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Nonancourt
Nonancourt () is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. The writer Louis-François Beffara (1751–1838) and the playwright Lucien Besnard (1872–1955) were born in Nonancourt. Nonancourt station has rail connections to Argentan, Paris and Granville. Since 1975 Nonancourt has been twinned with Earls Colne Earls Colne is a village in Essex, England named after the River Colne, on which it stands, and the Earls of Oxford who held the manor of Earls Colne from before 1086 to 1703. History Manor of Earls Colne In the time of Edward the Confess ... in Essex. Earls Colne Parish Council Population See also *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nonancourt Station
Gare de Nonancourt is a railway station in Normandy, France, owned and operated by the SNCF and is served by TER Normandie services. It is situated on the Saint-Cyr to Surdon line, serving the town of Nonancourt, in the Eure departments of France, department of Normandy. The location of the station is at a height of above Mean sea-level, sea level, at the kilometric point 96,366 of the Saint-Cyr to Surdon line, between the stations of Verneuil-sur-Avre station, Verneuil-sur-Avre and Dreux station, Dreux. The station contains a passenger building, which is used as a waiting room for passengers. Tickets are not sold at the station. The station is equipped with two side platforms and two central tracks. The platform changes are made using a footbridge. In 2018, the station is served by TER Normandie services between Paris-Montparnasse and Argentan station, Argentan (or Granville station (Manche), Granville). Parking is available close to the station. History In 2015, the annual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communauté D'agglomération Du Pays De Dreux
Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Dreux is an Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunal structure, centred on the Communes of France, city of Dreux. It is located in the Eure-et-Loir and Eure departments of France, departments, in the Centre-Val de Loire and Normandy (administrative region), Normandy regions of France, regions, northern France. It was created in January 2014. Its seat is in Dreux.Fiche signalétique CA Agglo du Pays de Dreux BANATIC Its area is 1055.7 km2. Its population was 115,181 in 2017, of which 31,044 in Dreux proper.Comparate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Eure Department
The following is a list of the 585 communes of the Eure department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 3 July 2020. *CA * (partly) * Communauté d'agglomé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-François Beffara
Louis-François Beffara (23 August 1751 – 2 February 1838) was a French writer. A commissaire de police ''Commissaire de police'' is a rank or group of ranks in the French National Police. It should not be confused with the French appointment of "armed forces commissary" (''commissaire des armées'') which is an administrative military position. O ... in Paris from 1792 to 1816, he bequeathed the Bibliothèque nationale de France his manuscripts regarding opera houses in France and abroad.Dezobry et Bachelet, ''Dictionnaire de biographie'', t.1, Ch.Delagrave, 1876, (p. 255) Selected works *1777: ''Esprit de Molière, ou choix de maximes et portraits… tirés de ses ouvrages'', 2 vol. *1821: ''Dissertation sur J. B. Poquelin de Molière'' *1835: ''Maison natale de Molière'' References External links Louis-François Beffaraon Data.bnf.fr Louis-François Beffaraon Répertoire des arts du spectacle. 1751 births 1838 deaths 18th-century French writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucien Besnard
Lucien Besnard (19 January 1872, Nonancourt – 1955) was a French playwright and drama critic. He held a doctorate in law and was graduated in Russian from the École des langues orientales. The Académie Française awarded Lucien Besnard two prizes: *1926: the Prix Émile Augier for ''L’homme qui n’est plus de ce monde'' *1928: thPrix Toiracfor ''Le cœur partagé'' In 1932, he adapted in French ''The White Horse Inn'', German operetta by Ralph Benatzky Ralph Benatzky (5 June 1884 – 16 October 1957), born in Mährisch Budwitz ( Moravské Budějovice) as Rudolph Franz rantišekJosef Benatzky, was an Austrian composer of Moravian origin. He composed operas and operettas, such as '' Casanova .... Lucien Besnard is buried at Vaugirard Cemetery in Paris. Main plays *1896: ''Le Glas'' *1898: ''Papa Dollivet'' *1899: ''Les Chiens du maître'' *1900: ''La Fronde'' *1902: ''Le Domaine'' *1904: ''L'Affaire Grisel'' *1906: ''La Plus Amoureuse'' *1908: ''Mon ami ... [...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] |
Eure
Eure () is a department in Normandy in Northwestern France, named after the river Eure. Its prefecture is Évreux. In 2019, Eure had a population of 599,507.Populations légales 2019: 27 Eure INSEE History Eure is one of the original 83 departments created during the on 4 March 1790. It was created from part of the former of . The name in fact is taken from the Eure riv ...[...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] |
Normandy (administrative Region)
Normandy (; french: Normandie, link=no ; nrf, Normaundie; from Old French , plural of , originally from the word for 'northman' in several Scandinavian languages) is the northwesternmost of the eighteen regions of France, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy is divided into five administrative departments: Calvados, Eure, Manche, Orne and Seine-Maritime. It covers , comprising roughly 5% of the territory of metropolitan France. Its population of 3,322,757 accounts for around 5% of the population of France. The inhabitants of Normandy are known as Normans, and the region is the historic homeland of the Norman language. The neighboring regions are Hauts-de-France and Ile-de-France to the east, Centre-Val de Loire to the southeast, Pays de la Loire to the south, and Brittany to the southwest. The capital is Rouen. Normandy's name comes from the settlement of the territory by Vikings ("Northmen") from the 9th century, and confirmed by treaty in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earls Colne
Earls Colne is a village in Essex, England named after the River Colne, on which it stands, and the Earls of Oxford who held the manor of Earls Colne from before 1086 to 1703. History Manor of Earls Colne In the time of Edward the Confessor Earls Colne belonged to a Saxon noble named Wulfwine also recorded as Ulwin/ Ulwine. Ulwin's whole estate was given to Aubrey de Vere by William the Conqueror. His grandson Aubrey de Vere III became the first Earl of Oxford in the mid-twelfth century. The Earls had an ancient mansion called Hall Place standing near the site of the present Ashwells in Park Lane. Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford mismanaged his finances and in 1583 the estate, then comprising the manor and park of seven hundred acres, were purchased from him by his steward Richard Harlakenden. Village records Earls Colne is one of the best recorded villages in the UK and has been the subject of a study undertaken between 1972 and 2002 by Professor Alan Macfarla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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