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Beauvais is a city in Picardy, France. Beauvais may also refer to: *AS Beauvais Oise, French football club *Arrondissement of Beauvais, arrondissement of France * Beauvais Cathedral * Beauvais (surname) * Beauvais Lake (Alberta), lake in Alberta, Canada See also *Beauvais tapestry The Beauvais Manufactory () is a historic tapestry factory in Beauvais, France. It was the second in importance, after the Gobelins Manufactory, of French tapestry workshops that were established under the general direction of Jean-Baptiste Colbert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauvais
Beauvais ( , ; pcd, Bieuvais) is a city and commune in northern France, and prefecture of the Oise département, in the Hauts-de-France region, north of Paris. The commune of Beauvais had a population of 56,020 , making it the most populous city in the Oise department, and third most-populous in Picardy. Together with its suburbs and satellite towns, the metropolitan area of Beauvais has a population of 128,020. The region around Beauvais is called the Beauvaisis. History Beauvais was known to the Romans by the Gallo-Roman name of ''Caesaromagus'' (''magos'' is Common Celtic for "field"). The post-Renaissance Latin rendering is ''Bellovacum'' from the Belgic tribe the Bellovaci, whose capital it was. In the ninth century it became a county (comté), which about 1013 passed to the bishops of Beauvais, who became peers of France from the twelfth century. This cites V. Lhuillier, ''Choses du vieux Beauvais et du Beauvaisis'' (1896). At the coronations of kings the Bishop of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AS Beauvais Oise
Association Sportive Beauvais Oise (; commonly referred to as AS Beauvais, ASBO, or simply Beauvais) is a French association football club based in Beauvais. The club was formed in 1945 as a result of a merger and currently play in the Championnat National 2, the fourth level of French football. Beauvais plays its home matches at the Stade Pierre Brisson located within the city. History AS Beauvais Oise was founded in 1945 under the name ''AS Beauvais-Marissel'' as a result of a merger between local clubs ''Véloce Club Beauvaisien'', ''Union Sportive de Voisinlieu'' and ''GS Marissel''. The club began its history as an amateur club, but achieved professional status in 1986, changing its name to the simpler AS Beauvais. From 1986–2003, Beauvais played mostly in the second division of French football. In 1989 the name of the club was changed to AS Beauvais Oise. In 2004 the club was relegated from the Championnat National and gave up its professional status. Players Curr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrondissement Of Beauvais
The arrondissement of Beauvais is an arrondissement of France in the Oise department in the Hauts-de-France region. It comprises 245 communes. Its population is 229,183 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Beauvais, and their INSEE codes, are: # Abancourt (60001) # Abbecourt (60002) # Achy (60004) # Allonne (60009) # Amblainville (60010) # Andeville (60012) # Auchy-la-Montagne (60026) # Auneuil (60029) # Auteuil (60030) # Bailleul-sur-Thérain (60041) # Bazancourt (60049) # Beaudéduit (60051) # Beauvais (60057) # Berneuil-en-Bray (60063) # Berthecourt (60065) # Blacourt (60073) # Blancfossé (60075) # Blargies (60076) # Blicourt (60077) # Bonlier (60081) # Bonnières (60084) # Bornel (60088) # Boubiers (60089) # Bouconvillers (60090) # Boury-en-Vexin (60095) # Boutencourt (60097) # Bouvresse (60098) # Bresles (60103) # Briot (60108) # Brombos (60109) # Broquiers (60110) # Buicourt (60114) # Campeaux (60122) # C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauvais Cathedral
The Cathedral of Saint Peter of Beauvais (french: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais) is a Roman Catholic church in the northern town of Beauvais, Oise, France. It is the seat of the Bishop of Beauvais, Noyon and Senlis. The cathedral is in the Gothic style, and consists of a 13th-century choir, with an apse and seven polygonal apsidal chapels reached by an ambulatory, joined to a 16th-century transept. It has the highest Gothic choir in the world: (48.50 m) under vault. From 1569 to 1573 the cathedral of Beauvais was, with its tower of 153 meters, the highest human construction of the world. Its designers had the ambition to make it the largest gothic cathedral in France ahead of Amiens. Victim of two collapses, one in the 13th century, the other in the 16th century, it remains unfinished today; only the choir and the transept have been built. The planned nave of the cathedral was never constructed. The remnant of the previous 10th-century Romanesque cathedral, known as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauvais (surname)
Beauvais is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Armand Beauvais (1783–1843), American politician *Bernadette Beauvais (born 1949), French politician *Denis Beauvais (born 1962), Canadian artist * Garcelle Beauvais (born 1966), Haitian actress and model * Laurent Beauvais (born 1952), French politician * René Beauvais (1795–1837), Canadian carpenter and woodcarver *Robert Beauvais (1911–1982), French writer and journalist *Tammy Beauvais, Indigenous Canadian fashion designer *William Beauvais William Eugene Beauvais (born October 9, 1956) is a Canadian classical guitarist and composer who has performed in the United States, Europe, and across Canada. Early life Beauvais completed a Bachelor of Music in Music Performance at the Universi ... (born 1956), Canadian classical guitarist and composer {{surname French-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauvais Lake (Alberta)
This is a list of lakes in Alberta, Canada. Most of Alberta's lakes were formed during the last glaciation, about 12,000 years ago. There are many different types of lakes in Alberta, from glacial lakes in the Canadian Rockies to small shallow lakes in the prairies, brown water lakes in the northern boreal forest and muskeg, kettle holes and large lakes with sandy beaches and clear water in the central plains. Distribution of the lakes throughout the province of Alberta is irregular, with many water bodies in the wet boreal plains in the north, and very few in the semi-arid Palliser's Triangle in the southeast. __TOC__ River basins Most of Alberta's waters are drained in a general north or northeastern direction, with six major rivers forming four major watersheds collecting the water and removing it from the province: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
