also at fullback and fly-half and represented France. Baby made his ''début'' for the national team during the 2005 Six Nations, against Ireland in Dublin. France won the match 26 points to 19. Baby was cited for head butting Brian O'Driscoll during the matcThe Irish match was Baby's only appearance in the 2005 Six Nations, though he was capped twice again for France that year, in the losses against South Africa national rugby union team, South Africa in Durban and Australia at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium. He was considered as very promising at his post until a series of relatively serious injuries stopped him in his progression. He came back with the French team during the 2008 Autumn internationals, scoring one penalty kick against Argentina, a game the French eventually won 12–6. In 2010, he was selected in the French Barbarians squad to play Tonga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Ariège Department
The following is a list of the 327 communes of the Ariège department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 3 July 2020. * Communauté d'agglomération Pays Foix-Varilhes
Communauté d'agglomération Pays Foix-Varilhes is the ''communauté d'agglomération'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the town of Foix. It is located in the Ariège department, in the Occitania region, southern France. Created in 2017, ...
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Perrine Laffont
Perrine Laffont (born 28 October 1998) is a French mogul skier and the 2017 Dual Moguls world champion and moguls silver medalist. She won the gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in the moguls event, and was back-to-back overall winner of the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup in the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons. On 8 March 2021, Perrine Laffont won the single mogul skiing event at the world championships on the Almaty piste in Kazakhstan. Olympic results * 1 medals – (1 gold) World Championships results * 5 medals – (3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze) Junior World Championships results * 5 medals – (3 gold and 2 bronze) See also *Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's moguls The women's moguls event in freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia took place on the 6 February (first qualification) and 8 February (second qualification, semifinals, and final) at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park in Krasnaya ... References Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Tour De France
The 2002 Tour de France was a multiple-stage bicycle race held from 6 to 28 July, and the 89th edition of the Tour de France. The event started in Luxembourg and ended in Paris. The Tour circled France counter-clockwise, visiting the Pyrenees before the Alps. It has no overall winner—although American cyclist Lance Armstrong originally won the event, the United States Anti-Doping Agency announced in August 2012 that they had disqualified Armstrong from all his results since 1998, including his seven Tour de France wins from 1999 to 2005; the Union Cycliste Internationale confirmed the result. The favourite was Armstrong, who was, at the time, the winner in the 1999, 2000 and 2001 races. The main opposition would probably come from the ONCE team with Joseba Beloki (3rd last year), Igor González de Galdeano (5th last year) and Marcos Serrano (9th last year), and from the Kelme riders Óscar Sevilla (7th last year, 2nd in last year's Vuelta a España) and Santiago Botero (8th l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Marie Banos
Jean-Marie Banos (born 10 February 1962) is a Canadian former fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at four consecutive Olympic Games between 1984 and 1996. His brother, Jean-Paul Banos, also fenced for Canada at four Olympic Games. He is married to Caitlin Bilodeaux Caitlin Bilodeaux (born March 17, 1965) is an American fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. She is married to Jean-Marie Banos, who represented Canada at the Olympics in fenc ..., who fenced for the United States at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1962 births Living people Canadian male fencers Olympic fencers of Canada Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Ariège (department) Pan American Games medalists in fencing Pan American Games bronze medalis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Paul Banos
Jean-Paul Banos (born 27 January 1961) is a Canadian former fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at four consecutive Olympic Games between 1984 and 1996. His brother, Jean-Marie Banos Jean-Marie Banos (born 10 February 1962) is a Canadian former fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at four consecutive Olympic Games between 1984 and 1996. His brother, Jean-Paul Banos, also fenced for Canada at four Oly ..., also fenced for Canada at four Olympic Games. Banos now coaches at HuaHua Fencing Club in Markham, Canada. References External links * 1961 births Living people Canadian male fencers Olympic fencers of Canada Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Ariège (department) Pan American Games medalists in fencing Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Occitan Language
Occitan (; oc, occitan, link=no ), also known as ''lenga d'òc'' (; french: langue d'oc) by its native speakers, and sometimes also referred to as ''Provençal'', is a Romance language spoken in Southern France, Monaco, Italy's Occitan Valleys, as well as Spain's Val d'Aran; collectively, these regions are sometimes referred to as Occitània. It is also spoken in Calabria ( Southern Italy) in a linguistic enclave of Cosenza area (mostly Guardia Piemontese). Some include Catalan in Occitan, as the distance between this language and some Occitan dialects (such as the Gascon language) is similar to the distance between different Occitan dialects. Catalan was considered a dialect of Occitan until the end of the 19th century and still today remains its closest relative. Occitan is an official language of Catalonia, where a subdialect of Gascon known as Aranese is spoken in the Val d'Aran. Since September 2010, the Parliament of Catalonia has considered Aranese Occitan to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of Ariège (department)
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, or spiritual vision, and typically share responsibilities and property. This way of life is sometimes characterized as an " alternative lifestyle". Intentional communities can be seen as social experiments or communal experiments. The multitude of intentional communities includes collective households, cohousing communities, coliving, ecovillages, monasteries, survivalist retreats, kibbutzim, hutterites, ashrams, and housing cooperatives. History Ashrams are likely the earliest intentional communities founded around 1500 BCE, while Buddhist monasteries appeared around 500 BCE. Pythagoras founded an intellectual vegetarian commune in about 525 BCE in southern Italy. Hundreds of modern intentional communities were formed acros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
