Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ fɔʁ syʁ ʒiʁɔ̃d], literally Saint-Fort on Gironde) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department...
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Talmont-sur-Gironde (French pronunciation: [talmɔ̃ syʁ ʒiʁɔ̃d], literally Talmont on Gironde) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine...
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the Saint-Nicholas tower, and an urban heritage. The capital of Aunis, it has become the most important coastal city between the Loire and Gironde estuaries...
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Lot-et-Garonne département Saint-Vincent-de-Mercuze, in the Isère département Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Gironde, in the Gironde département Saint-Vincent-de-Paul,...
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Rochefort, Charente-Maritime (redirect from Rochefort-sur-Mer)
(French pronunciation: [ʁɔʃfɔʁ] ; Occitan: Ròchafòrt), unofficially Rochefort-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʃfɔʁ syʁ mɛʁ]; Occitan: Ròchafòrt de Mar) for...
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(18 October 1860 – 4 October 1953) was a French surgeon born in Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde, a commune in Charente-Maritime. He was father-in-law to plastic...
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Saint-Émilion (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿emiljɔ̃]; Gascon: Sent Milion) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in Southwestern...
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railway was built, also in 1894, 42 km (26 mi) long linking Saintes to Mortagne-sur-Gironde, by Gémozac, then a somewhat important economic center ; however...
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Sainte-Ramée Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge Saint-Georges-des-Agoûts Saint-Germain-du-Seudre Saint-Grégoire-d'Ardennes Saint-Léger Saint-Martial-de-Mirambeau...
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Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sje syʁ ʒiʁɔ̃d], literally Saint-Ciers on Gironde) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine...
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Saint-Bonnet-sur-Gironde (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ bɔnɛ syʁ ʒiʁɔ̃d]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region...
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Saint-Martial-sur-Né (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁsjal syʁ ne], literally Saint-Martial on Né) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the...
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Oléron Island and the coast of mainland France. The island is also close to Fort Boyard. Map of Île-d'Aix, by Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1823 Satellite photograph...
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Mortagne-sur-Gironde (French pronunciation: [mɔʁtaɲ syʁ ʒiʁɔ̃d]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Bordering the...
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Saint-Estèphe (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ɛstɛf]; Gascon: Sent Estèfe) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France...
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Meschers-sur-Gironde (French pronunciation: [mɛʃe syʁ ʒiʁɔ̃d], literally Meschers on Gironde) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern...
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up Saint-Pierre or saint-pierre in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Saint-Pierre (French, 'Saint Peter', pronounced [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ] ) may refer to: Fort Saint...
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The Gironde estuary and Pertuis sea Marine Nature Park is a protected area on the Gironde estuary and on the Atlantic coast of the departments Vendée...
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Saint-Palais-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ palɛ syʁ mɛʁ], literally Saint-Palais on Sea) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern...
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Pierre-Henri Simon (16 January 1903, Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde – 20 September 1972) was a French intellectual, literary historian, essayist, novelist, poet...
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Saint-Martin-de-Ré (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ də ʁe], literally Saint-Martin of Ré; Saintongeais: Sént-Martin-de-Ré) is a commune in the western...
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Royan (category Gironde)
ferry provides bicycle, car and lorry transport across the Gironde estuary to Le Verdon-sur-Mer in the Médoc region. The crossing takes about 30 minutes...
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Archive - Gertrud von Le Fort". NobelPrize.org. April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020. "Nomination Archive - Gertrud von Le Fort". NobelPrize.org. April...
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the Gironde department, New Aquitaine, southwestern France. Its inhabitants are called Cubzaguais. Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1910–1997) was born in Saint-André-de-Cubzac...
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Quebec Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec Saint-Jean-sur-le-Lac, a community part of Mont-Laurier, Quebec Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (formerly St. Johns and Fort St-Jean)...
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Boyardville (French pronunciation: [bwajaʁˈvil]) is a district in the town of Saint-Georges-d'Oléron on the eastern part of Oléron Island (Île d'Oléron), Charente-Maritime...
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December 2022) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Cadillac-sur-Garonne was founded in 1280 to serve...
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Fort Griffon, built between 1680 and 1684. The citadel of Blaye, city walls, Fort Paté and Fort Médoc are located in Blaye-Cussac-Fort-Médoc, Gironde...
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(near Mansle) Tardoire (in Saint-Ciers-sur-Bonnieure) Bandiat (in Agris) Seudre (in Marennes) Dordogne (into the Gironde estuary near Ambès) Isle (in...
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1860 ordered the establishment of a lighthouse on the north bank of the Gironde estuary, because of the many shipwrecks, although it was not until 1895...
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