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    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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    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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    (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʃfɔʁ] ; Occitan: Ròchafòrt), unofficially Rochefort-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʃfɔʁ syʁ mɛʁ]; Occitan: Ròchafòrt de Mar) for...
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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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  • 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-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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    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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    (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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  • Thumbnail for Saintes, Charente-Maritime
    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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Saint-Palais-sur-Mer
    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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Meschers-sur-Gironde
    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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Saint-Martin-de-Ré
    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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  • Thumbnail for Saint-André-de-Cubzac
    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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  • 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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  • Thumbnail for Pierre-Henri Simon
    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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  • Thumbnail for Saint-Estèphe, Gironde
    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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  • Thumbnail for Cadillac-sur-Garonne
    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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    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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  • 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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  • Thumbnail for List of nominees for the Nobel Prize in Literature
    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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    (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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    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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Fortifications of Vauban UNESCO World Heritage Sites
    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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