Rance may refer to:
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Rance (river)
The Rance (; , ) is a river of northwestern France. It is long. The semi-tidal river flows into the English Channel between Dinard and Saint-Malo.
Before reaching the Channel, its waters are barred by a 750 metre long dam forming the Rance ti ...
, northwestern France
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Rancé, a commune in eastern France, near Lyon
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Ranče, a small settlement in Slovenia
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Rance, Wallonia, part of the municipality of
Sivry-Rance
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Rouge de Rance, a Devonian red reef limestone prized as a building material
People
Given name
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Rance Allen (born 1948), American gospel musician
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Rance Hood (born 1941), Native American painter
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Rance Howard (1928–2017), American actor
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Rance Mulliniks (born 1956), American baseball player
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Rance Pless (1925–2017), American baseball player
Surname
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Alex Rance (born 1989), Australian rules footballer
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Charlie Rance (1889–1966), English footballer
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Dean Rance (born 1991), English footballer
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Hubert Rance
Major-General Sir Hubert Elvin Rance, (17 July 1898 – 24 January 1974) was a British politician who was the last Governor of British Burma between 1946 and 1948, during the transition from Japanese to British colonial administration. Later h ...
(1898–1974), last governor of British Burma
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Murray Rance (born 1962), Australian rules footballer
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Patrick Rance
Patrick Lowry Cole Holwell Rance (18 March 1918 – 22 August 1999) was a cheesemonger who has been considered responsible for saving many British specialist cheeses from extinction. He is known for writing ''The Great British Cheese Book'' (1982) ...
(1918–1999), cheesemonger considered responsible for saving many British specialist cheeses from extinction
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Seth Rance (born 1987), New Zealand cricketer
Other uses
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Rance (series)
''Rance'' is an eroge Role-playing video game, role-playing video-game series created, developed, and published by AliceSoft.''The ''Rance'' Series''. Retrieved froThe Rance Series It is the longest-running erotic video game series in history, wit ...
, a Japanese video game series by AliceSoft
See also
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Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé
Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé (9 January 1626, Paris27 October 1700, Soligny-la-Trappe) was a French abbot of La Trappe Abbey, a controversialist author, and a founding father of the Trappists.
Early life
Armand Jean le Bouthillier de R ...
(1626–1700), French abbot and founder of the Trappist Cistercians
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Rance Tidal Power Station
The Rance Tidal Power Station is a tidal power station located on the estuary of the Rance River in Brittany, France.
Opened in 1966 as the world's first tidal power station, the 240-watt, megawatt (MW) facility was the largest such power statio ...
on the estuary of the Rance River in Brittany
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RANS (disambiguation)
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