Cercle is
French for ''circle''. It can refer to:
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Circle (administrative division)
Circle is a type of administrative division of some countries. In Thailand the former '' monthon'' are translated as circle. The former Holy Roman Empire was organized into Imperial Circles (). Algerian daïras are circles.
See also
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Cercle (French colonial)
A cercle (French pronunciation: ) was the smallest unit of French political administration in French colonial Africa that was headed by a European officer. A cercle consisted of several cantons, each of which in turn consisted of several villages, ...
, an administrative unit of the French Overseas Empire
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Cercle (Mali)
A cercle ( French for "circle") is the second-level administrative unit in Mali. Mali is divided into eight ''régions'' and one capital district (Bamako); the ''régions'' are subdivided into 49 ''cercles''. These subdivisions bear the name o ...
, the Malian administrative unit
** The specific
Cercles of Mali
A cercle ( French for "circle") is the second-level administrative unit in Mali. Mali is divided into eight ''régions'' and one capital district ( Bamako); the ''régions'' are subdivided into 49 ''cercles''. These subdivisions bear the name ...
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Cercle Brugge K.S.V., a Belgian football club from Bruges
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Le Cercle
Le Cercle is a invitation-only foreign policy forum. Initially its focus was opposing communism and, in the 1970s and 1980s, supporting apartheid when the group had intimate ties with and funding from South Africa. The group was described by Briti ...
, a foreign policy think-tank specialising in international security
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Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...
, Cercles are
Student Societies based around each faculty
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Cercle (company), a French music company
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