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2 unusual facts about Bouches-de-l'Èbre


Bouches-de-l'Èbre

Its prefecture was in Lleida and its subprefectures were Tortosa, Cervera and Tarragona and its only prefect was Alban de Villeneuve-Bargemont, who had previously been auditor to the Council of State and sub prefect of Zierickzée (a subprefecture of the department of Bouches-de-l'Escaut).

It incorporated Catalan territories of the Ebre basin and the municipalities of Fraga and Mequinenza.


Berre

Berre-l'Étang, a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France

Borvo

Many of the sites where offerings to Borvo have been found are in Gaul: inscriptions to him have been found in Drôme at Aix-en-Diois, Bouches-du-Rhône at Aix-en-Provence, Gers at Auch, Allier at Bourbon-l'Archambault, Savoie at Aix-les-Bains, Saône-et-Loire at Bourbon-Lancy, in Savoie at Aix-les-Bains, Haute-Marne at Bourbonne-les-Bains and in Nièvre at Entrains-sur-Nohain.

Bouches-du-Rhône

Notable people born in the area include Romantic painter Camille Roqueplan and his brother journalist and theater director Nestor Roqueplan.

Camille Roqueplan

He was born Camille-Joseph-Étienne Roqueplan (sometimes spelled Rocoplan) in Mallemort, Bouches-du-Rhône, and died in Paris.

Camp de Tarragona

As of October 2008, whereas the final boundaries of the new vegueries have yet to be formally approved, they are expected to incorporate largely historical boundaries: Àmbit metropolità de Barcelona, Alt Pirineu i Aran, Camp de Tarragona, Comarques Centrals, Comarques Gironines, Ponent or Lleida, Terres de l'Ebre.

Canton of Marseille – Notre-Dame-du-Mont

Canton of Marseille – Notre-Dame-du-Mont is a canton located within the commune of Marseille in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of France.

Canton of Marseille – Notre-Dame-Limite

Canton of Marseille – Notre-Dame-Limite is a canton located within the commune of Marseille in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of France.

Canton of Marseille – Saint-Barthélemy

Canton of Marseille – Saint-Barthélemy is a canton located within the commune of Marseille in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of France.

Canton of Marseille – Sainte-Marguerite

Canton of Marseille – Sainte-Marguerite is a canton of France, located within the commune of Marseille in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

Catalan verbs

(Other dialectal forms do exist, among them characteristic forms of minor extreme dialects like Ribagorçan or Algherese, or transitional forms between major dialects, like the ones used in the lower Ebre basin area around Tortosa or in the Empordà).

Cuvier's beaked whale

It had been obtained by M. Raymond Gorsse in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône, near Fos, in 1804 from a peasant who had found it on the seashore the previous year.

Deltebre

The municipality occupies much of the northern half of the Ebre delta, on the left bank of the river.

Félix Pyat

He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the department of Bouches-du-Rhône in March 1888 and took his seat on the extreme Left, but died at Saint-Gratien the following year.

Fontvieille

Fontvieille, Bouches-du-Rhône, a commune in the French département of Bouches-du-Rhône

French Senate election, 2008

They were divided in the following way: 1 new Senator each for the Ain, Alpes-Maritimes, Bouches-du-Rhône, Drôme, Eure-et-Loir, Haute-Garonne, Gironde, Hérault, and Guyane départements and one in French Polynesia.

Georges Ulmer

Georges Ulmer was born with the given name, Jørgen Frederik Ulmer, on 16 February 1919 at Copenhagen, Denmark and died on 29 September 1989 at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.

Hamburg Citizen Militia

During the occupation, the Bouches-de-l'Elbe department formed the 127th Infantry Regiment, which was annihilated in the War of the Sixth Coalition (1812–1814).

La Fare

La Fare-les-Oliviers, a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France

Maarten van der Goes van Dirxland

After France's annexation of Holland in 1810, Van der Goes entered the First French Empire's Corps législatif as the representative of the department of Bouches-de-la-Meuse.

Marta Cid i Pañella

She cowrote PHN: la raó d’Estat contra l’Ebre i la Terra (PHN: State reason against the Ebre and the Land) in 2003.

Matrona of Barcelona

She is patron saint of the Santa Madrona church in Barcelona, the Santa Madrona hermitage in the mountain of Montjuïc, as well as churches in the villages of Madrona (Pinell de Solsonès) and Móra d'Ebre.

Patrick Devedjian

After the 2007 legislative elections, Télé Lyon Métropole (TLM) filmed a conversation during which a UMP Deputy of Bouches-du-Rhône introduced new MP Michel Havard to Patrick Devedjian, saying that Havard had beaten Democratic Movement candidate Anne-Marie Comparini.

Phylloxera

In the same department, where the canal irrigation system built by the Romans still partly persists to this day, winter flooding is also practiced where possible, for instance south of the city of Tarascon.

Roland Giberti

Roland Giberti, born in Gémenos (Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region)) in 1951, is a French politician belonging to the Nouveau Centre party.

Salonenque

The Salonenque is particularly common in Provence, especially in the Bouches-du-Rhône.

Sylvester Engbrox

From 1988 to 1991, he was a student at the École nationale supérieure de la photographie, in Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône).

Tore Supra

Tore Supra is situated at the nuclear research center of Cadarache, Bouches-du-Rhône in Provence, one of the sites of the Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique.

Vauvenargues

Vauvenargues, a commune of the Bouches-du-Rhône département in southern France, near Aix-en-Provence


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