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    Pessac (French pronunciation: [pɛsak] ; Occitan: Peçac) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a member...
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    44°45′35″N 0°36′15″W / 44.7597°N 0.6041°W / 44.7597; -0.6041 Pessac-Léognan (French: [pɛsak leɔɲɑ̃]) is a wine growing area and Appellation d'Origine...
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  • La Rosière de Pessac (The Virgin of Pessac) is the title of two hour-long films directed by Jean Eustache (in 1968 and 1979 respectively). The films cover...
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    Pessac is a railway station in Pessac, a western suburb of Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The station is located on the Bordeaux–Irun railway line...
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  • dedicated his 2005 film Broken Flowers to Eustache. Eustache was born in Pessac, Gironde, France, into a working class family. Relatively little information...
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    the Graves subregion. The area encompasses villages including Sauternes, Pessac, Talence, Léognan, Martillac, Saint-Morillon, and Portets. The name Graves...
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  • The canton of Pessac-1 is an administrative division of the Gironde department, southwestern France. It was created in 1982. Its borders were modified...
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    institution. In 1973, the mint relocated its primary production to a facility in Pessac, and today the original facility in Paris, while still operational, functions...
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    Pessac-sur-Dordogne (French pronunciation: [pɛsak syʁ dɔʁdɔɲ], literally Pessac on Dordogne; Occitan: Peçac de Dordonha) is a commune in the Gironde department...
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    known areas of AOC Moulis and Listrac. Graves includes the sub-regions of Pessac-Léognan and Sauternes (among others), and Sauternes in turn includes the...
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  • de Pessac (the Frugès Estate of Pessac), or Les Quartiers Modernes Frugès (the modern Frugès quarters), is a housing development located in Pessac, a...
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  • The canton of Pessac-2 is an administrative division of the Gironde department, southwestern France. It was created in 1982. Its borders were modified...
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    Tanguy Pastureau (born 26 January 1974 in Pessac) is a French radio and television comedian. Florence Le Mehaute (December 15, 2009). "Tanguy Pastureau...
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  • rural village. Eustache had directed his first version of La Rosiere de Pessac (surrounding another annual tradition in his home village) in much the same...
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  • Larmande, St-Emilion Grand Cru Larrivet-Haut-Brion, Pessac-Léognan Lascombes, Margaux Latour-Martillac, Pessac-Léognan Léoville-Poyferré, St-Julien Loudenne...
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    extended aging. Dry and sweet white Bordeaux, including oak-aged examples from Pessac-Léognan and Graves, as well as some Loire wines from Pouilly-Fumé and Sancerre...
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    64683°W / 44.80571; -0.64683 Château Pape Clément is a Bordeaux wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation, ranked among the Crus Classés for red wine in the Classification...
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    Pessac Centre tram stop is the terminus of the Pessac Centre branch of line B of the Bordeaux tramway, and is located on Avenue Eugène et Marc Dulout...
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  • Gare Pessac Alouette tram stop is a tram stop on the Pessac Alouette branch of line B of the Bordeaux tramway, and is located in the commune of Pessac. It...
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  • premier cru Château Haut-Brion was changed in appellation from Graves to Pessac-Leognan to represent apparent changes in soil structure caused by the urbanisation...
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    Château Haut-Bailly is a Bordeaux wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation, ranked among the Crus Classés for red wine in the Classification of Graves...
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    created covers for The New Yorker. Sempé was born on 17 August 1932 in Pessac, near Bordeaux to a single mother. He was first raised by foster parents...
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    Bordeaux wine, rated a Premier Grand Cru Classé (First Growth), located in Pessac just outside the city of Bordeaux. It differs from the other wines on the...
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  • study of a boy growing up in France. Daniel lives with his grandmother in Pessac outside the city of Bordeaux, sharing a naïve and happy childhood with his...
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    Art déco district Darwin district Submarine Pen Cité Frugès, district of Pessac, built by Le Corbusier, 1924–1926, listed as UNESCO heritage Fire Station...
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    complex of worker housing, the Cité Frugès, at Pessac, a suburb of Bordeaux. Le Corbusier described Pessac as "A little like a Balzac novel", a chance to...
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  • Libournais 23 May 2024 (day 14): Bordeaux Le Bouscat Libourne Lormont Mérignac Pessac Saint-Émilion vineyard Cité du Vin Bordeaux Bordeaux Charente 24 May 2024...
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    it was confirmed that Magrez had bought Château Le Sartre in Bordeaux's Pessac-Léognan. A multi-millionaire, Magrez made his fortune as the founder of...
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    Viticole de Pessac et Léognan from 1980 to 1987, and of Syndicat Viticole de Pessac-Léognan from 1987, he was instrumental in creating Pessac-Léognan as...
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    Cassius Dion: nouvelles lectures. Scripta Antiqua (in French and English). Pessac: Ausonius Éditions. ISBN 978-2-35613-569-8. Gleason, Maud (2011). "Identity...
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