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Allier is a département in south-central France named after the Allier River. Allier - History. Allier was one of the original 83 départements created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Auvergne and Bourbonnais. In 1940, the government of Marshal Philippe Pétain chose the town of Vichy as its capital. Allier - Geography. The département belongs to the région Auv ...

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• Allier - Geography
• Allier - Economy
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Allier was one of the original 83 départements created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Auvergne and Bourbonnais. In 1940, the government of Marshal Philippe Pétain chose the town of Vichy as its capital. ...

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Allier, Allier - History, Allier - Geography, Allier - Economy, Allier - Demographics

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Yonne is a French département named after the Yonne River. 01 Ain | 02 Aisne | 03 Allier | 04 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 05 Hautes-Alpes | 06 Alpes-Maritimes | 07 Ardèche | 08 Ardennes | 09 Ariège | 10 Aube | 11 Aude | 12 Aveyron | 13 Bouches-du-Rhône | 14 Calvados | 15 Cantal | 16 Charente | 17 Charente-Marit ...

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Cher is a département in the center of France. It is named after the Cher River. Cher département - History. Cher was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Berry. Cher département - Geography. The department is part of the current region of Centre (Val de Loire). It is surrounded by the departments of Indre, Loir-et-Cher, Loiret, Nièvre, Allier, and Creuse. Including:

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Vosges is a French département, named after the Vosges mountain range. Vosges - History. The Vosges département was created on March 4, 1790 like the 83 other original départements of France. It was made of territories formerly part of the province of Lorraine. In 1793 the independent principality of Salm (town of Senones and its surroundings), enclosed inside the Vosges département, was annexed to France and incorporated into Vosges. In 1795 the area of Schirme ...

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Châtillon (French diminutive formed from châtel, i.e. castle) is a is the name or part of the name of several places: Châtillon - In Belgium. Châtillon, in the province of Luxembourg Châtillon - In France. Châtillon, in the Allier département Châtillon, in the Jura département Châtillon, in the Rhône département Châtillon, in the Vienne département Châtillon, in the Ha ...

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Raël (born Claude Vorilhon on September 30, 1946) is the founder and spiritual guide of the Raelian Movement. He was born in Vichy, Allier, France. Before founding the Raelian Movement, Vorilhon was a sports journalist and a singer. He founded his own car racing magazine, Auto Pop. Vorilhon and his wife divorced in 1985. He was depicted as the typical AOL user in MAXIMUM PC's June 2005 issue. (p. 17) Rael Miller also shares this name and has been linked to a romantic and intimate relationship with Rael; the leade ...

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Bourbon may refer to: Bourbon whiskey House of Bourbon The last (family) name of French kings and queens from Henry IV until Louis XVI Bourbon biscuits Île Bourbon was the name of Réunion from 1642 until the French Revolution A class of old garden roses first raised on Île Bourbon and called Bourbon roses. Places in the United States of America: Bourbon, Indiana Bourbon, Missouri Bourbon County, Kentucky Bourbon Street in the French Quarte

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As of January 1, 2004, metropolitan France is divided into: 22 régions (although strictly speaking Corsica is in fact a "territorial collectivity", not a région, but is referred to as a région in common speech) the régions are divided into 96 départements the départements are divided into 329 arrondissements the arrondissements are divided into 3,879 cantons the cantons are divided in ...

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• Subdivisions of France - List of départements
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Auvergne (Occitan: Auvèrnha) was the name of an historically independent county in the center of France, as well as later a province of France. It is the name of the geographical and cultural area that corresponds to the former province. The traditional capital of the province of Auvergne was Riom. Today, the whole of the province of Auvergne is contained inside the administrative région of Auvergne, a région which also includes provinces and territories that were not part of Auvergne historically. The c ...

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Auvergne (Occitan: Auvèrnha) is one of the 26 régions of France. It is important to note that the current administrative région of Auvergne is larger than the historical province of Auvergne, and includes provinces and areas that historically were not part of Auvergne. The Auvergne région is made up of the following old provinces: Auvergne: départements of Puy-de-Dôme, Cantal, northwest of Haute-Loire, and extreme south of Allier. The province of Auvergn ...

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Saint-Germain may refer to various French phenomena: the 6th century bishop of Paris, canonized as Saint Germain of Paris, who founded an abbey in the fields near Paris, now the church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés which gave its name to the neighborhood and to the Boulevard Saint-Germain on the Left Bank (this area is also known as the Latin Quarter), or the bishop of Auxerre, canonized as Saint Germain of Auxerre, died A.D. 478, who founded the Carolingian abbey of Saint-Germ ...

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Bourbonnais was an historic province in the centre of France that corresponded to the modern département of Allier, along with part of the département of Cher. Bourbonnais - History. Its first known lord was Adhémar (or Aymar) in the 10th century AD. He acquired the castle of Bourbon (today Bourbon Archambault) which gave its name to the family, the House of Bourbon. The first House of Bourbon ended in 1200 with the death of Archambault VIII. It left only one heiress, Mahaut ...

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Vendée is a département in west central France, on the Atlantic's Bay of Biscay. The name Vendée is taken from the Vendée river which runs through the south-eastern part of the département. Vendée - Administration. Communes_of_the_Vendée_département Vendée - History. The area today called the Vendée was originally known as the Bas-Poitou. In the south-east corner, the village of Nieul-sur-l'Auti ...

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A target can signify: from ca. 1400 a light shield, being the diminutive of targe. From the 18th century, an object which is aimed or fired at, originally in archery, later also in artillery. A stated goal, e.g. in business, education or organisational objectives An object or victim of criticism, bullying or crime A biological target, usually an enzyme or other protein (for pharmacologically active compounds) A conservation target, usually specific biodiversity targets (e.g., s ...

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The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to British counties. The 100 French départements are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas régions. They are subdivided into 342 arrondissements. Département in France - General characteristics. In continental France (metropolitan France excluding Corsica), the median land area of a département is 5,965 km² (2,303 sq. miles), which is two-and-a-half times the medi ...

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Creuse is a département in central France named after the Creuse River. Creuse - History. Creuse was one of the original 83 départements created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from the former province of la Marche. Creuse - Geography. Creuse is part of the current region of Limousin and is surrounded by the départements of Corrèze, Haute-Vienne, Allier, Puy-de-Dôme, Cher, and Indre. It is ...

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Val-d'Oise is a French département named after the Oise River, located in the Île-de-France région. Val-d'Oise - History. Val-d'Oise was created when the former départements Seine and Seine-et-Oise were broken up into six départements in 1968. 01 Ain | 02 Aisne | 03 Allier | 04 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 05 Hautes-Alpes | 06 Alpes-Maritimes | 07 Ardè ...

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Vichy is also a premuim brand of dermo-cosmetics sold exclusively in pharmacies. It contains the termal spa water from the town of Vichy. The Vichy cosmetics company is owned by L'Oréal. Vichy Cosmetics (in English and French) ...

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As of January 1, 2004, metropolitan France is divided into: 22 régions (although strictly speaking Corsica is in fact a "territorial collectivity", not a région, but is referred to as a région in common speech) the régions are divided into 96 départements the départements are divided into 329 arrondissements the arrondissements are divided into 3,879 cantons the cantons are divided into 36,568 communes 3 communes (Paris, Marseille, and Lyon ...

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Subdivisions of France, Subdivisions of France - Metropolitan France, Subdivisions of France - Overseas, Subdivisions of France - Collectivités territoriales, Subdivisions of France - General rules, Subdivisions of France - List of départements, Subdivisions of France - Historical divisions

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