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    Balzac (French pronunciation: [balzak]) is a commune in the Charente department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France. Balzac is located...
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  • asteroid Balzac, Alberta, Canada Balzac, Charente, France Balzac, Colorado, United States Balzac (band), a Japanese punk band Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac (1597–1654)...
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  • Balzac blanc is a white French wine grape variety that is grown in the Charente and Charente-Maritime regions of Southwest France where it was once used...
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    the Lycée Guez-de-Balzac in Angoulême (Charente, France). Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Balzac, Jean Louis Guez...
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    a commune in the Charente department, southwestern France. Administratively, the commune of Cognac is a subprefecture of the Charente department. The name...
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    Angoulême (category Communes of Charente)
    French department of Charente, of which it is the prefecture. Located on a plateau overlooking a meander of the river Charente, the city is nicknamed...
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    domes on pendentives at Saint-Martin-de-Gurson, Dordogne [fr] and Balzac, Charente. The oval shape appears to have been a practical solution to rectangular...
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    Communauté de communes des 4B Sud-Charente Communauté de communes de Charente Limousine Communauté de communes Cœur de Charente Communauté de communes Lavalette...
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    Angoulême Château d'Ars in Ars Château de Bagnolet in Cognac Château de Balzac in Balzac Château de Barbezieux in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire Château de Bayers...
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    Ruffec (French pronunciation: [ʁyfɛk]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It is a stopover town on the road from Paris to...
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    pronunciation: [kutyʁ] ) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Communes of the Charente department "Répertoire national des élus:...
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  • architect Bonnard. In 1818 Paul Abadie moved to Angoulême as architect of the Charente. He was city architect of Angoulême from 1820 until 1840. In 1836 Abadie...
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    called Oradour-d'Aigre, is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Communes of the Charente department "Répertoire national des élus:...
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    pronunciation: [ʒyljɛn]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Communes of the Charente department "Répertoire national des élus:...
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    Jarnac (category Communes of Charente)
    [ʒaʁnak]; Occitan: [d͡ʒaɾˈnak]; Saintongese: Jharnat) is a commune in the Charente department, southwestern France. It was the site of the Battle of Jarnac...
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    Canton of Gond-Pontouvre (category Cantons of Charente)
    Gond-Pontouvre. It consists of the following communes: Balzac Champniers Gond-Pontouvre Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations...
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    is traversed by the Argence, a tributary of the right bank of the Charente at Balzac. The Argence is formed from two small tributaries: the Ruisseau du...
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    Meslier-Saint-François and the nearly extinct Cognac grape Balzac blanc. In France, it was traditionally grown in the Charentes and Gascony for distilling into Cognac and...
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  • Thumbnail for Esse, Charente
    [ɛs]; Occitan: Essa) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Communes of the Charente department "Répertoire national des élus:...
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    Bassac (French pronunciation: [basak]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It has Bassac Abbey, founded more than 1000 years...
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    Ville de Paris, Palais de Tokyo, the House of Victor Hugo, the House of Balzac and the Catacombs of Paris. There are also notable private museums. The...
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  • Thumbnail for Valence, Charente
    (French pronunciation: [valɑ̃s] ; Occitan: Valença) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It was not the birthplace of William...
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    [mano]; Occitan: Manòc) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Communes of the Charente department "Répertoire national des élus:...
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    Aubin vert, Bachet noir, Knipperlé, Montils, Peurion, Roublot, Dameron, Balzac blanc and Genouillet. American ampelographer Linda Bisson classifies Folle...
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    Vautrin (category Honoré de Balzac characters)
    pronunciation: [votʁɛ̃]) is a character from the novels of French writer Honoré de Balzac in the La Comédie humaine series. His real name is Jacques Collin (pronounced...
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  • Thumbnail for Juillé, Charente
    pronunciation: [ʒɥije]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Communes of the Charente department "Répertoire national des élus:...
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    pronunciation: [liɲe] ) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Communes of the Charente department "Répertoire national des élus:...
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    [tyʁɡɔ̃]; Occitan: Turgont) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Communes of the Charente department "Répertoire national des élus:...
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    pronunciation: [ʃalɛ]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It is the southernmost town in the Charente with over 1,000 people. It lies...
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    pronunciation: [baʁɛ]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Communes of the Charente department "Répertoire national des élus:...
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