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4 unusual facts about Fresnoy


Fresnoy-le-Grand

The cookware manufacturer Le Creuset is based in the town and was founded there in 1925 by Armand Desaegher and Octave Aubecq.

Le Creuset

Currently, all Le Creuset cast iron cookware is still manufactured in the company's foundry in Fresnoy-le-Grand, where workers employ a 12 step finishing process implemented by 15 different pairs of hands to ensure that there are no flaws or imperfections in the final product.

Le Creuset was founded in the French town of Fresnoy-le-Grand, Aisne, Picardy, a strategic location at the crossroads of transportation routes for iron, coke and sand.

Thomas M. Harries

On 19 August, he singlehandedly drove another one down out of control over Fresnoy.


Jean Bureau

Bombardments by the Bureaus' artillery aided in the capture of Rouen (October 1449), Harfleur (December 1449), Honfleur (January 1450), and Fresnoy (January 1450).

Princess Altinaï of Montenegro

Princess Altinaï was educated at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture of Paris La Villette (ENSAPLV), France, Le Fresnoy-Studio National des Arts Contemporains, Tourcoing, France, 2006 and San Antonio de los Baños' International School of Cinema and Television (EICTV), Cuba.


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