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Argagnon
Argagnon (; oc, Arganhon) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Argagnonais'' or ''Argagnonaises'' Geography Argagnon is located some 7 km south-east of Orthez and 2 km north-west of Maslacq. Access to the commune is by the D817 road from Orthez which passes through the village and continues south-east to Artix. The D275 from Maslacq to Arthez-de-Béarn passes through the eastern part of the commune. The Toulouse-Bayonne railway passes through the south of the commune parallel to the D817 but there is no station in the commune. The nearest stations are at Orthez to the north-west and Lacq to the south-east. The commune consists mostly of farmland however there are forests in the east and north of the commune. The commune lies in the Drainage basin of the Adour and the Gave de Pau flows through the south-western edge of the commune with the ''R ...
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Balansun
Balansun (; oc, Valensun) is a Communes of France, commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Departments of France, department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Balansenais'' or ''Balansenaises''. Geography Balansun is a commune in the former province of Béarn located some 6 km east of Orthez and 4 km north of Argagnon. Access to the commune is by the D946 road from Arthez-de-Béarn in the east which passes through the centre of the commune south of the village and continues south-west to join the D817 west of Castétis. Access to the village is by the ''Chemin de l'Eglise'' which branches north off the D946 on the western side of the commune. The commune is mixed forest and farmland. The commune is located in the Drainage basin of the Adour with the ''Ruisseau de Clamondé'' forming the southern border of the commune as it flows west to join the Gave de Pau west of Castetis. Three streams flow through ...
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Sarpourenx
Sarpourenx (; Béarnese: ''Sarporens'') is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France, notable for once having forbidden death by mayoral decree. The demonym is ''Sarpourenois''. History Never a large community, the population of Sarpourenx was reported as 25 households in 1385. The town was then part of the bailiwick of Larbaig. French historian and archivist Paul Raymond (1833–1878) recorded the existence in Sarpourenx of an '' abbaye laïque'' (a small, independent parish operated for the profit of an influential local), administered by the viscounts of Béarn. The name "Sarpourenx" is also historically attested in the variant forms "Sarporencx" (1385 Béarn census), "Sarporencxs", and "Sarporenxs" (from the 1538 and 1546 redistrictings of Béarn, respectively). Geography Sarpourenx is located in the historic former province of Béarn, on the left bank of the river Gave de Pau. Its territory includes at least one small hamlet, Le Gave, ...
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Communes Of France
The () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equivalent are civil parishes, although some areas, particularly urban areas, are unparished. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the municipal arrondi ...
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Appellation D'origine Contrôlée
An appellation is a legally defined and protected geographical indication primarily used to identify where the grapes for a wine were grown, although other types of food often have appellations as well. Restrictions other than geographical boundaries, such as what grapes may be grown, maximum grape yields, alcohol level, and other quality factors may also apply before an appellation name may legally appear on a wine bottle label. The rules that govern appellations are dependent on the country in which the wine was produced. History The tradition of wine appellation is very old. The oldest references are to be found in the Bible, where ''wine of Samaria'', ''wine of Carmel'', ''wine of Jezreel'', or ''wine of Helbon'' are mentioned. This tradition of appellation continued throughout the Antiquity and the Middle Ages, though without any officially sanctioned rules. Historically, the world's first exclusive (protected) vineyard zone was introduced in Chianti, Italy in 1716 and th ...
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Jacques Cheminade
Jacques Cheminade (; born 20 August 1941) is a French-Argentinian political activist. He is the head of Solidarity and Progress, the French arm of the LaRouche movement, and has thrice run for President of France. Education and professional life Cheminade was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After graduating from the HEC Paris, law school, and the École nationale d'administration, Cheminade became a career officer in the Directorate of Foreign Economic Relations of the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, a position he held until 1981. Political career Discovery of LaRouche's ideas Cheminade met Lyndon LaRouche in early 1974 in New York, where he was a commercial attaché to the French embassy from 1972 to 1977. He compares this encounter to Socratic midwifery. According to a 1976 FBI document, he was then a "rank and file member" in the National Caucus of Labor Committees, a political organization directed by Lyndon LaRouche which had founded its own "intelligence unit ...
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Demarcation Line (France)
The French demarcation line was the boundary line marking the division of Metropolitan France into the territory occupied and administered by the German Army (''Zone occupée'') in the northern and western part of France and the ''Zone libre'' (Free zone) in the south during World War II. It was created by the Armistice of 22 June 1940 after the fall of France in May 1940. The path of the demarcation line was specified in the Articles of the Armistice. It was also called the green line because it was marked green on the joint map produced at the Armistice Convention. In German, the line is known as the ''Demarkationslinie'', often shortened to ''Dema-Linie'' or even ''Dema''. Papers were required in order to cross the line legally, but few had this privilege. The demarcation line became moot in November 1942 after the Germans crossed the line and invaded the Free Zone in Operation Anton. After this, all of France was under German occupation, and the occupied zone north of ...
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Feu Fiscal
The term "feu" (French for "fire" from the Latin ''focus'' meaning ''hearth'') meant, especially in the Middle Ages, the hearth, first in the strict sense (the place where the fire burns) and figuratively: the family home (cf. the expression "without fire or place") or the family itself. Very quickly, it was used as the basic unit for assessment, calculation, and collection of tax and it was called the "feu fiscal" meaning "fire tax". Use of Taxes in the Middle Ages For tax allocation, the principle was to divide the total amount required to be collected by the number of fires, which necessitated a census of fires which was called "réel". The task was relatively simple to perform to the level of an urban district, however it took on a whole different scale in a rural area or across a kingdom. Thus, the King of France only made a single fire census in his territory – in 1328. Yet the result was incomplete as it excluded the great fiefs (e.g. Guyenne and Flanders) and some Appanages ...
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Pardies
Pardies (; oc, Pardias) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. Geography Neighbouring communes *North-East: Artix *North-West: Os-Marsillon *East: Bésingrand *West: Noguères *South-East: Parbayse *South-West: Lahourcade *South: Monein History Administration List of successive mayors of Pardies See also *Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department The following is a list of the 546 communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Pyrénées-Atlantiques {{PyrénéesAtlantiques-geo-stub ...
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Viscounts Of Béarn
The viscounts of Béarn (Basque: ''Bearno'', Gascon: ''Bearn'' or ''Biarn'') were the rulers of the viscounty of Béarn, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France. Along with the three Basque provinces of Soule, Lower Navarre, and Labourd, as well as small parts of Gascony, it forms the current ''département'' of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64). Béarn is bordered by Basque provinces Soule and Lower Navarre to the west, by Gascony ( Landes and Armagnac) to the north, by Bigorre to the east, and by Spain (Aragon) to the south. List of Viscounts of Béarn House of Gascony Until 1251, probably all counts of Gascony descended from the House Gascony, head of the Duchy of Gascony. House of Montcada * 1170–1173 : 16th William I (married to Mary) * 1173–1215 : 17th Gaston VI the Good (son) * 1215–1223 : 18th William Raymond (brother of previous) * 1223–1229 : 19th William II (son) * 1229–1290 : 20th Gaston VII the Great (s ...
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Brigitte Jobbé-Duval
Brigitte Jobbé-Duval is a French historian and linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis .... Her works include ''Paris Chrétien en 600 Questions'' (1997), ''Le Livre des Porte-Bonheur'' (2009), ''Dictionnaire des Noms de Lieux des Pyrénées-Atlantiques'' (2009), and ''Souvenirs de la Vie Quotidienne 1939-1945'' (2010) (cowritten). References 20th-century French historians Linguists from France Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century French historians 20th-century linguists 21st-century linguists French women historians Women linguists 21st-century French women writers 20th-century French women writers {{France-historian-stub ...
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Bearnese Language
Bearnese refers to anything of or relating to Béarn, especially the Bearnais people meaning native of Béarn, and may refer directly to the following articles: * Béarnese dialect * Béarnaise sauce * Béarnaise cattle * Basco-béarnaise, a type of sheep * Béarnaise dance Béarnaise dances (French - ''danses béarnaises'') are the traditional dances in Béarn, the best-known of which is the ''rond'' or ''rondeau de Gascogne'' . Context Accompaniment Instruments Song Origins Evolution See al ...
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Castétis
Castétis (; oc, Castethins) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department The following is a list of the 546 Communes of France, communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 202 ... References Communes of Pyrénées-Atlantiques {{PyrénéesAtlantiques-geo-stub ...
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