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Tonnerre (English: Thunder) is a French word meaning "thunder". It may refer to:


Places


Canada

* Rivière-au-Tonnerre, Quebec, a municipality of the Minganie Regional County Municipality *
Tonnerre River (Normandin River) The rivière au Tonnerre (English: Tonnerre River) is a tributary of the Normandin River, flowing into the unorganized territory of Lac-Ashuapmushuan, Quebec in the Regional County Municipality (RCM) of Le Domaine-du-Roy, in the administrative reg ...
, a tributary of the Normandin River *
Tonnerre River (Minganie) The rivière au Tonnerre (''English: Thunder River'') is a watercourse that runs through the municipality of Rivière-au-Tonnerre, Quebec in the Minganie Regional County Municipality (RCM), in the Côte-Nord administrative region, in Quebec, in C ...
, a tributary of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence


France

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Mont-Tonnerre Mont-Tonnerre () was a department of the First French Republic and later the First French Empire in present-day Germany. It was named after the highest point in the Palatinate, the '' Donnersberg'' ("Thunder Mountain", possibly referring to Do ...
, former French department *
Tonnerre, Yonne Tonnerre () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yonne Departments of France, department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. Geography Straddling the Canal de Bourgogne, the commune is situated at the following crossroad ...
, French commune of Yonne **
County of Tonnerre The county of Tonnerre (Latin ''pagus Tornodorensis'') was east of Auxerre and south of Troyes, centred on the town of Tonnerre in the Yonne region of France. It was set up in the 8th century as a fiefdom of the bishops of Langres, and first be ...
, medieval county based in Tonnerre, Yonne


Other uses

* ''Tonnerre'' (film), a 2013 French film *
Boisrond-Tonnerre Louis Félix Mathurin Boisrond-Tonnerre (born 6 June 1776; executed 24 October 1806), better known as simply Boisrond-Tonnerre, was a Haitian writer and historian who is best known for having served as Jean-Jacques Dessalines' secretary. Bois ...
(1776–1806), Haitian writer and historian * French ship ''Tonnerre'' (L9014), an amphibious assault helicopter carrier of the French Navy


See also

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Lightning rod A lightning rod or lightning conductor (British English) is a metal rod mounted on a structure and intended to protect the structure from a lightning strike. If lightning hits the structure, it is most likely to strike the rod and be conducted ...
(French: ''paratonnerre''), a device that protects a building or structure from lightning {{Disambiguation