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unusual facts about Abitibi-Ouest



2006 GP Ouest-France

The 2006 GP Ouest-France, the 69th edition of the GP Ouest-France, took place on August 27, 2006 in the French region of Brittany, in a race in and around the village of Plouay.

2sTV

The channel is based in the business quarter close to the Banque Centrale des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (BCEAO) in the centre of Dakar.

Abitibi gold belt

The abitibi gold belt is a region of Canada that extends from Wawa, Ontario to Val-d'Or, Quebec.

Abitibi Power and Paper Company

During the Great Depression, Manitoba Paper Mills, a subsidiary of the Abitibi Power and Paper Company located in Pine Falls, Manitoba, was forced to close.

Abitibi-Consolidated

Following the death of Price Sr sons William Evan Price and Evans John Price took over and the firm became Price Brothers and Company Limited.

Following the merger, Abitibi-Consolidated was rated B1, B+ and B+ by Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings respectively.

Albert Londres Prize

2000 : Anne Nivat (Ouest-France, Libération, Chienne de guerre, Ed. Fayard)

Automobile Club de l'Ouest

It was founded in 1906 by car building and racing enthusiasts, and is most famous for being the organising entity behind the annual Le Mans 24 Hours race.

The ACO's history begins with the Automobile Club de la Sarthe, the ancestor of today's ACO, which was founded in the town of Le Mans.

Belgh Brasse

Belgh Brasse is a Quebec micro-brewery located in Amos, in the Abitibi region of Northwestern Quebec.

Bixi Montreal

In 2009, 5,000 bikes were deployed in Montreal through a network of pay stations located mainly in the boroughs of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, the Plateau-Mont-Royal and Ville-Marie, spilling over into parts of Outremont and the South West.

Brigitte Borja de Mozota

She is currently at Université Paris Ouest, Paris West University Nanterre La Défense, teaching Design Management in a Master in International Marketing and in both Audencia and ESSEC Business School, while director of research in a design school, Parsons Paris School of Art and Design.

Canadian federal election results in the Laurentides, Outaouais and Northern Quebec

Only in a recent by-election were the Liberals able to get the traditionally Bloquist riding of Temiscamingue, having previously gained the northern riding of Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik in 1997.

Canton of Évreux-Ouest

The canton of Évreux-Ouest includes a part of Évreux and the communes of: Arnières-sur-Iton, Aulnay-sur-Iton, Caugé, Claville and Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent (pop: 18,123)

Cuvette-Ouest Department

Cuvette-Ouest has been the site of several outbreaks of the Ebola virus.

Éric Gauthier

Éric Gauthier is a quebecois author who was born in 1975 in Rouyn-Noranda, in the Abitibi region of Quebec.

Eric H. du Plessis

He is professor of French Studies at Radford University, Radford, Virginia, Director of Radford University's French Summer Program at The Universite Catholique de l'Ouest in Angers, France Centre International Des Études Françaises and assistant editor for the MFLIC Review.

État 40-001 to 40-143

Most were built by French enginerring companies, but six were built in the État's former Ouest workshops at Sotteville, Rouen.

Gare de Pont-Cardinet

The main line continues towards Clichy whilst a small line, now closed, branches off towards Pereire-Levallois and links St Lazare to the RER C, this branch was once part of Ligne d'Auteuil and closed in June 1996.

GP Ouest-France

Grand-Prix de Plouay Ouest-France (now known as GP Ouest-France) is an elite cycle race held annually in late summer around a circuit based on the small Breton village of Plouay since 1931.

Jura foot railway line

The oldest part are the sections opened by the West Switzerland Company (French: Compagnie de l'Ouest-Suisse, OS) in May 1855 from Yverdon-les-Bains to Bussigny-près-Lausanne and in July 1855 from Bussigny to Morges via Renens.

Kristian Hamon

He later returned to his studies, studying his master's (at L'Ouest-Éclair) on the German Occupation of France, receiving permission to study the department archives of Ille-et-Vilaine and focusing on the activities of the Parti national breton penduring the Second World War.

Lachine Canal

The opening of the Seaway and the decline of shipping on the canal led to the devastation of the neighbourhoods that lined the canal in Montreal's Le Sud-Ouest borough due to shifting patterns of industrial development and shipping.

Les Rivières, Quebec City

Lebourgneuf got its name as a portmanteau from the last letters of Charlesbourg and the first letters Neufchatel because Charlesbourg-Ouest was located between Charlesbourg and Neufchâtel.

Lew Archer

Le Loup de la côte Ouest (2002, Hugo Santiago from the short story "Guilt-Edged Blonde") starring James Faulkner as Lew Millar.

Lizzie Brocheré

In 2001 the then 16-year-old Brocheré made her leap to the big screen as Jeanne in Hugo Santiago's Le Loup de la côte ouest (English title: The Wolf of the West Coast).

Louis Billot

He taught at the Catholic University of Angers from 1879 to 1882, and made his final vows as a Jesuit on 2 February 1883, whilst teaching at the Jesuit Scholasticate on Jersey.

Miramas

It is the second-largest commune in metropolitan Ouest-Provence and is located at the north end of the Étang de Berre lagoon, adjacent to and northeast of the city of Istres.

Moreana

It began publication in September 1963 as the journal of the Association Amici Thomae Mori, founded in Brussels the previous year, and was based at the Université Catholique de l'Ouest (Angers, France).

Nantes Atlantique Airport

In 1936/7 the Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques de l'Ouest opened an aircraft factory adjacent to the airfield, initially building MB.210 bombers, followed by M.S.406 fighters and LeO 45 bombers.

Neil Banerjee

As a result, the Canadian Space Agency is funding Banerjee's team for research into volcanic rocks in Canada's Abitibi region near Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, and Kirkland Lake, Ontario that are similar to those in Australia.

Nissan R391

Later in 1999 the R391 would race again, this time at the invitational Fuji 1000km event which was backed by the Le Mans ruling body, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO).

Palmarolle

Following the pattern of other places in the Abitibi, the settlement was named after a historic military figure, François-Charles Bertrand de Palmarole or Palmarolle (1714 ‑ 1760), lieutenant of the La Sarre Regiment and Knight of the Order of Saint Louis.

Pierre Yergeau

Born in Abitibi, Quebec, Yergeau was educated at Concordia University and the Université de Montréal.

Presses Universitaires de Rennes

It belongs to this university but also publishes for other universities gathered in the Réseau des Université de l'Ouest Atlantique (University of Western Brittany, University of Southern Brittany, University of Rennes 1, University of Nantes, University of Angers, University of Maine (France), the University of La Rochelle and the François Rabelais University in Tours).

Québec-Ouest

Quebec West, a former federal electoral district in the area of Quebec City

Ralliement créditiste du Québec

On March 19, Samson declared himself to be the leader of a new créditiste group, and demanded to be seated in the National Assembly as a member of the "Registered Ralliement créditiste du Québec"', along with two other créditiste MNAs, Aurèle Audet (Abitibi-Ouest) and Bernard Dumont (Mégantic).

Réseau Breton

In 1872, the CF de l'Ouest built a line from Saint Brieuc to Pontivy, where it connected with the CF PO line.

South West France

SNCASO, also known as Sud-Ouest, a former aircraft manufacturer

Stephen A. Jarislowsky

He was a Director of the influential C.D. Howe Institute and has also been active in numerous other corporations besides his own including SNC-Lavalin, Canfor, Southam, Swiss Bank Corp., Velan Valve Inc., Abitibi and Goodfellow Lumber Inc.

Sud-Ouest Djinn

Djinn is a French two-seat light helicopter designed and built by Sud-Ouest later Sud Aviation.

Tour de l'Abitibi

A number of renowned cyclists, such as Steve Bauer, Laurent Jalabert, Bobby Julich and Andrew Hampsten have participated in the Tour before launching their professional careers.

Windows of Hope Family Relief Fund

With much support from colleagues throughout the industry, the fund was founded by a core group of restaurant professionals: Darlene Dwyer, a public relations consultant in the food industry; David Emil, an owner and operator of Windows on the World at the time; chef Michael Lomonaco, executive chef at Windows on the World at the time; chef Waldy Malouf, chef and co-owner of the New York restaurant, Beacon; and chef Tom Valenti, chef and owner of the restaurant Ouest.


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