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 Atlan ...
. It is named after Saint
Brice of Tours
Brice of Tours (; 370 444 AD) was a 5th-century Frankish bishop, the fourth Bishop of Tours, succeeding Martin of Tours in 397.
Background
Brice was a contemporary of Augustine of Hippo and lived in the time of the Council of Ephesus. Gaul was ...
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Population
Personalities
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Kilian Hennessy
Kilian Hennessy (; 19 February 1907 – 1 October 2010) was a French business magnate of Ireland, Irish extraction, and co-patriarch, with his first cousin Maurice, of the Hennessy cognac company.
Kilian Hennessy, the son of Jean Hennessy an ...
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Patriarch
The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Roman Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and ...
of the
Hennessy
Jas Hennessy & Cie., commonly known simply as Hennessy (), is a French producer of cognac, founded in 1765 by Richard Hennessy which has its headquarters in Cognac, France.
It is one of the best-known cognac houses, along with Martell, Courvo ...
cognac
Cognac ( , also , ) is a variety of brandy named after the Communes of France, commune of Cognac, France. It is produced in the surrounding wine-growing region in the Departments of France, departments of Charente and Charente-Maritime.
Cogn ...
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Twin towns
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Radda in Chianti
Radda in Chianti is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence and about north of Siena.
Radda in Chianti borders the following municipalities: Castellina in Chianti ...