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Heillecourt
Heillecourt () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. The 18th-century French historian, diplomat and Encyclopédiste Jean-Baptiste Luton Durival (1725–1810) died in Heillecourt as well as his brother Nicolas Luton Durival (1713–1795). Population See also * Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department The following is a list of the 591 Communes of France, communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2022): References Communes of Meurthe-et-Moselle {{MeurtheMoselle-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Métropole Du Grand Nancy
Métropole du Grand Nancy is the ''métropole'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Nancy. It is located in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, in the Grand Est region, northeastern France. It was created in July 2016, replacing the previous ''Communauté urbaine du Grand Nancy''. Its area is 142.3 km2. Its population was 257,431 in 2018, of which 104,885 in Nancy proper.Comparateur de territoire INSEE. 4 April 2022. History The Urban Community of Greater Nancy ( French: ''Communauté urbaine du Grand Nancy''), was created in 1996. On July 1, 2016, the Metropolitan community replaced the Urban Community in accordance with a decree of April 2016. ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Baptiste Luton Durival
Jean-Baptiste Luton Durival (4 July 1725 – 14 February 1810) was an 18th-century French historian, diplomat and Encyclopédiste. Life His father was Jacques Durival, ''Officier de la garde robe de Son Altesse royale (S.A.R.)'', married since 29 October 1712 to Anne Humblot, his mother. Overall, the family consisted of three sons, Nicolas-Luton Durival the elder one, then Jean-Baptiste Luton and Claude Durival (1728–1805) and two daughters Catherine and Marie Anne Durival. While his elder brother was ''secrétaire des conseils d’État et des finances'' under Stanisław Leszczyński, Jean-Baptiste took the post of first secretary of Foreign Affairs, ''premier secrétaire des affaires étrangères'', under the Duke Étienne-François de Choiseul and led a diplomatic career. In 1777, he was summoned to the Dutch Republic as Minister of France. He was married to Louise Élisabeth Dufrène (1738–1819). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Luton Durival
Nicolas-Luton Durival (13 November 1713, in Commercy – 21 December 1795, in Heillecourt) was an 18th-century Lorrain civil servant, historian and geographer who became French after 1766. Biography The elder son of Jean-Baptiste Luton Durival, Nicolas Durival spent his entire career in the Lorraine administration. Having a good education, he was placed in the offices of the Intendance of the Duchy of Lorraine, and applied himself fully to acquire the knowledge necessary to an administrator. Struck with the imperfection of the works that existed on the topography of Lorraine, he formed the project to write one that would depart from the drought classifications and the prolixity of particular stories, contain accurate records on cities, towns and villages of this country. He published various essays to better understand if the project would be enjoyed and to request help from enlightened people ; he finally brought out, after twenty years of work and research, a ''Description de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Meurthe-et-Moselle Department
The following is a list of the 591 Communes of France, communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2022):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 17 November 2022. *Métropole du Grand Nancy *Communauté d'agglomération Grand Longwy Agglomération *Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (partly) *Communauté de communes du Bassin de Pompey *Communauté de communes du Bassin de Pont-à-Mousson *Communauté de communes Cœur du Pays-Haut (partly) *Communauté de communes Mad et Moselle (partly) *Communauté de communes Meurthe, Mortagne, Moselle *Communauté de communes Moselle et Madon *Communauté de communes Orne Lorraine Conflue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Meurthe-et-Moselle () is a department in the Grand Est region of France, named after the rivers Meurthe and Moselle. It had a population of 733,760 in 2019.Populations légales 2019: 54 Meurthe-et-Moselle INSEE History Meurthe-et-Moselle was created in 1871 at the end of the Franco-Prussian War from the parts of the former departments of Moselle and Meurthe which remained French territory. The current boundary between Meurthe-et-Moselle and Moselle was ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-six departments are in metropolitan France, and five are overseas departments, which are also classified as overseas regions. Departments are further subdivided into 332 arrondissements, and these are divided into cantons. The last two levels of government have no autonomy; they are the basis of local organisation of police, fire departments and, sometimes, administration of elections. Each department is administered by an elected body called a departmental council ( ing. lur.. From 1800 to April 2015, these were called general councils ( ing. lur.. Each council has a president. Their main areas of responsibility include the management of a number of social and welfare allowances, of junior high school () buildings and technical staff, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encyclopédistes
The Encyclopédistes () (also known in British English as Encyclopaedists, or in U.S. English as Encyclopedists) were members of the , a French writers' society, who contributed to the development of the ''Encyclopédie'' from June 1751 to December 1765 under the editors Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert. History The composition of the 17 volumes of text and 11 volumes of plates of the ''Encyclopédie'' was the work of over 150 authors belonging, in large part, to the intellectual group known as the philosophes. They promoted the advancement of science and secular thought and supported tolerance, rationality, and open-mindedness of the Enlightenment. More than a hundred encyclopédistes have been identified. They were not a unified group, neither in ideology nor social class.Frank A. Kafker, ''The Encyclopedists as a Group: A Collective Biography of the Authors of the Encyclopédie'' (Oxford: Voltaire Foundation, 1996). Below some of the contributors are listed in alpha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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