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Léman (other)
Léman may refer to: Places * Léman (department), a department of the First French Empire * Lake Geneva, or ' * Canton of Léman, a canton of the Helvetic Republic Schools * Collège du Léman, Versoix, Switzerland * Léman Manhattan Preparatory School, New York City * Léman International School - Chengdu, China Other uses * Léman Express The Léman Express is a commuter rail network for the transborder agglomeration of Grand Genève (''Greater Geneva'') in west Switzerland and the French Alps (Haute-Savoie and Ain). Six lines serve Swiss and French towns along 230 km of ra ..., a commuter rail network in west Switzerland and the French Alps * Dominique Sébastien Léman, French botanist; named the species '' Pelagophycus porra'' See also * Leman (other) * Leyment a commune in Ain department, France {{disambiguation, geo, school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léman (department)
Léman () was a department of the French First Republic and French First Empire. Its name came from the French name of Lake Geneva, ''Lac Léman''. It was formed in 1798, when the Republic of Geneva was annexed by the French Republic. Léman also included districts that were previously part of the departments of Mont-Blanc (northern Savoy) and Ain (the Pays de Gex). Its territory corresponded with the present Swiss canton of Geneva and parts of the present French departments of Ain and Haute-Savoie. The Chef-lieu of the department was Geneva. The department was subdivided into the following three arrondissements and cantons: * Genève: Carouge, Chêne-Thônex, Collonge, Frangy, Genève (3 cantons), Gex, Reignier and Saint-Julien. * Bonneville: Bonneville, Chamonix, Cluses, Megève, La Roche, Sallanches, Samoëns, Taninges and Viuz-en-Sallaz. * Thonon: Douvaine, Évian, Saint-Jean-d'Aulps and Thonon. After the final defeat of Napoleon in 1815, the former Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva is a deep lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France. It is one of the List of largest lakes of Europe, largest lakes in Western Europe and the largest on the course of the Rhône. Sixty percent () of the lake belongs to Switzerland (the cantons of Vaud, Canton of Geneva, Geneva and Valais) and forty percent () to France (the department of Haute-Savoie). Name While the exact origins of the name are unknown, the name was in use during the time of Julius Caesar. comes from Ancient Greek () meaning "port's lake". In Medieval Latin it was known as , although this name was also used for Lausonius Lacus, a town or district on the lake, or ; the equivalent in Old French was . Following the rise of Geneva it became (translated into English as ''Lake Geneva''), but was the common name on all local maps and is the customary name in the French language. In contemporary English language, English, the name ''Lake Geneva'' has become predo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Léman
Canton may refer to: Administrative divisions * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and entertainment * Canton (band), an Italian synth pop group * "Canton" (song) by Japan * Canton, a fictional town in " Jaynestown", an episode of ''Firefly'' Design * Canton (building), a corner pilaster * Canton (flag), an emblem placed in the top left quarter of a flag * Canton (heraldry), a square or other charge (symbol) occupying the upper left corner of a coat of arms * Canton porcelain, Chinese ceramic ware People * Canton (surname), and list of people with the surname * Canton Jones, American Christian music/hip-hop artist Places Canada * Canton, New Brunswick, a community in Drummond Parish, New Brunswick * Canton, Ontario China * Guangdong (Canton Province), province in southern China * Guangzhou (Canton City), capital of Guangdong Province * C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collège Du Léman
Collège du Léman (CDL) is a Swiss boarding and day school, for boys and girls from 2 to 18 years old, currently based in Versoix, canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It has approximately 1900 students representing more than 100 nationalities and has been accredited by both the European Council of International Schools and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). History The school was founded in 1960 by M. Francis Clivaz in response to an influx of wealthy expatriates and foreigners to the cantons of Geneva and Vaud, who sought a bilingual education for their children. Francis Clivaz founded the school on the site of a former institute, on the right bank of Lake Geneva, in the town of Versoix. It received its first accreditation as a bilingual school from the European Council of International schools and from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools in 1978. In 1998 it received accreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léman Manhattan Preparatory School
Léman Manhattan Preparatory School is a private school located in the Financial District, Manhattan. Students are ages two years old through eighteen years old. There are two Lower Manhattan sites. Founded in 2005 as Claremont Preparatory, the school was acquired by the Meritas family of schools in 2011, and subsequently renamed to Léman Manhattan Preparatory School. Several Meritas schools such as Collège du Léman which locates in Switzerland and Léman International School Chengdu which locates in China have incorporated the name Léman. In 2011, Léman joined Meritas, an international network of college preparatory schools. In 2015, Léman Manhattan was left out of a transaction that took in Léman Switzerland, and Léman Chengdu, and did not become an affiliate school of Nord Anglia Education as part of an acquisition deal. Nord Anglia currently maintains two other schools in Manhattan, Nord Anglia International School New York (ages 2-14) and the other school Avenues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léman International School - Chengdu
Léman may refer to: Places * Léman (department), a department of the First French Empire * Lake Geneva, or ' * Canton of Léman, a canton of the Helvetic Republic Schools * Collège du Léman, Versoix, Switzerland * Léman Manhattan Preparatory School, New York City * Léman International School - Chengdu, China Other uses * Léman Express The Léman Express is a commuter rail network for the transborder agglomeration of Grand Genève (''Greater Geneva'') in west Switzerland and the French Alps (Haute-Savoie and Ain). Six lines serve Swiss and French towns along 230 km of ra ..., a commuter rail network in west Switzerland and the French Alps * Dominique Sébastien Léman, French botanist; named the species '' Pelagophycus porra'' See also * Leman (other) * Leyment a commune in Ain department, France {{disambiguation, geo, school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léman Express
The Léman Express is a commuter rail network for the transborder agglomeration of Grand Genève (''Greater Geneva'') in west Switzerland and the French Alps (Haute-Savoie and Ain). Six lines serve Swiss and French towns along 230 km of railway. At the heart of the Léman Express system is the CEVA (Cornavin‒Eaux-Vives‒Annemasse) rail project linking Eaux-Vives station with Cornavin station in Geneva. This line, largely underground, was opened on 15 December 2019. The Léman Express marked the start of direct services from Genève-Cornavin station to the French cities of Évian, Thonon, Annemasse and Annecy as well as the population of the Arve Valley up to Saint-Gervais-les-Bains. Lines The Léman Express operates daily from 5:00 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. and hourly overnight on RL4 and RL5! Ridership Upon the full launch of the network in December 2019, it was hoped ridership would be around 50,000 travellers per day by the end of the next year; at the beginning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique Sébastien Léman
"Dominique" is a 1963 French language popular song, written and performed by Belgian singer Jeannine Deckers, better known as Sœur Sourire ("Sister Smile" in French) or The Singing Nun. The song is about Saint Dominic, a Spanish-born priest and founder of the Dominican Order, of which she was a member (as Sister Luc-Gabrielle). The English-version lyrics of the song were written by Noël Regney. In addition to French and English, Deckers recorded versions in Dutch, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, and Portuguese. It was a top selling record in 11 countries in late 1963 and early 1964. Commercial performance "Dominique" reached the Top 10 in 11 countries in late 1963 and early 1964, topping the chart in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It reached the Top 5 in Norway, Denmark, Ireland and South Africa, with the song making it into the lower reaches of the Top 10 in the Netherlands, West Germany, and the United Kingdom. The song reached and stayed at No. 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelagophycus Porra
''Pelagophycus'' is a monotypic genus of kelp. It is found in deep waters off the west coast of central North America. The species ''Pelagophycus porra'', also known as elk kelp, grows in temperatures of no higher than . It grows in subtidal forests in the coastal waters off southern California and northwestern Baja California Peninsula, in waters of to deep, anchored by a holdfast in sedimentary or loose sediment bottoms.Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013''Pelagophycus'' Areschoug, 1881 AlgaeBase, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 7 February 2013. Three ecotype Ecotypes are organisms which belong to the same species but possess different phenotypical features as a result of environmental factors such as elevation, climate and predation. Ecotypes can be seen in wide geographical distributions and may event ...s are recognized: :''Pelagophycus giganteus'' :''Pelagophycus porra'' :''Pelagophycus intermedius'' References Further r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leman (other)
Leman may refer to: People * Leman (surname) * Leman baronets, County of Hertford, England * Leman Altınçekiç (1932–2001), first female jet pilot in Turkey * Leman Bozacıoğlu (fl. 2006–2016), Turkish female football referee Places * Léman (department), a former département, under the Napoleonic First Empire, France * Leman, Poland, a village in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland * Léman, a French name for Lake Geneva, in Switzerland and France * Leman, a town in Kersana Malima, Ethiopia * Canton of Léman, a canton of the Helvetic Republic from 1798 to 1803 Education * Collège du Léman, a private, international school in Versoix, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland * Léman International School - Chengdu, China * Léman Manhattan Preparatory School, a private school in New York City, New York, U.S. Other meanings * ''LeMan'', a Turkish satirical magazine * Leman, a Dublin-based rock band involved in RTÉ's 2006 production of ''You're a Star'' * Leman, an archaic word for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
