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Plouray
Plouray (; br, Plourae) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Plouray are called in French ''Plouraysiens''. Population Plouray's population peaked at 1,991 in 1936 and declined to 1,062 in 2019. This represents a 46.7% decrease in total population since the peak census figure. Geography Plouray is located in the northwestern part of Morbihan, southwest of Rostrenen, northwest of Pontivy and north of Lorient. Historically, the village belongs to Vannetais. Plouray is border by Glomel and Mellionnec to the north, by Ploërdut to the east, by Saint-Tugdual and Priziac to the south and by Langonnet to the west. Map Environment Planning a base for automotive recycling by the French company GDE, a subsidiary of the industrial group Trafigura, which sent the ship Probo-Koala to Abidjan in 2006 (see 2006 Ivory Coast toxic waste spill). The proposal was defeated and no longer applies, however recent pollution of the rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Morbihan Department
The following is a list of the 249 communes of the Morbihan department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 15 March 2022. *CA *CA * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langonnet
Langonnet () is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Geography Langonnet is in north-west part of Cornouaille, in Lower Brittany. It's one of the few Cornouaille parishes that are now in the Morbihan department. Thus the main language was the Breton language until the advent of intensive farming after the second world war at which point the people, who were bilingual, switched to the French language. The parish holds two main human settlements: * the actual town of Langonnet in the south * the town of La Trinité-Langonnet in north-east In the south-east there's the Notre-Dame de Langonnet abbey. Topography The highest point of the parish the ''calotte Saint Joseph'', a round hill whose top is at 292 meters. It offers a nice view over the surrounding area (most of the parish is at 190 meter level). Neighboring communes Langonnet is border by Plouray and Priziac to the east, by Le Faouët to the south, by Le Saint and Gourin to the wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priziac
Priziac (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Priziac are called in French ''Priziacois''. The commune's population has been divided by three within a century because of rural exodus. Geography Priziac is located in the northwestern part of the Morbihan, west of Pontivy and north of Lorient. Historically, it belongs to Vannetais. Near the village centre is the Bel Air lake, with an area of 54 hectares. Apart from the village centre, there are about one hundred hamlets. Most of the hamlets consist in two or three houses but others are larger. In the past, the hamlet of Botquenven had more inhabitants than the village of Priziac. Neighbouring communes Priziac is border by Le Faouët and Langonnet to the west, by Plouray to he north, by Meslan to the south, Saint-Tugdual and Le Croisty to the east. Map History Middle Ages The fortified castle of La Roche Piriou stood on the top of a hill near the con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ploërdut
Ploërdut (; br, Pleurdud) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. INSEE Population Geography Ploërdut is located in Northwestern part of Morbihan, east of Le Faouët, west of and north of . Historically, the village belongs to .< ...
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2006 Ivory Coast Toxic Waste Spill
The 2006 Ivory Coast toxic waste dump was a health crisis in Ivory Coast in which a ship registered in Panama, the ''Probo Koala'', chartered by the Singaporean-based oil and commodity shipping company Trafigura Beheer BV, offloaded toxic waste to an Ivorian waste handling company which disposed of it at the port of Abidjan. The local contractor, a company called Tommy, dumped the waste at 12 sites in and around the city in August 2006. The dumping, which took place against a backdrop of instability in Abidjan as a result of the country's first civil war, allegedly led to the death of 7 and 20 hospitalisations, with a further 26000 people treated for symptoms of poisoning. In the days after the dumping, almost 100,000 Ivorians sought medical attention after Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny opened the hospitals and offered free healthcare to the capital's residents. Trafigura originally planned to dispose of the slops – which resulted from cleaning the vessel and contained 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abidjan
Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall population of the country, making it the sixth most populous city proper in Africa, after Lagos, Cairo, Kinshasa, Dar es Salaam, and Johannesburg. A cultural crossroads of West Africa, Abidjan is characterised by a high level of industrialisation and urbanisation. It also is one of the most populous French-speaking cities in Africa. The city expanded quickly after the construction of a new wharf in 1931, followed by its designation as the capital city of the then-French colony in 1933. The completion of the Vridi Canal in 1951 enabled Abidjan to become an important sea port. Abidjan remained the capital of the Ivory Coast after its independence from France in 1960. In 1983, the city of Yamoussoukro was designated as the official political capital of Ivory Coast. Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trafigura
Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd. is a Singaporean-based Swiss multinational commodity trading company founded in 1993 that trades in base metals and energy. It is the world's largest private metals trader and second-largest oil trader having built or purchased stakes in pipelines, mines, smelters, ports and storage terminals. The company operates through a complex network of over 100 subsidiaries across the world, with main operating offices in Geneva and Singapore. Trafigura was formed by Claude Dauphin and Eric de Turckheim in 1993, but quickly split off from a group of companies managed by Marc Rich. Trafigura has been named or involved in several scandals, particularly the 2006 Ivory Coast toxic waste dump, which left up to 100,000 people with skin rashes, headaches and respiratory problems. The company was also involved in the Iraq Oil-for-Food Scandal. History Trafigura Beheer BV was established as a private group of companies in 1993 by six founding partners: Claude Dauphi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GDE (company)
GDE or gde may refer to: Science and technology * Global Design Effort, a team tasked with designing the International Linear Collider * Global digital exemplar, an NHS project to facilitate the transfer of knowledge from digitally advanced trusts to those less advanced * Glycogen debranching enzyme, a molecule that helps facilitate the breakdown of glycogen * Gnome desktop environment, GNOME a desktop environment for Linux and most BSD derivatives * Gas diffusion electrode, electrodes with a conjunction of a solid, liquid and gaseous interface * Google Developer Expert, a certification by Google Other uses * Gauteng Department of Education, South Africa * Gode Airport (IATA code GDE), Ethiopia * Guangdong Enterprises, a former name for Guangdong Holdings * Gungahlin Drive Extension, a road project in Canberra, Australia * Gude language Gude is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria in Adamawa State in Mubi LGA and in Borno State in Askira-Uba LGA. It is also spoken in ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Tugdual
Saint-Tugdual (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Saint-Tugdual are called in French ''Tugdualais''. Geography Historically, the village belongs to Vannetais and Pays Pourlet. Map See also *Communes of the Morbihan department The following is a list of the 249 communes of the Morbihan department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Mayors of Morbihan Association Sainttugdual {{Morbihan-geo-stub ... [...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] |
Morbihan
Morbihan ( , ; br, Mor-Bihan ) is a department in the administrative region of Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton), the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastline. It had a population of 759,684 in 2019.Populations légales 2019: 56 Morbihan INSEE It is noted for its Carnac stones, which predate and are more extensive than the monument in , England. Three major military educ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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