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Léon Chagnaud
Léon Chagnaud (1866-1930) was a French businessman and politician. Early life Léon Chagnaud was born on 12 March 1866 in Le Bourg-d'Hem, rural France.Jean Gammal, Pascal Plas, Guy Avizou''Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Limousin sous la IIIe République: Creuse'' Limoges: Presses Universitaires de Limoges, 2001, pp. 45-48 His father, Hippolyte Chagnaud, was a mason based in Guéret who owned quarries of granite which were used to pave some of the streets of Paris. His mother was Jeanne Chagnaud. His sister, Antoinette Chagnaud, married Philippe Fougerolle, a mason who founded Fougerolle, a construction company acquired by Eiffage in 1992. He graduated from the Arts et Métiers ParisTech engineering school in Châlons-sur-Marne. His father died in 1891, when Chagnaud was 25. He then did his military service. Career With his inheritance, Chagnaud founded Entreprise Chagnaud, a construction company. In Paris, he built the Viaduct of Passy across the Seine as well as the Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Bourg-d'Hem
Le Bourg-d’Hem is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. Geography A farming and forestry area comprising the village and a few small hamlets situated some north of Guéret at the junction of the D15, D33, D56 and the D48 roads. The river Creuse flows through the commune, which is dammed near Guémontet, flooding much of the valley. Population Sights * The chateau de Villebaston, dating from the twelfth century. * The twelfth century church of St.Julien. * The rebuilt watermill at Gué Vignaud. * The dam, the ‘Barrage de l'Age’. Personalities * Marc Bloch, French historian, was shot on 16 June 1944, and is buried here. See also *Communes of the Creuse department The following is a list of the 256 communes of the Creuse department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lock (water Transport)
A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways. The distinguishing feature of a lock is a fixed chamber in which the water level can be varied; whereas in a caisson lock, a boat lift, or on a canal inclined plane, it is the chamber itself (usually then called a caisson) that rises and falls. Locks are used to make a river more easily navigable, or to allow a canal to cross land that is not level. Later canals used more and larger locks to allow a more direct route to be taken. Pound lock A ''pound lock'' is most commonly used on canals and rivers today. A pound lock has a chamber with gates at both ends that control the level of water in the pound. In contrast, an earlier design with a single gate was known as a flash lock. Pound locks were first used in China during the Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD), having been pioneered by the Song politician and n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indre
Indre (; oc, Endre) is a landlocked department in central France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are known as the ''Indriens'' (masculine; ) and ''Indriennes'' (feminine; ). Indre is part of the current administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire and is bordered by the departments of Indre-et-Loire to the west, Loir-et-Cher to the north, Cher to the east, Creuse, and Haute-Vienne to the south, and Vienne to the southwest. The préfecture (capital) is Châteauroux and there are three subpréfectures at Le Blanc, La Châtre and Issoudun. It had a population of 219,316 in 2019.Populations légales 2019: 36 Indre INSEE Scobedos. History Indre is one of the original 83 departments created during the |
Lötschberg Tunnel
, line = Lötschberg Line , location = Circumventing the Lötschen Pass in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland(Canton of Bern, canton of Valais) , coordinates = – , system = BLS, SBB CFF FFS , status = , start = Kandersteg, canton of Bern, , end = Goppenstein, canton of Valais, , stations = , startwork = 7 March 1907 , opened = 15 July 1913 , closed = , owner = BLS NETZ AG , operator = BLS , traffic = Railway , character = Passenger, Freight, Car Transport , length = , linelength = , tracklength = , notrack = One double-track , gauge = ( standard gauge) , el = 15 kV 16.7 Hz , speed = , hielevation = , lowelevation = (north portal) , height = , grade = 3–7 ‰ , map = The Lötschberg Tunnel is a long railway tunnel on the Lötschberg Line, which connects Spiez and Brig at the northern end of the Simplon T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Algeria
French Algeria (french: Alger to 1839, then afterwards; unofficially , ar, الجزائر المستعمرة), also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of French colonisation of Algeria. French rule in the region began in 1830 with the invasion of Algiers and lasted until the end of the Algerian War of Independence in 1962. While the administration of Algeria changed significantly over the 132 years of French rule, the Mediterranean coastal region of Algeria, housing the vast majority of its population, was an integral part of France from 1848 until its independence. As one of France's longest-held overseas territories, Algeria became a destination for hundreds of thousands of European immigrants known as ''colons'', and later as . However, the indigenous Muslim population remained the majority of the territory's population throughout its history. Many estimates indicates that the native Algerian population fell by one-third in the years between the French invasion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bou Hanifia
Bou Hanifia is a town and commune located at 35° 18′ 58″ North 0° 02′ 54″ East in Mascara Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 16,953. and a density of 77 hab./km2 The ruins of the Roman Era city of Aqua Sirenses still litter the area. The ancient city is under threat from agriculture. In 1930 a hydroelectric dam Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined an ... was constructed 4500 meters from the village. This is rockfill dam wall is 460 m in height. References Communes of Mascara Province {{MascaraDZ-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bou Hanifia Dam
Bou () is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. The village is situated in the greater Orléans area, in a meander of the river Loire, 14 km east of Orléans and 9 km west of the town of Jargeau. Bou is separated by fields from the villages of Mardié and Chécy, which lie to the north. The village of Bou was traditionally an agricultural area, producing cereal crops and vegetables and a local wine known as Gris-meunier. The inhabitants of Bou are known as Boumiens. Population See also * Communes of the Loiret department The following is the list of the 325 communes of the Loiret department of France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territori ... References Communes of Loiret {{Loiret-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oued Chorfa
Sued Chorfa is a coastal town in northern Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , religi .... Communes of Aïn Defla Province Cities in Algeria {{AïnDefla-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éguzon Dam
The Éguzon dam is a hydroelectric dam on the river Creuse in central France. Construction took place from 1922 to 1926 and, at the time, was the largest dam in Europe. Éguzon Dam The dam is 61 metres high and 300 metres across, with the thickness varying from 54 metres at the base to 5 metres at the top. The water behind the dam creates the Chambon Lake which, at 312 hectares, is the largest body of water in the region, and is popular with watersports enthusiasts. Electricity generation is via six valves, with a power of 12 MW each, giving an annual electricity production of 101 million kWh. See also * Renewable energy in France Under its commitment to the EU renewable energy directive of 2009, France has a target of producing 23% of its total energy needs from renewable energy by 2020. This figure breaks down to renewable energy providing 33% of energy used in the heati ... References * External links * Dams in France Arch dams Hydr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achères, Yvelines
Achères () is a commune in the Yvelines department in north-central France. It is located from the centre of Paris. The commune of Achères lies on the south bank of the Seine in a loop of the river, on the edge of the Forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. It borders Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Poissy on the south, Andrésy and Carrières-sous-Poissy on the west, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine and Herblay on the north, and Maisons-Laffitte and La Frette-sur-Seine on the east. Inhabitants of Achères are called ''Achérois''. History Land speed records Between December 18, 1898 and April 29, 1899 the first six world land speed records were set in Achères, as Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat and Camille Jenatzy alternately raised the world record speed from to . Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat drove his electric powered Jeantaud, while Camille Jenatzy used the electric car, built by the :de: Compagnie Générale des Transports Automobiles ( CITA), Nº 25, ''La Jamais Contente'', the first pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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