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Barras (other)
Barras may refer to: Places * Barras, Cumbria, England * Barras, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France * Barras, Piauí, Brazil * Duas Barras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * Sete Barras, São Paulo, Brazil Other uses * Barras (surname) * Barras (market), a street and indoor weekend market in Glasgow, Scotland * Barras (people), the inhabitants of Ovifat, Waimes, Liège, Belgium * Barras Futebol Club, a Brazilian football club * Operation Barras, a British army hostage rescue in Sierra Leone See also * Baras (other) * Barrass Barrass is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Barrass, 19th-century English poet and songwriter *Malcolm Barrass, English football player born in 1924, son of Matt Barrass (born 1899) and grandfather of Matt Barrass (bo ... * Banderas {{disambiguation, geo ...
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Barras, Cumbria
Barras is a hamlet close to the River Belah, about south-east of Brough, Cumbria, England. Until the creation of the new county of Cumbria, Barras was situated at the eastern edge of the historic county of Westmorland. The hamlet is located at approximately above sea level. From 1861 until 1962 it was served by Barras railway station on the Stainmore railway line between Kirkby Stephen and Barnard Castle Barnard Castle (, ) is a market town on the north bank of the River Tees, in County Durham, Northern England. The town is named after and built around a medieval castle ruin. The town's Bowes Museum's has an 18th-century Silver Swan automato .... References Hamlets in Cumbria Eden District {{Cumbria-geo-stub ...
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Barras, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Barras (; oc, Barràs) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of south-eastern France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Barrasiens'' or ''Barrasiennes''. Geography Barras is located some 6 km west of Digne-les-Bains and 14 km south-east of Sisteron. The highest point in the commune is the summit of Ruth (1298m). The sole access to the commune is the D17 road which branches from Route nationale N85 at Mallemoisson and goes north through the commune and the village and continues north to join the D3 near Thoard. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Les Bourguignons and Les Beauduns. The commune is mostly farmland on a fairly rugged landscape. ''Les Duyes'' stream forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows south to join the Bléone west of ''Les Grillons''. The ''Ravin de Vaunaves'' forms most of the north-eastern border as it flows south-east to join Les Duyes. The ''Ravin de Fu ...
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Barras, Piauí
Barras is a municipality in the state of Piauí in the Northeast region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Piauí This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Piauí (PI), located in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Piauí is divided into 224 municipalities, which are grouped into 15 microregions, which are grouped into 4 mesoregions. See als ... References Municipalities in Piauí {{Piauí-geo-stub ...
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Duas Barras
Duas Barras () is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 11,528 (2020) and its area is 375.238 km².IBGE The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ( pt, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; IBGE) is the agency responsible for official collection of statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information ... - The town has a historic centre with colourful painted homes around its main square. References Municipalities in Rio de Janeiro (state) {{RiodeJaneiro-geo-stub ...
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Sete Barras
Sete Barras is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 12,780 (2020 est.) in an area of 1063 km². The elevation is 30 m. The municipality contains part of the Carlos Botelho State Park, created in 1982. It contains part of the Serra do Mar Environmental Protection Area, created in 1984. It also contains part of the Intervales State Park The Intervales State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual Intervales) is a State park (Brazil), state park in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Brazil. It protects an area of Atlantic Forest, including parts of the Serra de Paranapiacaba and the R ..., created in 1995. References Municipalities in São Paulo (state) {{SaoPauloState-geo-stub ...
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Barras (surname)
Barras is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Barras (1914–1986), Australian cricketer * Charlotte Barras (born 1982), English rugby union player * Claude Barras (born 1973), Swiss director * Gérard Barras (born 1937), Swiss athlete * Jacques-Melchior Saint-Laurent, Comte de Barras (1719–1793), French naval officer * Martin Barras (born 1962), French-Canadian cycling coach * Paul Barras (1755–1829), French politician * Romain Barras (born 1980), French decathlete * Sébastien Barras (1653–1703), French painter and engraver * Sid Barras (born 1948), English cyclist * Taylor Barras (born 1957), American politician * Tom Barras Tom Barras may refer to: * Tom Barras (cyclist), English road racing cyclist * Tom Barras (rower) Thomas Elliott Barras (born 7 January 1994) is a British rower. He won a bronze medal in the single scull at the 2017 World Championships and a ... (born 1978), English cyclist * Tony Barras (born 1971), English ...
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Barras (market)
The Barras is a major street and indoor weekend market in the East End of Glasgow, Scotland. The term "Barra" is Glaswegian dialect for "barrow" relating to the market's early years where traders sold their wares from handcarts. Barrowland is sometimes used to describe the Calton district of Glasgow, where the market is located. History One of Glasgow's most famous institutions, The Barras was founded by James and Margaret McIver in the interwar years. Several of the smaller 1921-era market halls still bear the McIver name, although the main Barrowland Ballroom building was rebuilt after a fire in 1958, reopening in 1960. The ballroom has become a world-famous musical venue. There was a 'barra's queen.' The original building opened in 1934 in a mercantile area east of Glasgow's city centre. The Barrowland building includes large street-level halls used for the weekend markets, with a sizeable weatherproof dance hall above. The front of the building is decorated with a dis ...
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Barras (people)
Ovifat ( wa, Ôvîfa ) is a village of Wallonia in the municipality of Waimes, district of Robertville, located in the province of Liège, Belgium. The population is about 500. Its inhabitants are nicknamed ''Baras'' (ram Ram, ram, or RAM may refer to: Animals * A male sheep * Ram cichlid, a freshwater tropical fish People * Ram (given name) * Ram (surname) * Ram (director) (Ramsubramaniam), an Indian Tamil film director * RAM (musician) (born 1974), Dutch * ...s). Waimes Populated places in Liège Province Ski areas and resorts in Belgium {{Liege-geo-stub ...
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Barras Futebol Club
, Barras Futebol Club, commonly known as Barras, is a Brazilian football club based in Barras, Piauí state. They competed in the Série C twice and competed in the Copa do Brasil once. History The club was founded on November 15, 2004. Barras won the Campeonato Piauiense in 2008. They competed in the Série C in 2007, when they reached the Final Stage, finishing in the 7th position, but failing to gain promotion to the following year's Série B, and in 2008, when they were eliminated in the First Stage of the competition. Barras will play against ABC in the First Round of the 2011 Copa do Brasil. Achievements * Campeonato Piauiense: ** Winners (1): 2008 * Copa Piauí ** Winners (1): 2007 * Campeonato Piauiense Second Division Campeonato Piauiense Second Division is the second level of the football league of the State of Piauí, Brazil. It is organized by the Federação de Futebol do Piauí The Federação de Futebol do Piauí (English: Football Association of Piauí . ...
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Operation Barras
Operation Barras was a British Army operation that took place in Sierra Leone on 10 September 2000, during the late stages of Sierra Leone Civil War, the nation's civil war. The operation aimed to release five British soldiers of the Royal Irish Regiment and their Sierra Leone Army (SLA) liaison officer, who were being held by a militia group known as the "West Side Boys". The soldiers were part of a patrol that was returning from a visit to Jordanian peacekeepers attached to the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) at Masiaka on 25 August 2000 when they turned off the main road and down a track towards the village of Magbeni. There the patrol of twelve men was overwhelmed by a large number of heavily armed rebels, taken prisoner, and transported to Gberi Bana on the opposite side of Rokel Creek. Negotiators secured the release of six of the soldiers, but were unable to gain the freedom of the remaining five and their SLA liaison officer before the West Side Boy ...
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Baras (other)
Baras may refer to: * Baras (Sophene), a town of ancient Sophene, in Mesopotamia * Baras, Catanduanes, a municipality in the Philippines * Baras, Rizal, a municipality in the Philippines * Baras, Indonesia, a subdistrict in Pasangkayu Regency, West Sulawesi * ''Baras'' (TV Lithuania) a Lithuanian reality television program, based on ''The Bar'' Swedish reality competition television franchise *; documentary about the avant-garde Lithuanian actor and filmmaker Artūras Barysas Artūras Barysas "Baras" (May 10, 1954 – January 28, 2005) was a Lithuanian actor, singer, photographer, and filmmaker, known as a member of the counter-culture and the father of modern Lithuanian avant-garde. Biography As a teenager moved ... "Baras". * Baras, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India See also * Barras (other) * Barrass {{dab, geo ...
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Barrass
Barrass is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Barrass, 19th-century English poet and songwriter *Malcolm Barrass, English football player born in 1924, son of Matt Barrass (born 1899) and grandfather of Matt Barrass (born 1980) * Matt Barrass (footballer, born 1980), English football player born in 1980 and great-grandson of Matt Barrass (born 1899) *Matt Barrass (footballer, born 1899), English football player born in 1899 * Natalie Barrass, presenter on the former BBC children's radio programme ''The Big Toe Radio Show'' * Tom Barrass, Australian rules footballer See also * Henry Barrass Stadium, a small stadium in Jubilee Park, Edmonton, Enfield, London * Barras (other) *Baras (other) Baras may refer to: * Baras (Sophene), a town of ancient Sophene, in Mesopotamia * Baras, Catanduanes, a municipality in the Philippines * Baras, Rizal, a municipality in the Philippines * Baras, Indonesia, a subdistrict in Pasangkayu Regency, We ... ...
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