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unusual facts about Arques, Aude



À la Table de Spanghero

À la Table de Spanghero, commonly known as Spanghero, is a French meat processing company based in Castelnaudary, Aude.

Arc International

The company was established in Arques, Pas-de-Calais, where it is still headquartered, as a glass-making firm under the name Verrerie des Sept Ecluses in 1825.

Arc International was established in 1825 in the village of Arques in northern France by Alexander des Lyons de Noircarm, who began production by manufacturing glass storage containers known as "dame-jeanne" (demijohns in English), which were popular at that time.

Arques

Arques-la-Bataille, in the Seine-Maritime département, along the Arques River

Arques, Aude

The area was owned by the Abbey of Lagrasse in the early 11th century, before coming under the control of the Seigneurs of Termes.

Arques, Pas-de-Calais

It has been the headquarters of Arc International, the largest manufacturer of glassware in the world, since its inception in the 19th century.

Avenue Verte

It currently starts just outside Dieppe at Arques-la-Bataille and stops again just outside Forges-les-Eaux but once complete, the route will extend to Paris almost entirely on traffic-free routes.

Aymar Chaste

A gentleman of the King's Chamber, François Aymar (or Aimar) de Cleremont de Chaste served as governor of Dieppe and Arques-la-Bataille as well as the French ambassador to England during mid to late 16th century.

Brassite

Villanière (slag locality), Salsigne, Mas-Cabardès, Carcassonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Canal de Neufossé

The Canal de Neufossé is a French canal connecting the Aa River in Arques to the Canal d'Aire in Aire-sur-la-Lys.

Château de Saint-Martin de Toques

The Château de Saint-Martin de Toques is a partly ruined, mountaintop castle in the Bizanet commune in the Aude département of southern France.

Eilif Peterssen

In 1896 he went to Arques-la-Bataille in Normandy, where he painted several landscapes, and from France he went together with his family to Rome in 1897.

Eleanor's House

Harold Forscythe and his new wife Ethel are visiting the Westfields, who live in Arques-la-Bataille.

Hugh II, Count of Ponthieu

They had at least five children: Enguerrand II who succeeded Hugh II as Count of Ponthieu; Robert; Hugh (whose name is inferred by evidence contained within The Carmen de Hastingae Proelio); Waleran, and a daughter who was married to William of Talou, the count of Arques, and uncle to duke William of Normandy (the Conqueror).

Joël Prévost

Joël Prévost (born Richard-Jacques Bonay, 16 February 1950, Narbonne, Aude) is a French singer, best known for his participation in the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest.

Judith Arndt

In two years she finished third in the Grande Boucle (sometimes referred to as the "women's Tour de France)" in 2003, won the Tour de l'Aude twice (2002 and 2003), and added a silver medal in the road time trial at the 2003 world championship in Hamilton, Ontario.

Leuciscus burdigalensis

It is recorded both from Atlantic and Mediterranean drainages - from Loire to Garonne, and from Tech to Aude, respectively.

Louis Belmas

He was then made vicar of Saint-Michel de Carcassonne, a role he successfully filled until 1782, when he became a prebendary at the collegial church of Saint-Vincent de Montréal and was summoned by bishop M. Chastenet de Puységur to head the seminary at Carcassonne.

Pierre Desceliers

Desceliers' father was an archer at the Chateau d’Arques and his family possibly originated from the d’Auge area, where the family name survives between Honfleur and Pont-l’Évêque.

It is known that Desceliers was ordained and lived near Arques.

Pomy

Pomy, Aude, a commune of the Aude département, in France

Racquinghem

Various wars have been waged around the town, including the war of 1046 to 1056 between Baldwin V, Count of Flanders (the Pious) and Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, one battle of which was fought between Arques and Aire-sur-la-Lys.

Sadie Bonnell

At the time she earned the Military Medal in 1915, she was based in a large camp on the road to Arques in France.

Susan Audé

Audé entered the news business 12 years before the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Toques et Clochers

Toques et Clochers is an annual gastronomy festival in Aude, France sponsored by the Sieur d'Arques wine cooperative.

War of the Three Henrys

In the spring, Henry IV returned to the field; he won significant victories at Ivry and Arques and laid siege to Paris (despite being greatly outnumbered), but a Spanish army under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma lifted the siege.

Woodside School, Ooty

The school motto is 'Sapere Aude' (Dare to be wise), a quote from the writings of the Greek philosopher Horace.


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