Couronne (pl.: ''Couronnes'') is a
French
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word meaning
crown
A crown is a traditional form of head adornment, or hat, worn by monarchs as a symbol of their power and dignity. A crown is often, by extension, a symbol of the monarch's government or items endorsed by it. The word itself is used, partic ...
. It may refer to:
Places in France
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La Couronne, Charente
La Couronne () is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
The commune lies to the southwest of Angoulême.
Jean-Edmond Laroche-Joubert (1820–1884) was born in La Couronne.
He established two modern paper manufacturing pla ...
, a municipality in the Charente department, Poitou-Charentes
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La Couronne, Bouches-du-Rhône
La Couronne is a village in the south of France on the Côte Bleue on the Mediterranean coast, notable for its ancient quarries and lighthouses.
Description
La Couronne, formerly known as ''Queyroun'', is a village in the commune of Martigues ...
, a village of Martigues, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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Grand-Couronne
Grand-Couronne () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
A small suburban town with a huge container port and considerable light industry situated by the banks of the river Seine, some ...
, a municipality in the Seine-Maritime department, Upper Normandy
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Grande Couronne
The Paris metropolitan area (french: aire d'attraction de Paris) is a statistical area that describes the reach of commuter movement to and from Paris, France and its surrounding suburbs.
Overview
In 2020 France's national INSEE statistical ...
, the inner geographical region of the urban agglomeration of Paris
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Canton of Grand-Couronne
The Canton of Grand-Couronne is a former canton situated in the Seine-Maritime département and in the Haute-Normandie region of northern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It ...
, a canton in the Seine-Maritime department, Upper Normandy
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Petit-Couronne
Petit-Couronne () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
A port town of oil refineries, light industry and forestry situated by the banks of the Seine, just south of the centre of Ro ...
, a municipality in the Seine-Maritime department, Upper Normandy
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Petite Couronne
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, the outer geographical region of the urban agglomeration of Paris
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Couronnes (Paris Métro)
Couronnes () is a station on Paris Métro Line 2, on the border of the 11th and 20th arrondissements.
History
The station was opened on 31 January 1903 as part of the extension of line 2 (known at the time as "2 Nord") from Anvers to ''Bagnol ...
, a metro station of Paris
Transport
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French ship La Couronne
Fourteen ships of the French Navy or the Galley Corps (which was separate from the Navy) of the Ancien Régime or Empire have borne the name ''Couronne'' ("crown"):
* , the first major warship to be built in France – actually launched in 1632/3 ...
, the name of 13 French ships
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