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Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire
Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire () is a commune in the Charente department, Southwestern France. The commune was formed in 1973 by the merger of the former communes Barbezieux and Saint-Hilaire.Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes)
'''' n° 0296, 20 December 1972, pp. 13168-13169. With 4,714 inhabitants (2019), it forms the most important town in Southern Charente. Barbezieux is a fortified hill town on the historic route south west from Paris – Poitiers to Bordeaux – Spain, now served ...
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Philippe Besson
Philippe Besson (born 29 January 1967) is a French writer, playwright and screenwriter. Besson was born in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, Charente, and has written a total of 23 novels, several of which have been adapted for cinema or theater. Life Besson grew up the child of schoolteacher father and a notary clerk mother. Besson was often mocked by his classmates because of his appearance, his clothes and his manners. During his final school year, he fell in love with a peasant's son in his village in Charente, but they were forced to hide their relationship. Besson attended l'École supérieure de commerce de Rouen, now called Neoma Business School. In 1999, Besson, a law graduate, was inspired to write his first novel, ''En l'absence des hommes'', while reading of accounts of ex-servicemen during the First World War. The novel won the Prix Emmanuel Roblès. Besson's second novel, ''Son Frère'' was shortlisted for the Prix Femina, and adapted for cinema by Patrice Chéreau in 200 ...
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Renaud Lavillenie
Renaud Lavillenie ( or ; born 18 September 1986) is a French pole vaulter. Lavillenie won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympics in London and the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Olympics in Rio. In addition to his Olympic success, he has won three IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics, World Indoor Championships gold medals (record), three European Athletics Championships, European Championships gold medals and four European Athletics Indoor Championships, European Indoor Championships gold medals. He has also won one silver medal and four bronze medals at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, World Championships. As of 25 August 2016, he holds the French French records in athletics, national records for the highest pole vault clearance both outdoors (6.05 m) and indoors (6.16 m). The 6.16 was the absolute world record for the pole vault for over six years, 2014–2020. He was the pole vault overall winner of the IAAF Diamond League ...
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Corine Pelluchon
Corine Pelluchon (born 2 November 1967, Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire) is a French philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée (UPEM) which is now Gustave Eiffel University. Education Corine Pelluchon received her agrégation in philosophy in 1997, then defended a thesis entitled at the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University in 2003, and obtained a habilitation in philosophy entitled in 2010. Career and research She was appointed professor of philosophy at the University of Franche-Comté and in 2016 joined UPEM, where she is a statutory member of the interdisciplinary laboratory for the study of political philosopher, Hannah Arendt. Pelluchon was invited by the parliamentary commission for the revision of the bioethics laws on 20 January 2009. She serves as a literary advisor for Alma éditeur, and was a member of the scientific council of the from 2017 to 2020. Her research interests include applied ethics, medical ethics, animal issues ...
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Valentin Lavillenie
Valentin Lavillenie ( or ; born 16 July 1991) is a French athlete specialising in the pole vault. He won the gold medal at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie. Lavillenie is the younger brother of another pole vaulter, a former world record holder, Renaud Lavillenie Renaud Lavillenie ( or ; born 18 September 1986) is a French pole vaulter. Lavillenie won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympics in London and the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Olympics in Rio. In addition to .... Competition record Notes References 1991 births Living people People from Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire Sportspeople from Charente Athletes from Nouvelle-Aquitaine French male pole vaulters Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for France Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for France 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-polevault-bio-stub ...
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Communes Of The Charente Department
The following is a list of the 359 communes of the Charente department of France on 1 January 2025. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Périmètre des groupements en 2025
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* Communauté d'agglomération
Grand Angoulême Grand Angoulême is the ''communauté d'agglomération'', an Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunal structure, centred on the Communes of France, city of Angoulême. It is located in the Charente departments of France, department, in th ...

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Communes Of France
A () is a level of administrative divisions of France, administrative division in the France, French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipality, municipalities in Canada and the United States; ' in Germany; ' in Italy; ' in Spain; or civil parishes in the United Kingdom. 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 hamlet (place), 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 arrondissem ...
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Charente
Charente (; Saintongese: ''Chérente''; ) is a department in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. It is named after the river Charente, the most important and longest river in the department, and also the river beside which the department's two largest towns, Angoulême and Cognac, are sited. In 2019, it had a population of 352,015.Populations légales 2019: 16 Charente
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Charente is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from the former province of
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Departments Of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the Regions of France, administrative regions and the Communes of France, communes. There are a total of 101 departments, consisting of ninety-six departments in metropolitan France, and five Overseas department and region, overseas departments, which are also classified as overseas regions. Departments are further subdivided into 333 Arrondissements of France, arrondissements and 2,054 Cantons of France, cantons (as of 2023). These last two levels of government have no political autonomy, instead serving as the administrative basis for the local organisation of police, fire departments, and, in certain cases, elections. Each department is administered by an elected body called a departmental council (France), departmental council ( , ). From 1800 to April 2015, these were called gene ...
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Journal Officiel De La République Française
The ''Official Journal of the French Republic'' (), also known as the ''JORF'' or ''JO'', is the government gazette of the French Republic. It publishes the major legal official information from the national Government of France, the French Parliament and the French Constitutional Council. Publications The journal consists of several publications: * The best known is the "Laws and Decrees" (''Journal officiel lois et décrets''). It publishes all statutes and decrees, as well as some other administrative decisions. Statutes and decrees must be published in the ''Journal officiel'' before being binding on the French public"Les lois et, lorsqu'ils sont publiés au ''Journal officiel'' de la République française, les actes administratifs entrent en vigueur à la date qu'ils fixent ou, à défaut, le lendemain de leur publication. Toutefois, l'entrée en vigueur de celles de leurs dispositions dont l'exécution nécessite des mesures d'application est reportée à la date d'en ...
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Cognac, France
Cognac (; Saintongese dialect, Saintongese: ''Cougnat''; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Charente departments of France, department, southwestern France. Administratively, the commune of Cognac is a subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Charente department. Name The name is believed to be formed from individual masculine name -Connius, Gallic name, and the suffix -acum, which would correspond to the "domain of Connius". History The town of Cognac was unknown before the ninth century, when it was fortified. During the Hundred Years' War, the town continually changed sides, according to the tides of war. In 1526, it lent its name to the War of the League of Cognac, the military alliance established by King Francis I of France to fight against the House of Habsburg. As a benefit of the War League of Cognac, King Francis I granted to the town of Cognac the commercial right to participate in the salt trade conducted along the river Charente, from which regional ...
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