Urville
Urville may refer to: Communes in France: *Urville, Aube, in the Aube ''département'' * Urville, Calvados, in the Calvados ''département'' * Urville, Manche, in the Manche ''département'' * Urville, Vosges, in the Vosges ''département'' *Urville-Nacqueville, in the Manche ''département'' * Urville (imaginary city) created by autistic savant Gilles Trehin Other: *Jules Dumont d'Urville was a French explorer **D'Urville Island, New Zealand, an island in New Zealand **Dumont d'Urville Station The Dumont d'Urville Station (french: Base antarctique Dumont-d'Urville) is a French scientific station in Antarctica on Île des Pétrels, archipelago of Pointe-Géologie in Adélie Land. It is named after explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville, wh ...

Jules Dumont D'Urville
Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (; 23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a French explorer and naval officer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica. As a botanist and cartographer, he gave his name to several seaweeds, plants and shrubs, and places such as d'Urville Island in New Zealand. Childhood Dumont was born at Condé-sur-Noireau in Lower Normandy. His father, Gabriel Charles François Dumont, sieur d’Urville (1728–1796), Bailiff of Condé-sur-Noireau, was, like his ancestors, responsible to the court of Condé. His mother Jeanne Françoise Victoire Julie (1754–1832) came from Croisilles, Calvados, and was a rigid and formal woman from an ancient family of the rural nobility of Lower Normandy. The child was weak and often sickly. After the death of his father when he was six, his mother's brother, the Abbot of Croisilles, played the part of his father and from 1798 took charge of his education. The Abbot taug ...
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D'Urville Island, New Zealand
D'Urville Island (), Māori name ' ('red heavens look to the south'), is an island in the Marlborough Sounds along the northern coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It was named after the French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville. With an area of approximately , it is the eighth-largest island of New Zealand, and has around 52 permanent residents. The local authority is the Marlborough District Council. History The official name of the island is Rangitoto ki te Tonga / D'Urville Island, with the Māori language name, associated with Kupe, meaning "Red Heavens Look to the South". The island was a traditional source of argillite (''pakohe''), used in the production of stone tools such as adzes during the Archaic period (1300–1500). From the 1600s until the early 1800s, the island was a part of the rohe of Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri. In the present day, the island is within the rohe of Ngāti Koata and Ngāti Kuia. Geography The island has a convoluted coastline, as is f ...
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Urville-Nacqueville
Urville-Nacqueville () is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune La Hague. It is an amalgam of two pre-existing villages, which were both heavily damaged by Allied bombardments during World War II (close to a radar station, Nacqueville was almost obliterated, and its church was dynamited by the German army in 1944). The village was originally about 1 km inland, with only a few fishing huts on the long beach. In the beginning of the 20th century, the coastal strip was developed as a resort, along with a 'Village Normande' (totally destroyed in World War II) for tourists next to the original hamlet. Suburban infill then gave the village of Urville-Nacqueville its current footprint. Points of interest To the east there is the 16th-century Chateau de Nacqueville in a landscaped park. To the west there is the 16th-century Manoir du Dur Ecu (a donjon was added later for effect) built on t ...
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Urville (imaginary City)
Urville may refer to: Communes in France: *Urville, Aube, in the Aube ''département'' * Urville, Calvados, in the Calvados ''département'' * Urville, Manche, in the Manche ''département'' * Urville, Vosges, in the Vosges ''département'' *Urville-Nacqueville, in the Manche ''département'' * Urville (imaginary city) created by autistic savant Gilles Trehin Other: *Jules Dumont d'Urville was a French explorer **D'Urville Island, New Zealand, an island in New Zealand **Dumont d'Urville Station The Dumont d'Urville Station (french: Base antarctique Dumont-d'Urville) is a French scientific station in Antarctica on Île des Pétrels, archipelago of Pointe-Géologie in Adélie Land. It is named after explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville, wh ...

Urville, Aube
Urville () is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France. Urville has the highest average household income in France, at €142,888 per year (in 2020). Population See also * Communes of the Aube department The following is a list of the 431 communes of the Aube department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Aube Aube communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Aube-geo-stub ...
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Urville, Calvados
Urville () is a commune in the Calvados department and Normandy region of north-western France. Iron mining was an important industry in the village until 1989. The village was at the head of a mineral railway An industrial railway is a type of railway (usually private) that is not available for public transportation and is used exclusively to serve a particular industrial, logistics, or military site. In regions of the world influenced by British ra ... linking the iron mines to the SMN steel mills. Population See also * Communes of the Calvados department References Communes of Calvados (department) Calvados communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Calvados-geo-stub ...
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Urville, Vosges
Urville () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. See also *Communes of the Vosges department The following is a list of the 507 communes of the Vosges department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Communes of Vosges (department) {{Vosges-geo-stub ...
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Urville, Manche
Urville () is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.¨ See also *Communes of the Manche department The following is a list of the 446 Communes of France, communes of the Manche Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):

Gilles Trehin
The Gilles are the oldest and principal participants in the Carnival of Binche in Belgium. They go out on Shrove Tuesday from 4 am until late hours and dance to traditional songs. Other cities, such as La Louvière and Nivelles, have a tradition of Gilles at carnival, but the Carnival of Binche is by far the most famous. In 2003, the Carnival of Binche was proclaimed one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.Logan p.223 Costume Around 1000 Gilles, all male, some as young as three years old, wear the traditional costume of the Gille on Shrove Tuesday. The outfit features a linen suit with red, yellow, and black heraldic designs (the colours of the Belgian flag), trimmed with large white-lace cuffs and collars. The suit is stuffed with straw, giving the Gille a hunched back. Gilles also wear wooden clogs and have bells attached to their belts. In the morning, they wear a wax mask of a particular design. After reaching the town hall, they ...
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