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Clermont may refer to: Places Australia * Clermont, Queensland, a town in the Isaac Region Belgium * Clermont-sur-Berwinne, a town in Wallonia Canada * Clermont, Prince Edward Island * Clermont, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec * Clermont, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec France * Clermont, Ariège, in the Ariège ''département'' * Clermont, Haute-Savoie, in the Haute-Savoie ''département'' * Clermont, Landes, in the Landes ''département'' * Clermont, Oise, ''sous-préfecture'' of the Oise ''département'' ** Arrondissement of Clermont, in the Oise ''département'' * Clermont-Ferrand, in the Puy-de-Dôme ''département'' Greece * Chlemoutsi, Greece, originally named Clermont Ireland * Clermont Carn, a mountain in County Louth, Ireland South Africa * Clermont, KwaZulu-Natal, a township in Durban, South Africa United States * Clermont, Florida, a city * Clermont, Georgia, a town * Clermont, Indiana, a town * Clermont, Iowa, a city * Clermont, Kentucky, a USGS-designated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clermont, Queensland
Clermont is a rural town and locality in the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia. At the , the locality of Clermont had a population of 2952 people. Clermont is a major hub for the large coal mines in the region as well as serving agricultural properties. Geography Clermont is south-west of Mackay, at the junction of the Gregory and Peak Downs highways. The historic towns of North Copperfield () and South Copperfield (), often referred to collectively as Copperfield are along Christoe Street approximately south-west of the Clermont town centre. The Gregory Highway runs through the eastern end, and the Peak Downs Highway enters from the east. The Clermont Connection Road links the Gregory Highway to the CBD, and the Clermont-Alpha Road starts in the CBD and exits to the south-west. History '' Gangalu (Gangulu, Kangulu, Kanolu, Kaangooloo, Khangulu)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Gangula country. The Gangula language region includes the towns of Clermo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clermont, Iowa
Clermont is a city in Fayette County, Iowa, United States. The population was 586 at the 2020 census. Clermont is home to Montauk, the mansion of former Iowa governor William Larrabee, along with much historic architecture. Scenes for the movie ''The Straight Story'' were filmed here. Geography Clermont is located at (42.999339, -91.654699) on the Turkey River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 632 people, 276 households, and 184 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 310 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 98.3% White, 1.1% Asian, 0.3% from other races, and 0.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.4% of the population. There were 276 households, of which 25.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.5% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viscount Clermont
Viscount Clermont, of Clermont in the County of Louth, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1776 for William Fortescue, 1st Baron Clermont, with special remainder in default of male issue of his own to his brother James Fortescue and the heirs male of his body. He was the son of Thomas Fortescue (1683–1769), an Irish Member of Parliament and a descendant of the prominent and widespread family of Fortescue of Whympston in the parish of Modbury in Devon, England, the earliest Fortescue seat in the British Isles. Of the many branches of the Fortescue family which remained in Devon, that seated at Filleigh inherited in 1721 the ancient title Baron Clinton in the Peerage of England and subsequently obtained new titles in the Peerage of Great Britain of Baron Fortescue (1746), Earl Clinton (1746), Viscount Ebrington (1789) and Earl Fortescue (1789). William Henry Fortescue had already been made Baron Clermont, of Clermont in the County of Louth, in the Peerag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Clermont
The House of Clermont is a noble family of the French region of Picardy dating from the 10th century and included both the early counts of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis as well as many Constables of France. The house eventually merged with the House of Nesle with the marriage of Raoul II of Clermont and Gertrude of Nesle. The family is the sometimes referred to as the House of Clermont-Nesle (''Maison de Clermont-Nesle''). The founders of the House of Clermont are known by name only and are among the early counts of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis: * Baldwin I of Clermont (through 1023) * Baldwin II of Clermont (1023–1042), son of Baldwin I * Renaud I of Clermont (1042–1088), son-in-law of Baldwin II. The first Clermont for which there is any information is Hugh I, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis (1030–1102), son of Renaud I. Hugh married Marguerite, daughter of Hilduin IV, Count of Montdidier. Among their children were: * Renaud II, Hugh's successor as count (see below) * Ermentrude, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clermont Huger Lee
Clermont Huger Lee (March 4, 1914 – June 14, 2006) was a landscape architect from Savannah, Georgia, most known for her work designing gardens and parks for historical landmarks in the state. Specifically, Lee is known for her designs such as the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, Isaiah Davenport House and Owens-Thomas House. Lee assisted in founding of the Georgia State Board of Landscape Architects which serves as a licensing board for landscape architects throughout Georgia. She is considered one of the first women to establish their own private architecture practice in Georgia and was inducted into the Georgia Women of Achievement in 2017 and Savannah College of Art and Design's Savannah Women of Vision on February 14, 2020. SCAD honors Lee with a gold relief in its Arnold hall. Early life and education Lee was born in 1914 in Savannah, Georgia. Lee's father, Lawrence Lee, MD worked as a physician and her mother, Clermont Kinloch Huger Lee was a gardener. She was the olde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clermont (mathematician)
Clermont was a 17th-century French mathematician and military engineer. His book about practical geometry, ''La geometrie pratique de l'ingenieur, ou L'art de mesurer'' (1693), was a reference work reprinted for 60 years. Clermont served in the French Army as artillery commissary A commissary is a government official charged with oversight or an ecclesiastical official who exercises in special circumstances the jurisdiction of a bishop. In many countries, the term is used as an administrative or police title. It often c .... Works * * References {{Authority control 17th-century births 18th-century deaths 17th-century French mathematicians French engineers Military engineers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clermont (surname)
Clermont or de Clermont is the surname of: * Andien de Clermont (died 1783), French painter * Araminta de Clermont (born 1971), British photographer * Gaston Clermont (1913–2005), Canadian politician and businessman * Maurice Clermont (born 1944), Canadian politician * Nicolas Clermont (1942–2001), French film producer * Philippe de Clermont (1831–1921), French organic chemist * Pierre Clermont (1941–2020), birth name of Pat Patterson (wrestler), Canadian–American wrestler and producer * René Clermont (1921–1994), French stage and film actor and playwright * Shannon and Shannade Clermont (born 1994), twin American models and television personalities See also * Abraham of Clermont (died c. 479), founder and abbot of the monastery of St.Cyriacus in Clermont-Ferrand, saint of the Syrian Orthodox Church * Catherine of Clermont (died 1212/1213), Countess of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis in her own right and Countess of Blois by marriage * Jean de Clermont (died 1356), Lord of Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clermont (Berryville, Virginia)
Clermont is a farm and national historic district located near Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia. The main house was created by Edward Snickers in five parts, beginning in 1756, with additions ''circa'' 1770, 1810 and 1840, with a final addition in 1970. The house has an unusual plan with a stair perpendicular to the central hall. The original land grant was made from Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron to John Vance in 1751. Vance, born in 1699, was from County Tyrone in Ireland, sailing to America in 1731. In 1753 he sold the property to Thomas Wadlington, who in turn sold to Edward Snickers, who ran a tavern and a ferry on the Shenandoah River The Shenandoah River is the principal tributary of the Potomac River, long with two forks approximately long each,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 15, 2011 in t ... near Williams Gap, later called Snickers Gap. His son William inherited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clermont (Alexandria, Virginia)
Clermont was an 18th-century plantation in Fairfax County (now Alexandria), Virginia, United States. Clermont is best known as the home of John Mason (April 4, 1766 – March 19, 1849), an early American merchant and planter and a son of George Mason, a Founding Father of the United States. Clermont is also known for being the birthplace of Fitzhugh Lee (November 9, 1835 – April 18, 1905), nephew of Robert E. Lee, grandson of John Mason, Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War, Governor of Virginia, diplomat, and United States Army general in the Spanish–American War. History Clermont Plantation was built by Benjamin Dulaney in the late 18th century. Dulaney, a friend of George Washington, used the estate as his summer residence. Clermont was large in size with two parlors, eleven bedrooms, and multiple outbuildings. Dulaney's family members were loyalists during the American Revolutionary War and many of them lost their possessions and property. Dulaney's prop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clermont County, Ohio
Clermont County, popularly called Clermont ( ), is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 208,601. Ordinanced in 1800 as part of the Virginia Military District, Clermont is Ohio's eighth oldest county, the furthest county west in Appalachian Ohio, and the eleventh oldest county of the former Northwest Territory. Clermont County is part of the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is named for the Clermont Province of France, the home of Vercingetorix, from the French "clear hills or mountain." Its county seat is Batavia. History Clermont's name is taken from a prefecture in France notable as the home of Celtic leader Vercingetorix who led the unified Gallic resistance to Roman invasion. Clermont connotes "clear mountain," which describes the hills when viewed through the thick Ohio River fog. During the Age of Discovery, the French became the first recorded Europeans to see this land from the Ohio River, thou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clermont State Historic Site
The Clermont State Historic Site, also known as the Clermont estate, the Clermont Manor or just Clermont, is a New York State Historic Site in southwestern Columbia County, New York, United States. It protects the former estate of the Livingston family, seven generations of whom lived on the site over more than two centuries. History The name Clermont derives from "clear mountain" in French and was inspired by the view of the Catskill Mountains across the Hudson River from the estate. The estate was established by Robert Livingston of the famous Livingston family following the death of his father, the first Lord of Livingston Manor, in 1728; while most of the manor was inherited by the eldest son Philip Livingston, in the southwest corner, later named Clermont, was willed to Robert. The original house was built about 1740. Robert Livingston of Clermont died on June 27, 1775, and the estate passed to his son, Robert, who was known as 'Judge Livingston' to distinguish him from h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clermont, New York
Clermont is a town in Columbia County, New York, United States. The population was 1,965 at the 2010 census. The name of the town is French for "Clear Mountain", in reference to the mountain views in the town. The town is in the southwestern corner of Columbia County, south of the city of Hudson. History "Clermont" was originally one of the oldest of the great estates of the mid-Hudson valley. The Clermont Manor was established in 1728, in what is now the town of Clermont. The manor was originally part of the Livingston Manor; Clermont was a section in the southwest corner that was bequeathed to Robert Livingston, a younger son. His descendants would come to own more than in the Catskill Mountains and more than in Dutchess County. Clermont marked the northernmost penetration by British troops up the Hudson River during the American Revolution; Livingston's home was burned because of his prominent role in the Revolution. It was rebuilt between 1779 and 1782. The house is no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
