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Maurice Andrieux
Maurice Andrieux (17 April 1925, in Hersin-Coupigny – 8 December 2008, in Toulouse) was a French communist politician.French National Assembly. Maurice ANDRIEUX (1925 - 2008)' Andrieux worked as a teacher and journalist. He served as editor-in-chief of ''Tribune des mineurs'' ('Miners' Tribune') in Lens 1948-1951 and as secretary general of ''Ce Soir'' in Paris 1951–1953. Andrieux became mayor of Hersin-Coupigny Hersin-Coupigny (; pcd, Hérsin-Coupigny) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming town situated some west of Lens, at the junction of the D301 and the D65 roads. Population ... in 1959. He was a member of parliament from the 10th constituency of Pas-de-Calais) between 1967 and 1981. References 1925 births 2008 deaths French Communist Party politicians {{France-politician-PCF-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hersin-Coupigny
Hersin-Coupigny (; pcd, Hérsin-Coupigny) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming town situated some west of Lens, at the junction of the D301 and the D65 roads. Population Places of interest * The eighteenth-century château de Coupigny * Ruins of an old windmill. * The church of St.Martin, dating from the sixteenth century. * The Commonwealth War Graves Commission The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations m ... cemetery. See also * Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References External links The CWGC cemetery Hersincoupigny {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Paris. It is the fourth-largest city in France after Paris, Marseille and Lyon, with 493,465 inhabitants within its municipal boundaries (2019 census); its metropolitan area has a population of 1,454,158 inhabitants (2019 census). Toulouse is the central city of one of the 20 French Métropoles, with one of the three strongest demographic growth (2013-2019). Toulouse is the centre of the European aerospace industry, with the headquarters of Airbus, the SPOT satellite system, ATR and the Aerospace Valley. It hosts the CNES's Toulouse Space Centre (CST) which is the largest national space centre in Europe, but also, on the military side, the newly created NATO space centre of excellence and the French Space Command and Space Academy. Thales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lens, Pas-de-Calais
Lens (; pcd, Linse) is a city in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is one of the main towns of Hauts-de-France along with Lille, Valenciennes, Amiens, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Arras and Douai. The inhabitants are called ''Lensois'' (). Metropolitan area Lens belongs to the intercommunality of Lens-Liévin, which consists of 36 communes, with a total population of 242,000. Lens, along with Douai and 65 other communes, forms the agglomeration (''unité urbaine'') of Douai-Lens, whose population as of 2018 was 504,281.Comparateur de territoire INSEE, retrieved 20 June 2022. History Lens was initially a fortification from the Norman invasions. In 1180, it was owned by the |
Ce Soir
''Ce soir'' (English: Tonight), was a French daily newspaper founded by the French Communist Party and directed by Louis Aragon and Jean-Richard Bloch. History The newspaper was established on the initiative of the Communist Party general secretary Maurice Thorez in order to compete with '' Paris-soir''. The first issue was released on 1 March 1937. The newspaper was under the direction of two famous writers, Louis Aragon who is already known for his membership in the Communist Party became director of the newly established newspaper and Jean-Richard Bloch who was a very close sympathizer of the PCF and will eventually join the party in 1939 became co-director. Although ''Ce soir'' never managed to reach the ''Paris soir'' prints, it managed to reach a circulation of 260,000 by March 1939. Among the famous contributors to the newspaper were René Arcos, Julien Benda, Jean Blanzat, Jean Cocteau, Lise Deharme, Robert Desnos, Luc Durtain, Yvette Guilbert, Francis Jourdain, And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pas-de-Calais' 10th Constituency
The 10th constituency of the Pas-de-Calais is a French legislative constituency in the Pas-de-Calais ''département''. Description Pas-de-Calais' 10th constituency lies in the centre of the department centred on the coal mining areas surrounding Nœux-les-Mines. The communist Maurice Andrieux represented the constituency between 1967 and 1981. The constituency returned Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ... representatives at every election from 1988 to 2012, and National Front/National Rally representatives since 2017. Historical representatives Election results 2022 , - , colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9", , - 2017 2012 , - , colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9", , - 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1925 Births
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2008 Deaths
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