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Nantua
Nantua (; Arpitan: ''Nantuat'') is a commune in and subprefecture of the Ain département in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 3,454. The commune of Nantua comprises the glacial Lac de Nantua. Located in the Haut-Bugey historical region, among the southern foothills of the Jura Mountains, it is famous for its fresh-water fish and crayfish. History The town grew up around a Benedictine monastery founded in 671 by Amandus and the church of St Peter where the body of Charles the Bald was initially buried. The priory of Nantua was sacked and burned in 1230 by Stephen I of Thoire-Villars.Eugene L. Cox, ''The Eagles of Savoy'', (Princeton University Press, 1974), 17-18. Boniface of Savoy was selected prior in 1232. In 1944, a hundred men were arrested and deported and the local French Secret Army leader was shot dead by the Nazis in response to French resistance activities.Matthew Cobbs, ''The Resistance'', p. 181 Demographics C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lac De Nantua
The Lac de Nantua (Lake of Nantua) is a glacial lake in the southern foothills of the Jura Mountains in the Haut-Bugey historical region, located between Nantua, Montréal-la-Cluse and Port, Ain, Port in the Departments of France, department of Ain, France. It covers 141 hectares (0.54 sq mi). The lake was made a National heritage site, protected natural site in 1935. Formation The Lac de Nantua is a glacial lake. It was formed as the result of an overflow towards the west. The original extent of the lake, once the glaciers disappeared, was about two to three times its area in 2000 with extensions in the plain in three directions (Nurieux, Saint-Martin-du-Frêne, Saint Martin du Frêne, Montreal). This explains its depth (42.9 m) and its configuration in the form of ice gorge east-west areas at risk of flooding towards the plain and Port area moraines. Its scope was much larger and was marked by two arms of lakes and large marshes from work done in 1856. This work lowered the lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sauce Nantua
Nantua sauce (French: ''Sauce Nantua'') is a classical French sauce consisting of: *a Béchamel sauce base *cream * crayfish butter *crayfish tails It is named for the city of Nantua, which is known for its crayfish, and the term ''à la Nantua'' is used in classical French cuisine for dishes containing crayfish. Sauce Nantua is the classic accompaniment to '' quenelles de brochet'' (pike dumplings), making ''quenelles Nantua''.Shirley King, translator, ''Pampille's Table: Recipes and Writings from the French Countryside from Marthe Daudet's ''Les Bons Plats de France'' 934 Year 934 ( CMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Spring and Summer – The Hungarians make an alliance with the Pecheneg ...', 1996, , p. 153 References French sauces Cuisine of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Crayfish dishes Cuisine of Lyon {{condiment-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haut-Bugey Agglomération
Haut-Bugey Agglomération is a communauté d'agglomération situated in the Ain department and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. Created on 1 January 2014, it is composed of 42 communes and seated in Oyonnax. Its area is 688.8 km2. Its population was 63,099 in 2018, of which 22,336 in Oyonnax proper.Comparateur de territoire INSEE, accessed 6 April 2022. Originally a , the became a communauté d'agglomération on 1 January 2018. History On 1 January 2019 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of Ain
The following is a list of the 393 communes of the Ain department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 3 July 2020. * * * |
Communes Of The Ain Department
The following is a list of the 393 communes of the Ain department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 3 July 2020. * * * |
Brembilla
Brembilla was a ''comune'' in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, Italy. It was situated 15 km northwest of Bergamo. In 2014, the municipality of Gerosa was merged with Brembilla to create a new municipality, named Val Brembilla. Bounding communes * Blello *Gerosa *San Pellegrino Terme *Zogno *Ubiale Clanezzo * Capizzone *Berbenno *Sant'Omobono Imagna *Corna Imagna Twin towns — sister cities Brembilla was twinned with: * Nantua Nantua (; Arpitan: ''Nantuat'') is a commune in and subprefecture of the Ain département in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 3,454. The commune of Nantua comprises the glacial Lac de Nantua ..., France (2011) References External links Brembilla {{Bergamo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boniface Of Savoy, Archbishop Of Canterbury
Boniface of Savoy ( – 18 July 1270) was a medieval Bishop of Belley in Savoy and Archbishop of Canterbury in England. He was the son of Thomas, Count of Savoy, and owed his initial ecclesiastical posts to his father. Other members of his family were also clergymen, and a brother succeeded his father as count. One niece was married to King Henry III of England and another was married to King Louis IX of France. It was Henry who secured Boniface's election as Archbishop, and throughout his tenure of that office he spent much time on the continent. He clashed with his bishops, with his nephew-by-marriage, and with the papacy, but managed to eliminate the archiepiscopal debt which he had inherited on taking office. During Simon de Montfort's struggle with King Henry, Boniface initially helped Montfort's cause, but later supported the king. After his death in Savoy, his tomb became the object of a cult, and he was eventually beatified in 1839. Early life Boniface and his elde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles The Bald
Charles the Bald (french: Charles le Chauve; 13 June 823 – 6 October 877), also known as Charles II, was a 9th-century king of West Francia (843–877), king of Italy (875–877) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–877). After a series of civil wars during the reign of his father, Louis the Pious, Charles succeeded, by the Treaty of Verdun (843), in acquiring the western third of the empire. He was a grandson of Charlemagne and the youngest son of Louis the Pious by his second wife, Judith. Struggle against his brothers He was born on 13 June 823 in Frankfurt, when his elder brothers were already adults and had been assigned their own ''regna'', or subkingdoms, by their father. The attempts made by Louis the Pious to assign Charles a subkingdom, first Alemannia and then the country between the Meuse and the Pyrenees (in 832, after the rising of Pepin I of Aquitaine) were unsuccessful. The numerous reconciliations with the rebellious Lothair and Pepin, as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subprefectures In France
In France, a subprefecture (french: sous-préfecture) is the commune which is the administrative centre of a departmental arrondissement that does not contain the prefecture for its department. The term also applies to the building that houses the administrative headquarters for an arrondissement. Senate (in French). The civil servant in charge of a subprefecture is the subprefect, assisted by a general secretary. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amandus
Amandus ( 584 – 679), commonly called Saint Amand, was a bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht and one of the great Christian missionaries of Flanders. He is venerated as a saint, particularly in France and Belgium. Life The chief source of details of his life is the ''Vita Sancti Amandi'', an eighth-century text attributed to Beaudemond ( la, Baudemundus). The vita was expanded by Philippe, abbot of Aumône. According to this biography, Amand was born in Lower Poitou. He was of noble birth but at the age of twenty, he became a monk on the Île d'Yeu, against the wishes of his family. His father threatened to disinherit him if he did not return home. From there Amandus went to Bourges and became a pupil of bishop Austregisilus. There he lived in solitude in a cell for fifteen years, living on no more than bread and water.Campbell, Thomas (1907). "St. Amandus", ''The Catholic Encyclopedia''. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Humbert of Maroilles was of a noble family and trai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Town Twinning
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there are early examples of international links between municipalities akin to what are known as sister cities or twin towns today dating back to the 9th century, the modern concept was first established and adopted worldwide during World War II. Origins of the modern concept The modern concept of town twinning has its roots in the Second World War. More specifically, it was inspired by the bombing of Coventry on 14 November 1940, known as the Coventry Blitz. First conceived by the then Mayor of Coventry, Alfred Robert Grindlay, culminating in his renowned telegram to the people of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in 1942, the idea emerged as a way of establishing solidarity links between cities in allied countries that went through similar devastating events. The comradeship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Continental Climate
Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm summers and cold winters). They tend to occur in the middle latitudes (40 to 55 north), within large landmasses where prevailing winds blow overland bringing some precipitation, and temperatures are not moderated by oceans. Continental climates occur mostly in the Northern Hemisphere due to the large landmasses found there. Most of northern and northeastern China, eastern and southeastern Europe, Western and north western Iran, central and southeastern Canada, and the central and northeastern United States have this type of climate. Continentality is a measure of the degree to which a region experiences this type of climate. In continental climates, precipitation tends to be moderate in amount, concentrated mostly in the warmer months. Only a few areas—in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest of North America and in Iran, northern Iraq, adjacent Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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