Isabelle Robert Attard (born 4 November 1969, in

Vendôme Vendôme (, ) is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Departments of France, department of Loir-et-Cher, France. It is also the department's third-biggest Communes of France, commune with 15,856 inhabitants (2019). It is one of the ...

) is a French archaeologist and politician, best known for her work in

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, specialising in the

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during the Last Glacial Period. She has served as the

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for the Bayeux Tapestry Museum from 2005 to 2010, and then the Utah Beach D-Day Museum from 2010 to 2012. As a politician, she has served as deputy for

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, and was a member of the

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party until 2013, after which she was co-president of the

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party until 2015. Since 2015, she self-identifies as an

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1969 births Living people French women archaeologists 21st-century French women politicians French anarchists People from Vendôme {{France-archaeologist-stub