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Pléhédel
Pléhédel (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Côtes-d'Armor Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Pléhédel are called in French. Notable people * Boisgelin Family ** Charles Eugène de Boisgelin, Charles Eugène, Comte de Boisgelin (1726–1791), naval officer and vicomte and governor of the town ** Alexandre-Joseph de Boisgelin, Alexandre-Joseph, Marquis de Boisgelin (1770–1821), last personal bodyguard to the Queen of France and émigré officer See also *Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department References External links * Communes of Côtes-d'Armor {{Guingamp-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Eugène De Boisgelin
Charles Eugène, Count of Boisgelin, Comte de Boisgelin, Vicomte de Pléhédel (2 August 1726 – 27 October 1791) was a List of French peerages, French nobleman who served in the French Royal Navy ''(Marine Royale)'' and later became a politician. Early life Charles Eugène was born on 2 August 1726 at the Château de Boisgelin in Pléhédel, Brittany as son of René Joseph, Comte de Boisgelin. Service After studying at the Jesuit, Jesuit college in La Flèche, he joined the Marine Guards (''Gardes de La Marine'') on 1 January 1746.Batel During this period, he served on several ships of the line including: * Trident (1742), Trident, bound for Acadia, New France which had to turn back in 1746 * Sirène, commanded by Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, comte de Guichen, Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, Comte de Guichen serving around for Saint-Domingue, French Antilles in 1747 and 1748 * Émeraude, sailing off the History of Spain (1700–1810), Kingdom of Spain and later the Kingdom of Morocco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre-Joseph De Boisgelin
Alexandre Joseph Gabriel, Marquis de Boisgelin (14 April 1770 – 21 June 1821) was a French nobleman who served as personal bodyguard to the last Queen of France before emigrating. He later served with the French Émigrés till 1814 when he returned to France. Following the Second Restoration, he became a politician and served two separate departments before retiring after the July Revolution and passing one year later. Early life Son of Charles Eugène, Comte de Boisgelin, Vicomte de Pléhédel and younger brother of Bruno Gabriel de Boisgel, Alexandre de Boisgelin was a French officer who served in the Royal French Army. He was born in Pléhédel, part of the province of Brittany.Robert & Cougny In 1789, just prior to the French Revolution, Alexandre was a Captain and personal bodyguard of the Queen, Marie Antoinette. In 1792, following the Storming of the Tuileries, he emigrated east to fight with the Army of the Princes, and then served in the British Army. Rest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération
Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération (full name: ''Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat''; ) is the ''communauté d'agglomération'', an Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunal structure, centred on the Communes of France, towns of Guingamp and Paimpol. It is located in the Côtes-d'Armor departments of France, department, in the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany regions of France, region, northwestern France. Created in 2017, its seat is in Guingamp.CA Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération de l'Armor à l'Argoat (N° SIREN : 200067981) BANATIC. Retrieved 11 November 2024. Its area is 1,107.7 km2. Its population was 73,427 in 2019. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Côtes-d'Armor Department
The following is a list of the 348 communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Périmètre des groupements en 2025 BANATIC. Accessed 28 May 2025. * Communauté d'agglomération Dinan Agglomération *Communauté d'agglomération *Communauté d'agglomération |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Côtes-d'Armor
The Côtes-d'Armor ( , ; ; , ), formerly known as Côtes-du-Nord until 1990 (, ), is a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France. In 2019, it had a population of 600,582.Populations légales 2019: 22 Côtes-d'Armor INSEE History French Revolution Côtes-du-Nord was one of the original 83 departments created on 4 March 1790 following the French Revolution. It was made up from the near entirety of the ancient Pays de Saint-Brieuc, most of historical[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brittany (administrative Region)
The region Brittany ( ; ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is an administrative region of Metropolitan France, comprising the departments of Côtes-d'Armor, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine, and Morbihan. Its capital and largest city is Rennes. Bordered by the English Channel to the north, the Celtic Sea to the west, and the Atlantic Ocean ( Bay of Biscay) to the south, Brittany's neighboring regions are Normandy to the northeast and Pays de la Loire to the southeast. It is one of two regions in Metropolitan France where all departments have direct access to the sea, the other being Corsica. The region of Brittany is sometimes referred to as “administrative Brittany” in contrast to “historical Brittany” or “cultural Brittany”, which also includes the Loire-Atlantique and the question of its connection with the rest of the administrative region is being discussed. History Brittany, located in the west-northwest corner of France, is one of the historic province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicomte
A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status. The status and any domain held by a viscount is a viscounty. In the case of French viscounts, the title is sometimes left untranslated as ''vicomte'' . Etymology The word ''viscount'' comes from Old French ( Modern French: ), itself from French language">Modern French: ), itself from accusative of , from Vulgar Latin">Late Latin "deputy" + Latin (originally "companion"; later Roman imperial courtier or trusted appointee, ultimately count). History During the Carolingian Empire, the kings appointed counts to administer provinces and other smaller regions, as governors and military commanders. Viscounts were appointed to assist the counts in their running of the province, and often took on judicial The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Of France
This is a list of the women who were queens or empresses as wives of French monarchs from the 843 Treaty of Verdun, which gave rise to West Francia, until 1870, when the French Third Republic was declared. Living wives of reigning monarchs technically became queen consorts, including Margaret of Burgundy and Blanche of Burgundy who were kept in prison during their whole queenships. Carolingian dynasty (751-987) Capetian dynasty (987-1792, 1814-1815, 1815-1848) Direct Capetians (987-1328) House of Valois (1328-1589) House of Lancaster Some sources refer to Margaret of Anjou as Queen of France,Mary Ann Hookham: "The life and times of Margaret of Anjou, queen of England and France ", 1872 but her right to enjoy that title is disputed. She was briefly recognized only in English-controlled territories of France. (See also: Dual monarchy of England and France) Capetian dynasty House of Valois House of Bourbon (1589-1792) Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
