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Méré (other)
Méré may refer to: * Méré, Yvelines, France * Méré, Yonne, France * Antoine Gombaud, Chevalier de Méré (1607 – 1684), French writer. See also * Meré Meré is a village (and also a parroquia) in the concejo of Llanes, in Asturias. Its population in 2004 was 175, in 84 dwellings. It is located on the banks of the ''Ríu de las Cabras'' at , which is 28 km from Llanes and about midway be ..., Spain * Mere (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Méré, Yvelines
Méré () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. François Quesnay a Physiocrat and one of the first to attempt to establish a rational science of economics, was born in Méré. See also *Communes of the Yvelines department An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ... References Communes of Yvelines {{Yvelines-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Méré, Yonne
Méré () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Yonne department The following is a list of the 423 communes of the Yonne Yonne () is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the river Yonne, which flows through it, in the country's north-central part. One of Bourgo ... References Communes of Yonne {{Yonne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Gombaud, Chevalier De Méré
Antoine Gombaud, ''alias'' Chevalier de Méré, (1607 – 29 December 1684) was a French writer, born in Poitou.E. Feuillâtre (Editor), ''Les Épistoliers Du XVIIe Siècle. Avec des Notices biographiques, des Notices littéraires, des Notes explicatives, des Jugements, un Questionnaire sur les Lettres et des Sujets de devoirs''. Librairie Larousse, 1952. Although he was not a nobleman, he adopted the title ''chevalier'' (knight) for the character in his dialogues who represented his own views (chevalier de Méré because he was educated at Méré). Later his friends began calling him by that name. Aaron Brown, ''The Poker Face of Wall Street,'' John Wiley & Sons, 2006. Life Gombaud was an important Salon theorist. Like many 17th century liberal thinkers, he distrusted both hereditary power and democracy, a stance at odds with his self-bestowed noble title. He believed that questions are best resolved in open discussions among witty, fashionable, intelligent people. Gombaud's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meré
Meré is a village (and also a parroquia) in the concejo of Llanes, in Asturias. Its population in 2004 was 175, in 84 dwellings. It is located on the banks of the ''Ríu de las Cabras'' at , which is 28 km from Llanes and about midway between Posada and Benia. It can also be reached from Llanes by taking the road that passes El Mazuco. During and after the Battle of El Mazuco in 1937 it was the headquarters of the Republican forces; see ''El Mazuco (La defensa imposible)''.English translation 2004–2005.) Almost the entire village was burned to the ground during the war, and had to be rebuilt. However, the ''Palacio de Meré'' survived; it was built in the 18th century alongside a smaller and older building. Meré's main Fiesta is on 31 October; Nuestra Señora del Rosario. References See also * Méré (other) * Mere (other), a lake, or a place in England. Parishes in Llanes {{Asturias-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |