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Piennes
Piennes () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. The writer Anne-Marie Blanc winner of the 1978 Prix Erckmann-Chatrian was born in Piennes on 16 December 1931. Christiane Martel, Miss Universe 1953 Miss Universe 1953, the 2nd Miss Universe pageant, was held on Friday July 17, at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States. Contestants from 26 countries competed in the pageant, which was held concurrently wit ... was born in Piennes in 1938. Population See also * Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department References Communes of Meurthe-et-Moselle {{MeurtheMoselle-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne-Marie Blanc (writer)
Anna Maria Snider (16 December 1931 – 15 December 2022), better known as Anne-Marie Blanc, was a French writer. Her first novel, ''Marie-Romaine'', won the Prix Erckmann-Chatrian The prix Erckmann-Chatrian is a literary award from Lorraine, awarded every year since 1925 in memory of the literary duo Erckmann-Chatrian. It rewards a written prose work by someone form Lorraine or about Lorraine. It is often nicknamed the " Gonc ... in 1978. Blanc was born in Piennes on 16 December 1931, and died in Castres on 15 December 2022, one day before her 91st birthday. Works *1978: ''Marie-Romaine'', novel, 1990 . *1991: ''Le Bassin de Landres : Baroncourt, Bouligny, Joudreville, Landres, Piennes'', collective work under the direction of Anne-Marie Blanc, . *1991: ''Pays-Haut'', . *2002: ''Pays-Haut, dits et récits 1939-1989'', volume 2, ''La Parenthèse'', . References External links Anne-Marie Blancon La Lorraine des écrivains {{DEFAULTSORT:Blanc, Anne-Marie 1931 births 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Meurthe-et-Moselle Department
The following is a list of the 591 communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 17 November 2022. * *Communauté d'agglomération * |
Communes Of France
The () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equivalent are civil parishes, although some areas, particularly urban areas, are unparished. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the municipal arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Meurthe-et-Moselle () is a department in the Grand Est region of France, named after the rivers Meurthe and Moselle. It had a population of 733,760 in 2019.Populations légales 2019: 54 Meurthe-et-Moselle INSEE History Meurthe-et-Moselle was created in 1871 at the end of the Franco-Prussian War from the parts of the former departments of and Meurthe which remained French territory. The current boundary betw ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-six departments are in metropolitan France, and five are overseas departments, which are also classified as overseas regions. Departments are further subdivided into 332 arrondissements, and these are divided into cantons. The last two levels of government have no autonomy; they are the basis of local organisation of police, fire departments and, sometimes, administration of elections. Each department is administered by an elected body called a departmental council ( ing. lur.. From 1800 to April 2015, these were called general councils ( ing. lur.. Each council has a president. Their main areas of responsibility include the management of a number of social and welfare allowances, of junior high school () buildings and technical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prix Erckmann-Chatrian
The prix Erckmann-Chatrian is a literary award from Lorraine, awarded every year since 1925 in memory of the literary duo Erckmann-Chatrian. It rewards a written prose work by someone form Lorraine or about Lorraine. It is often nicknamed the " Goncourt lorrain".Élise Fontenaille, the author who just won the Erckmann Chatrian prize (ie the "Goncourt Lorraine") with ''Les disparues de Vancouver'', has taken the game of the intervieArticle du journal ''My lorraine'', site du Conseil Général de Lorraine 24 November 2010. The jury consists of literary figures of the four Lorraine departments. In 1989, a scholarship was added to the prize, a scholarship for historical narrative and monograph. In 1993, this scholarship was divided into "scholarship for history" and "scholarship for monograph". List of laureates * 1925: Eugène Mathis, ''Les Héros : gens de Fraize'', L. Fleurent éd. * 1926: Léopold Bouchot, ''Manuel d'histoire de Lorraine'' * 1927: Henry Thierry, ''Anthologie l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiane Martel
Christiane Martel (born Christiane Magnani on 18 January 1936) is a French actress and beauty queen. She became the second woman to win Miss Universe, in 1953. ''Hola''. 3 July 2013 She was the only French woman to hold the Miss Universe title until Iris Mittenaere in 2016. Martel was born in Nancy to a modest family [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Universe 1953
Miss Universe 1953, the 2nd Miss Universe pageant, was held on Friday July 17, at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States. Contestants from 26 countries competed in the pageant, which was held concurrently with the Miss USA 1953 event. 17-year-old Christiane Martel from France won the competition, becoming the second Miss Universe. The previous titleholder, Armi Kuusela, resigned before her reign ended, and therefore Martel was crowned by actress Julie Adams. Results Placements Contestants 26 contestants competed for the title. Notes Debuts * * Withdrawals * * * * * * Did not compete * - Violet Sleigh * - Colette Ribes Awards * - Miss Friendship (Jeanne Vaughn Thompson) * - Miss Photogenic (Myrna Hansen Myrna Hansen (born August 5, 1934) is an American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 1953. Education Hansen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Hansen. She graduated from Carl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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