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Saint-Christophe-de-Valains
Saint-Christophe-de-Valains (; br, Sant-Kristol-Gwalen) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Saint-Christophe-de-Valains comes from Saint Christopher, patron saint of travelers and Valains, fief of Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon. Population Geography Saint-Christophe-de-Valains is located to the northeast of Rennes and to the south of the Mont Saint-Michel. The neighboring communes are Chauvigné, Le Tiercent, Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux, and Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon. Sights *Parish Church of the 15th century. * Castle of La Bélinaye 17th century. *Liberty Oak in La Basse-Haye. *Valley of "La Minette". Image:Saint-Christophe-de-Valains (35) Mairie.jpg, Town hall of Saint-Christophe-de-Valains. Image:Église Saint Christophe de Valains 2006.jpg, Church of Saint-Christophe-de-Valains Image:Château_de_La_Bélinaye_-_17ème_siècle.jpg, Castle of La Bélinaye 17th century. Image:St Christophe de valains - Monument aux morts.JPG, The war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Ille-et-Vilaine Department
The following is a list of the 333 Communes of France, communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 3 July 2020. *Rennes Métropole *CA Fougères Agglomération *Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Malo *CA Redon Agglomération (partly) *CA Vitré Communauté *CC Bretagne Porte de Loire Communauté *Communauté de communes Bretagne Romantique *Communauté de communes de Brocéliande *Communauté de communes Côte d'Émeraude (partly) *Communauté de communes Couesnon Marches de Bretagne *CC Liffré-Cormier Communauté *CC Montfort Communauté *Communauté de communes du Pays de Châteaugiron *C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chauvigné
Chauvigné (; ; Gallo: ''Chauveinyaé'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Geography Chauvigné is located at northeast of Rennes and south of the Mont Saint-Michel. The communes bordering are Tremblay, Saint-Marc-le-Blanc, Le Tiercent, Saint-Christophe-de-Valains, Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon and Romazy. Population Inhabitants of Chauvigné are called ''Chauvignéens'' in French. See also *Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department The following is a list of the 333 communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux
Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux (; br, Sant-Owen-an-Alloz) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Geography Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux is located northeast of Rennes and south of Mont Saint-Michel. The adjacent communes are Saint-Christophe-de-Valains, Le Tiercent, Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes, Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon, Mézières-sur-Couesnon, and Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon. Population Inhabitants of Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux are called ''audonniens'' in French. International relations Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux is twinned with: * St Gennys, Cornwall, England See also *Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department The following is a list of the 333 Communes of France, communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020): References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon
Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon (, literally ''Vieux-Vy on Couesnon''; br, Henwig-ar-C'houenon; Gallo: ''Vioez-Vic'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Geography Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon is located on the Couesnon River 33 km northeast of Rennes and south of Mont Saint-Michel. The neighboring communes are Romazy, Chauvigné, Saint-Christophe-de-Valains, Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux, Mézières-sur-Couesnon, Gahard, and Sens-de-Bretagne. History The name ''Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon'' probably comes from the Latin ''Vetus Victus,'' "old market town." The settlement has had this name since at least 1063. Economy Industries: * Silver-lead ore was mined in the 19th century at a place called Brais. The mine was closed in 1956. * A granite quarry is still in operation in the northeast, not far from the former mine site. Population Inhabitants of Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon are called ''Vieuxviciens'' in French. Transportation The village is serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Tiercent
Le Tiercent () is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Geography Le Tiercent is located northeast of Rennes and south of Mont Saint-Michel. The neighboring communes are Chauvigné, Saint-Marc-le-Blanc, Baillé, Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes, Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux, and Saint-Christophe-de-Valains. Population Inhabitants of Le Tiercent are called ''Tiercentois'' in French. See also *Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department The following is a list of the 333 communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fougères Agglomération
Fougères Agglomération is the ''communauté d'agglomération'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the town of Fougères. It is located in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, in the Brittany region, northwestern France. Created in 2017, its seat is in La Selle-en-Luitré.CA Fougères Agglomération (N° SIREN : 200072452) BANATIC. Retrieved 17 November 2022. Its area is 538.7 km2. Its population was 55,874 in 2019, of which 20,595 in Fougères proper.Comparateur de territoire [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ball (dance)
A ball is a formal dance party often characterised by a banquet followed by a social dance that includes ballroom dancing. Ball dancing emerged from formal dances during the Middle Ages and carried on through different iterations throughout succeeding centuries, such as the 17th century Baroque dance and the 18th century cotillion. Several variations exists such as the masquerade and debutante ball as well as the more modern prom. Etymology The word ''ball'' derives from the Latin word , meaning 'to dance', and ''bal'' was used to describe a formal dancing party in French in the 12th century. The ''ballo'' was an Italian Renaissance word for a type of elaborate court dance, and developed into one for the event at which it was performed. The word also covered performed pieces like ''Il ballo delle ingrate'' by Claudio Monteverdi (1608). French developed the verb , and the noun ''bal'' for the event—from where it swapped into languages like English or German—and , the Span ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valley
A valley is an elongated low area often running between Hill, hills or Mountain, mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over a very long period. Some valleys are formed through erosion by glacier, glacial ice. These glaciers may remain present in valleys in high mountains or polar areas. At lower latitudes and altitudes, these glaciation, glacially formed valleys may have been created or enlarged during ice ages but now are ice-free and occupied by streams or rivers. In desert areas, valleys may be entirely dry or carry a watercourse only rarely. In karst, areas of limestone bedrock, dry valleys may also result from drainage now taking place cave, underground rather than at the surface. Rift valleys arise principally from tectonics, earth movements, rather than erosion. Many different types of valleys are described by geographers, using terms th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberty
Liberty is the ability to do as one pleases, or a right or immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant (i.e. privilege). It is a synonym for the word freedom. In modern politics, liberty is understood as the state of being free within society from control or oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views. In theology, liberty is freedom from the effects of "sin, spiritual servitude, rworldly ties". Sometimes liberty is differentiated from freedom by using the word "freedom" primarily, if not exclusively, to mean the ability to do as one wills and what one has the power to do; and using the word "liberty" to mean the absence of arbitrary restraints, taking into account the rights of all involved. In this sense, the exercise of liberty is subject to capability and limited by the rights of others. Thus liberty entails the responsible use of freedom under the rule of law without depriving anyone else of their freedom. Liberty can be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble. This is distinct from a palace, which is not fortified; from a fortress, which was not always a residence for royalty or nobility; from a ''pleasance'' which was a walled-in residence for nobility, but not adequately fortified; and from a fortified settlement, which was a public defence – though there are many similarities among these types of construction. Use of the term has varied over time and has also been applied to structures such as hill forts and 19th-20th century homes built to resemble castles. Over the approximately 900 years when genuine castles were built, they took on a great many forms with many different features, although some, such as curtain walls, arrowslits, and portcullises, were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church (building)
A church, church building or church house is a building used for Christian worship services and other Christian religious activities. The earliest identified Christian church is a house church founded between 233 and 256. From the 11th through the 14th centuries, there was a wave of church construction in Western Europe. Sometimes, the word ''church'' is used by analogy for the buildings of other religions. ''Church'' is also used to describe the Christian religious community as a whole, or a body or an assembly of Christian believers around the world. In traditional Christian architecture, the plan view of a church often forms a Christian cross; the center aisle and seating representing the vertical beam with the Church architecture#Characteristics of the early Christian church building, bema and altar forming the horizontal. Towers or domes may inspire contemplation of the heavens. Modern churches have a variety of architectural styles and layouts. Some buildings designe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or more curates, and who operates from a parish church. Historically, a parish often covered the same geographical area as a manor. Its association with the parish church remains paramount. By extension the term ''parish'' refers not only to the territorial entity but to the people of its community or congregation as well as to church property within it. In England this church property was technically in ownership of the parish priest ''ex-officio'', vested in him on his institution to that parish. Etymology and use First attested in English in the late, 13th century, the word ''parish'' comes from the Old French ''paroisse'', in turn from la, paroecia, the latinisation of the grc, παροικία, paroikia, "sojourning in a foreign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
