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Charenton (other)
''Charenton'' is the name or part of the name of several places: France * Charenton-le-Pont, in the Val-de-Marne ''département'', a commune which has a common border with Paris * Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, a neighboring commune that was called Charenton-Saint-Maurice until 1842 ** Charenton (asylum) * Charenton-du-Cher, in the Cher ''département'' *Rue de Charenton, a street in Paris United States * Charenton, Louisiana Charenton (historically french: Lieu-des-Chetimachas) is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,903 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Morgan City Micropolitan Statistical Area. ...
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Charenton-le-Pont
Charenton-le-Pont () is a Communes of France, commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris, to the north of the confluence of the Seine and Marne (river), Marne rivers; the () part of the name refers to the stone bridge across the Marne. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe. The Charenton (asylum), Charenton Psychiatric Hospital is located in the neighbouring commune Charenton-Saint-Maurice, which changed its name in 1842 to Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, Saint Maurice. History A Bronze Age hoard of weapons was found in the river Seine at Charenton in the late nineteenth century. Comprising swords, axes, spearheads and other miscellaneous objects, it is now in the British Museum. Charenton was always a point of importance for the defence of the capital, and was frequently the scene of bloody conflicts. The Fort de Charenton, fort of Charenton, located in Maisons-Alfort but intended to d ...
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Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne
Saint-Maurice () is a Communes of France, commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris. The insane asylum Charenton (asylum), Charenton was located in Saint-Maurice; it is now a psychiatric hospital. History Originally called Charenton-Saint-Maurice, the name of the commune was officially shortened to Saint-Maurice in 1842. In 1929, the commune of Saint-Maurice lost half of its territory when the city of Paris annexed the Bois de Vincennes, a part of which belonged to Saint-Maurice. Geography Climate Saint-Maurice has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Saint-Maurice is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Saint-Maurice was on 25 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 10 Dece ...
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Charenton (asylum)
Charenton was a lunatic asylum, founded in 1645 by the Frères de la Charité or Brothers of Charity in Charenton-Saint-Maurice, now Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, France. Charenton was first under monastic rule, then Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul took over the asylum after their founding. Although the town itself was the location of the headquarters of the French Huguenots in the 1500s and 1600s, the founders of Charenton were Catholic. At the time, many hospitals and asylums were Catholic institutions after the Council of Trent and the counter reformation. Charenton was known for its humanitarian treatment of patients, especially under its director the Abbé de Coulmier in the early 19th century. He showed a remarkable aptitude for understanding Psychoanalytic theory. He used the technique of art therapy to help patients manifest their madness through physical art forms. Now merged under a n ...
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Charenton-du-Cher
Charenton-du-Cher () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography An area of farming, forestry and a little light industry comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of both the canal de Berry and the river Marmande, some southeast of Bourges at the junction of the D951 with the D1 and D953 roads. Population Sights * The church of St. Martin, dating from the eleventh century. * The motte of a tenth-century castle (30m diameter, 10m high). * A fifteenth-century house on the rue Blanche. * An old forge and its associated buildings, La "Grosse Forge" * Remains of the convent abbey of Notre-Dame de Bellevaux, founded in 620. * The remains of the 15th century chapel of St. Julien. * A public washhouse. See also *Communes of the Cher department The following is a list of the 287 communes of the Cher department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):
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Rue De Charenton
The Rue de Charenton is a historic street in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. Several buildings along the street have been listed as official historical monuments by the French Ministry of Culture The Ministry of Culture (french: Ministère de la Culture) is the ministry of the Government of France in charge of national museums and the . Its goal is to maintain the French identity through the promotion and protection of the arts (visua ..., namely numbers 23-25, number 35, numbers 49-51, numbers 59-61, and number 85 bis. References 12th arrondissement of Paris {{France-stub ...
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