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Semur-en-Auxois
Semur-en-Auxois () is a Communes of France, commune of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department in eastern France. The politician François Patriat, the engineers Edmé Régnier L'Aîné (1751–1825) and Émile Dorand (1866-1922), and the Encyclopédistes, Encyclopédiste Philippe Guéneau de Montbeillard (1720–1785) were born in Semur-en-Auxois, while the military engineer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Vauban (1633–1707) was educated at the Carmelite college. Semur-en-Auxois has a medieval core, built on a pink granite bluff more than half-encircled by the River Armançon. The river formerly provided motive power for tanneries and mills, but its flow is now somewhat reduced by the Lac de Pont. The dam was built upstream in the 19th century to provide water for the Canal de Bourgogne. Sport Semur-en-Auxois was the start of Stage 6 in the 2007 Tour de France. Population Sights *The church, La Collégiale Notre-Dame, was founded in 1225 and built in flamboyan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émile Dorand
Jean-Baptiste Émile Dorand (; 14 May 1866 – 1 July 1922), was a French military engineer and aircraft designer. Early career Émile Dorand was born in Semur-en-Auxois in eastern France. He attended the École Polytechnique from 1886 to 1888 in the Quartier Latin, Latin Quarter of Paris. He then went to the Fontainebleau Application School, a military college, which he left after two years as a Lieutenant in the French Army. In an engineering regiment, he met the airship pioneer Charles Renard, and was soon authorised to direct free Balloon (aeronautics), balloon flights. He studied aeronautics and the problems of flight including working to improve kites, long range photography, and flight test methodology. From 1895 to 1896, he was assigned to the Expeditionary Engineer Corps with whom he managed Gas balloon, hydrogen balloons and bridging equipment in Madagascar. He returned to France as a Captain, and was posted to Avignon, Dijon and Versailles. Aircraft development and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Patriat
François Patriat (; born 21 March 1943) is a French politician of Renaissance (RE, formerly LREM) who has been serving as president of the party's group in the Senate since 2017. He has represented the Côte-d'Or department in the Senate since 2008. Patriat also served as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries in 2002 and President of the Regional Council of Burgundy from 2004 until 2015. He was a member of the Socialist Party before joining La République En Marche! in 2017. Early life and education Born in Semur-en-Auxois, Côte-d'Or, Patriat graduated from École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort (ENVA) in 1968. Political career Early beginnings Patriat joined the Socialist Party (PS) in 1974 and was elected to the General Council of Côte-d'Or for the canton of Pouilly-en-Auxois in 1976, a position he retained until 2008. In 1981, he was elected to the National Assembly. In 1989, Patriat became Mayor of Chailly-sur-Armançon, an office he held until 2001. Ministership ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Guéneau De Montbeillard
Philippe Guéneau de Montbeillard also Philibert Guéneau de Montbeillard (2 April 1720 – 28 November 1785) was an eighteenth-century French lawyer, writer, naturalist, and contributor to the ''Encyclopédie''. Biography The son of the aristocratic lawyer and member of parlement François Marie Guéneau (1686-1742) and his wife Marie Colombe Meney (1685-1768), Philippe first studied in Paris from 1732 to 1734 at the Collège de Navarre and the Lycée Saint-Louis, Collège d'Harcourt and then in 1735 at the Collège of the Oratory in Troyes. He studied law in Dijon at the Faculty of Law. He had an older brother, François Guéneau (1717-1788), and a younger sister, Charlotte Guéneau (born about 1722). In 1742 he became a lawyer. He later lived for around a decade in Paris, where he befriended Denis Diderot, a co-editor of the ''Encyclopédie''. Gueneau contributed a single article to that work, "Étendue", a philosophical treatment of the notion of extension. In 1755 Guén ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmé Régnier L'Aîné
Edmé Régnier L'Aîné (15 July 1751 – 10 June 1825) was a French pistol maker and engineer, born in Semur-en-Auxois in 1751 and died in Paris in 1825. He became the inspector of hand firearms production under the Committee of Public Safety. Subsequently, he was appointed the first Director of the Musée d'Artillerie in the cloister of the Church of Saint Thomas d'Asquin, Paris. Régnier's dynamometer In the early 1780s, Philippe Guéneau de Montbeillard and Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon encouraged Régnier to begin the design a device that could compare muscular strength. The physician Charles-Augustin de Coulomb further encouraged him, and the result was made known to the public in 1798 and became known as Régnier's dynamometer A dynamometer or "dyno" is a device for simultaneously measuring the torque and rotational speed ( RPM) of an engine, motor or other rotating prime mover so that its instantaneous power may be calculated, and usually displayed by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Semur may refer to: Geography One of several communes in France: * Bierre-lès-Semur, in the Côte-d'Or ''département'' * Courcelles-lès-Semur, in the Côte-d'Or ''département'' * Massingy-lès-Semur, in the Côte-d'Or ''département'' * Semur-en-Auxois, in the Côte-d'Or ''département'' * Semur-en-Brionnais, in the Saône-et-Loire ''département'' * Semur-en-Vallon, in the Sarthe ''département'' Cuisine * Semur (Indonesian stew) See also *Semu Semu () is the name of a caste established by the Yuan dynasty. The 31 Semu categories referred to people who came from Central and West Asia. They had come to serve the Yuan dynasty by enfranchising under the dominant Mongol caste. The Semu wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Côte-d'Or Department
The following is a list of the 698 communes of the Côte-d'Or department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Périmètre des groupements en 2025 BANATIC. Accessed 28 May 2025. * * Communauté d'agglomération Beaune Côte et Sud (partly) * Communauté de communes Auxonne Pontailler Val de Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurassic
The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately 143.1 Mya. The Jurassic constitutes the second and middle period of the Mesozoic, Mesozoic Era as well as the eighth period of the Phanerozoic, Phanerozoic Eon and is named after the Jura Mountains, where limestone strata from the period were first identified. The start of the Jurassic was marked by the major Triassic–Jurassic extinction event, associated with the eruption of the Central Atlantic magmatic province, Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP). The beginning of the Toarcian Age started around 183 million years ago and is marked by the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event, a global episode of Anoxic event, oceanic anoxia, ocean acidification, and elevated global temperatures associated with extinctions, likely caused by the eruption of the Kar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinemurian
In the geologic timescale, the Sinemurian is an age (geology), age and stage (stratigraphy), stage in the Early Jurassic, Early or Lower Jurassic epoch (geology), Epoch or series (stratigraphy), Series. It spans the time between 199.5 ±0.3 annum, Ma and 192.9 ±0.3 Ma (million years ago). The Sinemurian is preceded by the Hettangian and is followed by the Pliensbachian. In Europe the Sinemurian age, together with the Hettangian age, saw the deposition of the lower Lias Group, Lias, in Great Britain known as the Blue Lias. Stratigraphic definitions The Sinemurian Stage was defined and introduced into scientific literature by French palaeontologist Alcide d'Orbigny in 1842. It takes its name from the French town of Semur-en-Auxois, near Dijon. The calcareous soil formed from the Jurassic limestone of the region is in part responsible for the character of the classic Sancerre (wine), Sancerre wines. The base of the Sinemurian Stage is at the first appearance of the ammonite genu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armançon
The river Armançon () drains part of north-western Burgundy in France. It is long. It rises at Meilly-sur-Rouvres in the department of Côte-d'Or and flows into the Yonne (right bank) at Migennes. Its source is at about above sea level and it enters the Yonne at . Course The Armançon rises north-west of Meilly-sur-Rouvres in the district known as the Auxois, on the lip of the saucer represented by the Paris Basin. It flows down the western, dip slope of the Côte d'Or and on the margin of the Morvan. Its source is on the Lower Jurassic rocks where they and the Upper Triassic are much influenced by the granites and volcanism of the Morvan, a northward extension of the Massif Central. The river's upper valley is used by the Canal de Bourgogne and the ''Autoroute'' A6 but the two diverge and the river passes between them, alone towards the small town of Semur-en-Auxois. In this part of its course the river has cut its valley down through the Jurassic rocks to the un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Côte-d'Or
Côte-d'Or () is a département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of Northeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 534,124.Populations légales 2019: 21 Côte-d'Or INSEE Its is Dijon and subprefectures are Beaune and Montbard. History Côte-d'Or is one of the orig ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Tour De France
The 2007 Tour de France the 94th running of Tour de France, the race, took place from 7 to 29 July. The Tour began with a prologue in London, and ended with the traditional finish in Paris. Along the way, the route also passed through Belgium and Spain. It was won by Spanish rider Alberto Contador. The Tour was marked by Doping at the 2007 Tour de France, doping controversies, with three riders and two teams withdrawn during the race following positive doping tests, including pre-race favourite Alexander Vinokourov and his Astana (cycling team), Astana team. Following Stage 16, the leader of the general classification in the Tour de France, general classification, Michael Rasmussen (cyclist), Michael Rasmussen, was removed from the Tour by his Rabobank (cycling), Rabobank team, who accused him of lying about the reasons for missing several drug tests earlier in the year. The points classification in the Tour de France, points classification, indicated by the green jersey, was won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of France
A () is a level of administrative divisions of France, administrative division in the France, French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipality, municipalities in Canada and the United States; ' in Germany; ' in Italy; ' in Spain; or civil parishes in the United Kingdom. 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 hamlet (place), 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 arrondissem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
