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Provins
Provins () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Known for its well-preserved medieval architecture and importance throughout the Middle Ages as an economic center and a host of annual trading fairs, Provins became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001. Administration With 11,844 inhabitants (2017), Provins is not the largest town in the arrondissement of Provins, but it is the seat (''sous-préfecture''). The largest town is Montereau-Fault-Yonne (20,206 inhabitants).Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrondissement Of Provins
The arrondissement of Provins is an arrondissement of France in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region. It has 176 communes. Its population is 184,763 (2019), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Provins, and their INSEE codes, are: # Aubepierre-Ozouer-le-Repos (77010) # Augers-en-Brie (77012) # Baby (77015) # Balloy (77019) # Bannost-Villegagnon (77020) # Barbey (77021) # Bazoches-lès-Bray (77025) # Beauchery-Saint-Martin (77026) # Bellot (77030) # Bernay-Vilbert (77031) # Beton-Bazoches (77032) # Bezalles (77033) # Blennes (77035) # Boisdon (77036) # Boitron (77043) # Bray-sur-Seine (77051) # Bréau (77052) # La Brosse-Montceaux (77054) # Cannes-Écluse (77061) # Cerneux (77066) # Cessoy-en-Montois (77068) # Chalautre-la-Grande (77072) # Chalautre-la-Petite (77073) # Chalmaison (77076) # Champcenest (77080) # La Chapelle-Gauthier (77086) # La Chapelle-Iger (77087) # La Chapelle-Moutils (77093) # La Chapelle-Rabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Provins
The canton of Provins is a French administrative division, located in the arrondissement of Provins, in the Seine-et-Marne ''département'' (Île-de-France ''région''). Demographics Composition At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 15 to 81 communes: *Augers-en-Brie *Baby *Balloy *Bannost-Villegagnon *Bazoches-lès-Bray *Beauchery-Saint-Martin *Beton-Bazoches *Bezalles *Boisdon *Bray-sur-Seine * Cerneux *Cessoy-en-Montois *Chalautre-la-Grande * Chalautre-la-Petite *Chalmaison *Champcenest *La Chapelle-Saint-Sulpice *Châtenay-sur-Seine * Chenoise-Cucharmoy * Courchamp * Courtacon *Coutençon * Donnemarie-Dontilly *Égligny *Everly *Fontaine-Fourches * Frétoy *Gouaix *Gravon * Grisy-sur-Seine *Gurcy-le-Châtel *Hermé *Jaulnes * Jouy-le-Châtel *Jutigny * Léchelle *Lizines * Longueville *Louan-Villegruis-Fontaine *Luisetaines *Maison-Rouge *Les Marêts * Meigneux * Melz-sur-Seine *Mons-en-Montois *Montceaux-lè ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communauté De Communes Du Provinois
The Communauté de communes du Provinois is a federation of municipalities (''communauté de communes'') in the Seine-et-Marne ''département'' and in the Île-de-France '' région'' of France. Its seat is Provins.CC du Provinois (N° SIREN : 200037133) BANATIC, accessed 8 April 2022. Its area is 628.5 km2, and its population was 34,587 in 2018, of which 12,000 in Provins.Comparateur de territoire INSEE, accessed 8 April 2022. Composition Since 2013, when it absorbed the former |
Seine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Marne () is a department in the Île-de-France region in Northern France. Named after the rivers Seine and Marne, it is the region's largest department with an area of 5,915 square kilometres (2,284 square miles); it roughly covers its eastern half. In 2019, it had a population of 1,421,197.Populations légales 2019: 77 Seine-et-Marne INSEE Its prefecture is Melun, although both Meaux and Chelles have larger popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champagne Fairs
The Champagne fairs were an annual cycle of trade fairs which flourished in different towns of the County of Champagne in Northeastern France in the 12th and 13th centuries, originating in local agricultural and stock fairs. Each fair lasted about 2 to 3 weeks. The Champagne fairs, sited on ancient land routes and largely self-regulated through the development of the '' Lex mercatoria'' ("merchant law"), became an important engine in the reviving economic history of medieval Europe, "veritable nerve centers" serving as a premier market for textiles, leather, fur, and spices. At their height, in the late 12th and the 13th century, the fairs linked the cloth-producing cities of the Low Countries with the Italian dyeing and exporting centers, with Genoa in the lead,Elspeth M. Veale, ''The English Fur Trade in the Later Middle Ages'', 2nd Edition, London Folio Society 2005. , pp. 65–66 dominating the commercial and banking relations operating at the frontier region between the nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Île-de-France
The Île-de-France (, ; literally "Isle of France") is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France. Centred on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the country and often called the ''Région parisienne'' (; en, Paris Region). Île-de-France is densely populated and retains a prime economic position on the national stage: though it covers only , about 2% of metropolitan French territory, its 2017 population was nearly one-fifth of the national total. The region is made up of eight administrative departments: Paris, Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Seine-et-Marne, Val-de-Marne, Val-d'Oise and Yvelines. It was created as the "District of the Paris Region" in 1961. In 1976, when its status was aligned with the French administrative regions created in 1972, it was renamed after the historic province of Île-de-France. Residents are sometimes referred to as ''Franciliens'', an administrative word created in the 1980s. The GDP of the reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montereau-Fault-Yonne
Montereau-Fault-Yonne (), or simply Montereau, is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Geography Montereau-Fault-Yonne is situated at the confluence of the rivers Yonne and Seine, 70 km southeast of Paris. The A5 autoroute (Paris–Troyes–Chaumont) passes northeast of the town. Montereau station has rail connections to Laroche-Migennes, Melun and Paris. Name The city takes its name from its geographical position on the confluence of the Yonne and the Seine rivers. ', also spelled ' comes from the verb ' ("to fail") in its old meaning ''to fall''. Montereau is where the Yonne falls into the Seine. Sights The town is split in three by the rivers, ' situated on the southern shore and ''Surville'' on the hill to the north. The old town centre is located in ' while ''Surville'' is an assembly of high rise buildings, erected after World War II, and is in many ways a typical ' in the Île-de-France. Some of these h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subprefectures In France
In France, a subprefecture (french: sous-préfecture) is the commune which is the administrative centre of a departmental arrondissement that does not contain the prefecture for its department. The term also applies to the building that houses the administrative headquarters for an arrondissement. (in French). The in charge of a subprefecture is the , assisted by a |
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific Ocean, Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in Genocides in history (World War I through World War II), genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the Spanish flu, 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising French Third Republic, France, Russia, and British Empire, Britain) and the Triple A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Of Arc
Joan of Arc (french: link=yes, Jeanne d'Arc, translit= �an daʁk} ; 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War. Stating that she was acting under divine guidance, she became a military leader who transcended gender roles and gained recognition as a savior of France. Joan was born to a propertied peasant family at Domrémy in northeast France. In 1428, she requested to be taken to Charles, later testifying that she was guided by visions from the archangel Michael, Saint Margaret, and Saint Catherine to help him save France from English domination. Convinced of her devotion and purity, Charles sent Joan, who was about seventeen years old, to the siege of Orléans as part of a relief army. She arrived at the city in April 1429, wielding her banner and bringing hope to the demoralized Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Great Britain, continental Europe, and the United States, that occurred during the period from around 1760 to about 1820–1840. This transition included going from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes, the increasing use of steam power and water power, the development of machine tools and the rise of the mechanized factory system. Output greatly increased, and a result was an unprecedented rise in population and in the rate of population growth. Textiles were the dominant industry of the Industrial Revolution in terms of employment, value of output and capital invested. The textile industry was also the first to use modern production methods. The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain, and many of the technological and architectural innovations were of British origin. By the mid-18th century, Britain was the world's leadin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
