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Machecoul
Machecoul ( br, Machikoul) is a former commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Machecoul-Saint-Même. 23 November 2015. Its 5,732 inhabitants are called ''Machecoulais''. It was the site of , the opening of the in 1793. Geography The ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Massacre Of Machecoul
The Machecoul massacre is one of the first events of the War in the Vendée, a revolt against mass conscription and the civil constitution of the clergy. The first massacre took place on 11 March 1793, in the provincial city of Machecoul, in the district of the lower Loire. The city was a thriving center of grain trade; most of the victims were administrators, merchants and citizens of the city. Although the Machecoul massacre, and others that followed it, are often viewed (variously) as a royalist revolt, or a counter-revolution, twenty-first century historians generally agree that Vendee revolt was a complicated popular event brought on by anti-clericalism of the Revolution, mass conscription, and Jacobin anti-federalism. In the geographic area south of the Loire, resistance to recruitment was particularly intense, and much of this area also resented intrusion by partisans of the republic, called "blue coats", who brought with them new ideas about district and judici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falleron (river)
The Falleron is a French coastal river forming the boundary between the departments of Vendée and Loire-Atlantique and flowing into the Bay of Biscay and Atlantic Ocean via the Bay of Bourgneuf. Geography The Falleron is 52 km long, (in French.) from its source at an altitude of , in the town of Grand'Landes in the Vendée department flowing west to its mouth in the Bay of Bourgneuf at the . Hydrography The main tributaries of the Falleron upstream of Machecoul, from upstream to downstream are (), whose confluence on the right bank lies to the east of the eponymous town of Falleron and which marks the start of the boundary between Loire-Atlantique on the right bank and Vendée on the left. To the west of Falleron town () joins on the left bank. At Saint-Etienne-de-Mer-Morte the ( joins on the left bank and defines a further section of the departmental boundary. At Machecoul, the long ' ("Supply canal") or ' ("Irrigation canal"), constructed before the end of the 18th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machecoul-Saint-Même
Machecoul-Saint-Même (; br, Machikoul-Sant-Masen) is a commune in the department of Loire-Atlantique, western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Machecoul and Saint-Même-le-Tenu. 23 November 2015 Machecoul station has rail connections to Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and Nantes. Population See also *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department
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Shifnal
Shifnal is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, about east of Telford, 17 miles (27 km) east of the county town of Shrewsbury and 13 miles (20 km) west-northwest of the city of Wolverhampton. It is near the M54 motorway (Junction 4). At the 2001 census, it had a population of 6,391, increasing to 6,776 at the 2011 census. History Early medieval time The town, also once known as "Idsall" (relating to potential Roman links), most probably began as an Anglian settlement, established by the end of the 7th century. Shifnal is thought to be the place named "Scuffanhalch" in a 9th-century charter, as a possession of the monastery at Medeshamstede (later Peterborough Abbey). Though this seems a dubious claim, and the ancient charter is in fact a 12th-century forgery, the full picture is more complex. Sir Frank Stenton considered that "Scuffanhalch", along with "Costesford" ( Cosford) and "Stretford", formed part of a list of places which had once been c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War In The Vendée
The war in the Vendée (french: link=no, Guerre de Vendée) was a counter-revolution from 1793 to 1796 in the Vendée region of France during the French Revolution. The Vendée is a coastal region, located immediately south of the river Loire in Western France. Initially, the revolt was similar to the 14th-century Jacquerie peasant uprising, but the Vendée quickly became counter-revolutionary and Royalist. The revolt headed by the newly-formed Catholic and Royal Army was comparable to the Chouannerie, which took place in the area north of the Loire. While elsewhere in France the revolts against the were repressed, an insurgent territory, called the by historians, formed south of the Loire-Inférieure (Brittany), south-west of Maine-et-Loire (Anjou), north of Vendée and north-west of Deux-Sèvres ( Poitou). Gradually referred to as the "Vendeans", the insurgents established in April a " Catholic and Royal Army" which won a succession of victories in the spring and summ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilles De Rais
Gilles de Rais (c. 1405 – 26 October 1440), Baron de Rais (), was a knight and lord from Brittany, Anjou and Poitou, a leader in the French army, and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He is best known for his reputation and later conviction as a confessed serial killer of children. A member of the House of Montmorency-Laval, Gilles de Rais grew up under the tutelage of his maternal grandfather and increased his fortune by marriage. He earned the favour of the Duke of Brittany and was admitted to the French court. From 1427 to 1435, Rais served as a commander in the French army, and fought alongside Joan of Arc against the English and their Burgundian allies during the Hundred Years' War, for which he was appointed Marshal of France. In 1434 or 1435, he retired from military life, depleted his wealth by staging an extravagant theatrical spectacle of his own composition, and was accused of dabbling in the occult. After 1432, Rais was accused of engaging in a series of c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gitane
Gitane is a French manufacturer of bicycles based in Machecoul, France; the name "Gitane" means gypsy woman. The brand was synonymous with French bicycle racing from the 1960s through the mid-1980s, sponsoring riders such as Jacques Anquetil (1963–1965), Lucien Van Impe (1974–1976), Bernard Hinault (1975–1983), Laurent Fignon (1982–1988), and Greg LeMond (1981–1984). It is owned by Grimaldi Industri AB. History Cycles Gitane have their roots in 1925, when Marcel Brunelière opened a smith and agricultural repair works at Machecoul in the Loire-Atlantique region of France. He began making parts for bicycles and the following year opened a further workshop to assemble bicycles for G.M.B and Marbru. Brunelière began making his own bicycles in 1930, choosing the name Gitane (meaning "gypsy" eminine. He added light motorcycles in the 1950s. The name changed to Micmo in 1960 but continued to sell Gitane bicycles. Nearly a third of Micmo was owned by Renault, the car-mak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Même-le-Tenu
Saint-Même-le-Tenu (; br, Sant-Masen-ar-Porzh) is a former commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Machecoul-Saint-Même. 23 November 2015 Population See also *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department
The following is a list of the 207 communes of the Loire-Atlantique department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):
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Vendée
Vendée (; br, Vande) is a department in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France, on the Atlantic coast. In 2019, it had a population of 685,442.Populations légales 2019: 85 Vendée INSEE Its prefecture is . History The area today called the Vendée was originally known as the ''Bas-Poitou'' and is part of the former province of . In the southeast corner, the village of |
Bourgneuf-en-Retz
Bourgneuf-en-Retz (; br, Bourc'hnevez-Raez) is a former commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Villeneuve-en-Retz. 29 September 2015 Climate Climate Les Moutiers en Retz Population Transport Gare de Bourgneuf-en-Retz is served by train services between and[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fresnay-en-Retz
Fresnay-en-Retz (, literally ''Fresnay in Retz''; br, Onnod-Raez) is a former commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Villeneuve-en-Retz. 29 September 2015 See also *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department
The following is a list of the 207 communes of the Loire-Atlantique department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):
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Saint-Mars-de-Coutais
Saint-Mars-de-Coutais (; br, Sant-Marzh-ar-C'hoad) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Transport Gare de Port-Saint-Père-Saint-Mars is served by train services between Pornic, Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and Nantes. See also *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department The following is a list of the 207 communes of the Loire-Atlantique department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Saintmarsdecoutais {{LoireAtlantique-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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