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Vauvert
Vauvert (; ) is a commune in the far south of the Gard department in southern France. It was known as ''Posquières'' in the Middle Ages. The commune comprises the town of Vauvert and the villages of Gallician and Montcalm.Vauvert at Carmargue.fr accessed 11 August 2007 Over a third of the population work in industry, which is largely the food industry, especially wine production. The original settlement was called Posquières and was first mentioned in a document of 810. Since then the town has increased in importance and has had a rich history. At its heyday in the mid-nineteenth century it had a population of 6,000 but this decreased by a third after disease struck the grape crop, the mainstay of the economy of the area. Today, the population has grown again to over 11,000. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vauvert Station
Vauvert is a railway station in Vauvert, Occitanie, southern France. Within TER Occitanie, it is part of line 26 (Nîmes-Le Grau-du-Roi). TER Occitanie, accessed 12 May 2022. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Vauvert Railway stations in Gard ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communauté De Communes De Petite-Camargue
The Communauté de communes de Petite-Camargue is a federation of municipalities ('' communauté de communes'') in the Gard ''département'' and in the Occitanie '' région'' of France. Its seat is Vauvert.CC de Petite Camargue (N° SIREN : 243000593) BANATIC, accessed 17 October 2024. Its area is 203.6 km2, and its population was 26,997 in 2018.Comparateur de territoire INSEE, accessed 8 April 2022. Composition The communauté de communes consists of the following 5 communes:[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Ben David
Abraham ben David ( – 27 November 1198), also known by the abbreviation RABaD (for ''Rabbeinu'' Abraham ben David) Ravad or RABaD III, was a Provençal ḥakham, an important commentator on the Talmud, ''Sefer Halachot'' of Isaac Alfasi, and '' Mishneh Torah'' of Maimonides, and is regarded as a father of Kabbalah and one of the key links in the chain of Jewish mystics. Biography RABaD's maternal grandfather, Rabbi Yitzhak b. Yaakov Ibn Baruch of Mérida (1035–1094), who had compiled astronomical tables for the son of Shemuel ha-Nagid, was one of five rabbis in Spain renowned for their learning. Concerning the oral history of his maternal grandfather's family and how they came to Spain, the RABaD wrote: "When Titus prevailed over Jerusalem, his officer who was appointed over Hispania appeased him, requesting that he send to him captives made-up of the nobles of Jerusalem, and so he sent a few of them to him, and there were amongst them those who made curtains and who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallician
Gallician is a village in the commune of Vauvert in the ''département'' of Gard, in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon, southern France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan .... It has a population of about 1,000 people. It is located 6 km south of Vauvert, on the Canal du Rhône à Sète, which links the river Rhône with the Canal du Midi at Sète. Features The village contains a church, three large houses (Mas Beata, Mas du Notaire and Mas de Mourgues), a bakers, a small supermarket and two bar/restaurants, a bullfight arena, a camp site, a cooperative winery [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montcalm (Vauvert)
Montcalm may refer to: People * Louis-Joseph de Montcalm (1712–1759), commander of the French forces in North America during the French and Indian War * Noelle Montcalm (born 1988), Canadian hurdler * Térez Montcalm (born 1963), Canadian jazz singer and songwriter Vessels * , four ships of the French Navy * , a United States Navy fleet ocean tug * , a British cargo liner Places Algeria * Tamlouka, a small village formerly known as Montcalm Canada * Rural Municipality of Montcalm, Manitoba * Montcalm, Quebec, a municipality * Montcalm Regional County Municipality, Quebec * Montcalm (federal electoral district), a federal electoral district in Quebec * Montcalm (provincial electoral district), a former Quebec provincial electoral district France * Montcalm Massif, in the Pyrenees * Pic de Montcalm, a mountain peak in the Pyrenees * Montcalm (Vauvert), a small hamlet near Vauvert * Rue Montcalm, a residential street in the 18th arrondissement of Paris named after Louis- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gard
Gard () is a department in Southern France, located in the region of Occitanie. It had a population of 748,437 as of 2019;Populations légales 2019: 30 Gard INSEE its prefecture is Nîmes. The department is named after the river Gardon. In recent decades of the 21st century, local administration and French speakers have returned to the original Occitan name of the river, Gard (). It is part of a revival of Occitan culture. His ...
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Leimistin Broussan
Leimistin Broussan (3 November 1858 – 1 October 1959) was a French theatre and opera manager. Life Born in Vauvert (Gard department), Broussan successively directed the municipal theatre of Brest (1898–1899), the municipal theatre of Nancy (1899–1902) then the Théâtre des Célestins and the Grand Théâtre de Lyon (1902–1906), before becoming co-director, with André Messager, of the Paris Opera from 1908 to 1914. He married Madeleine Lagarde, daughter of Paul Lagarde (1851–1903) and Jeanne Samary. Broussan died in Paris on 1 October 1959. Awards * Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur * Officier of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques * Commandeur of the Order of Saint Anna * Commandeur of the Order of the Polar Star The Royal Order of the Polar Star (Swedish language, Swedish: ''Kungliga Nordstjärneorden''), sometimes translated as the Royal Order of the North Star, is a Swedish order of chivalry created by Frederick I of Sweden, King Frederick I on 23 F .. ... [...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] |
Nîmes
Nîmes ( , ; ; Latin: ''Nemausus'') is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Gard Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of Southern France. Located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Cévennes, the Communes of France, commune of Nîmes had an estimated population of 148,561 in 2019. Dubbed the most Roman city outside Italy, Nîmes has a rich history dating back to the Roman Empire when the city had a population of 50,000–60,000 and was the regional capital. Several famous monuments are in Nîmes, such as the Arena of Nîmes and the Maison Carrée. Because of this, Nîmes is often referred to as the "French Rome". Origins Nimes is situated where the alluvial plain of the Vistrenque River abuts the hills of Mont Duplan to the northeast, Montaury to the southwest, and to the west Mt. Cavalier and the knoll of Canteduc. Its name appears in inscriptions in Gaulish as ''dede matrebo Namausikabo'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camargue
The Camargue (, also , , ; ) is a coastal region in southern France located south of the city of Arles, between the Mediterranean Sea and the two arms of the Rhône river delta. The eastern arm is called the Grand Rhône; the western is the ''Petit Rhône''. Administratively, it lies within the department of Bouches-du-Rhône (‘Mouths of the Rhône’); it spans portions of the communes of Arles, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer and Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône. A further expanse of marshy plain, known as the "Petite Camargue" (Little Camargue), just to the west of the "Petit Rhône", lies within the department of Gard. The Camargue was designated a Ramsar site as a "Wetland of International Importance" on 1 December 1986. The Petite Camargue received this designation on 8 January 1996. Geography With an area of over , the Camargue is one of western Europe's largest river deltas.Blondel J., 2019. La Camargue, un delta d'exception. In J. Blondel, G. Barruol & R. Vianet, eds: L'enc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Languedoc-Rousillon
Languedoc-Roussillon (; ; ) is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, it joined with the region of Midi-Pyrénées to become Occitania. It comprised five departments, and bordered the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées towards the north, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean Sea towards the south. It was the southernmost region of mainland France. Toponymy The first part of the name of the province of Languedoc-Roussillon comes from the French ("language of "), and is also a historical region. In southern France, the word for ''yes'' was the Occitan language word . Prior to the 16th century, the central area of France was referred to as , there the word for ''yes'' was in Old French, later becoming . These old place names referred to the areas where Occitan and Old French were spoken. The Edict of Villers-Cotterets made French the official national language in 1539. Roussillon was the name of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autoroute A9
The A9 autoroute (''La Languedocienne''/''La Catalane'') is a motorway in Southern France. The road forms part of the European route European route E15, E15, as does the A9 road (Scotland). The road runs between Orange, Vaucluse, Orange and Le Perthus, Perthus, in the Pyrénées-Orientales at the frontier with Spain where it becomes the ''Autopista AP-7''. The route passes the following major towns and cities Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales), Narbonne (Aude), Béziers and Montpellier (Hérault), Nîmes (Gard) and Orange, Vaucluse, Orange (Vaucluse) before joining the A7 autoroute (Marseille to Lyon). The route is 2x3 as far south as exit 41 (Perpignan-Nord). The widening between exit 41 and the Spanish frontier was done in 2019. The A9 autoroute was operated by the Autoroutes du Sud de la France (ASF), taken over in 2006 by Vinci (construction), Vinci Autoroutes. The cost of travelling the whole road through the Occitania (administrative region) , Occitanie region in a car is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
