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unusual facts about Joyeuse, Ardèche



Andeolus

His sarcophagus was rediscovered in 1865 during excavations in the St. Polycarp chapel of the eleventh-century church of in Bourg-Saint-Andéol (Ardèche).

Anne-Marie Rivier

Anne-Marie Rivier (known to her family as Marinette) was born on 19 December 1768, in Montpezat-sous-Bauzon in the Ardèche Department, south-central France.

Astana BePink Womens Team

:1st Stage 2 (ITT) Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche, Alena Amialiusik

Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse

Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse is a 1973 horror film directed by Juan Luis Buñuel (the son of Luis Buñuel).

Château d'Alba-la-Romaine

Château d'Alba-la-Romaine is a château in Alba-la-Romaine, Ardèche, in southeast France.

Château du Pin

The Chateau du Pin is located in the southwestern department of Ardeche, about ten miles west of Aubenas, in the town of Fabras and Thueyts Township.

Classic rally

For example, Monte Carlo Rally had long sections running through the Chartreuse mountains between Chambéry and Grenoble before crossing the Rhone valley and continuing in what was often the deeply snowbound and ice covered Ardeche, all in the same night.

Couderc noir

Couderc noir was discovered in 1886 in the garden of a pastry chef named Contassot from Aubenas in the Ardèche department.

Fresh Verdicts on Joan of Arc

A brief discussion of Joan's sword, obtained from the church of Sainte-Catherine-de-Fierbois and its relation to other famous swords with mystic powers such as those of King Arthur (Excaliber), Roland (Durendal), El Cid (Tizona and Colada), Charlemagne (Joyeuse), and others.

Guy de Lioncourt

On 2 July 1912, at Boffres (Ardèche), he married Claire de Pampelonne, niece of Vincent d'Indy.

Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff

Intended for use by miners, the lamp was actually developed both by Alphonse Dumas, an engineer at the iron mines of Saint-Priest and of Lac, near Privas, in the départment of Ardèche, France, and by Dr. Camille Benoît, a medical doctor in Privas.

Jocelyne Villeton

Jocelyne Villeton (born September 17, 1954 in Vals-les-Bains, Ardèche) is a retired long-distance runner from France, who won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy.

Joseph-Christian-Ernest Bourret

Joseph Christian Ernest Bourret (9 December 1827 in the hamlet of Labro, near Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès, Ardèche - 10 July 1896, Rodez) was a French churchman, bishop and cardinal.

Joyeuse

The town of Joyeuse, in Ardèche, is supposedly named after the sword: Joyeuse was allegedly lost in a battle and retrieved by one of the knights of Charlemagne; to thank him, Charlemagne granted him an appanage named Joyeuse.

Mademoiselle de Montpensier

Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier (1605-1627) daughter of Henri, Duke of Montpensier and Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse, wife of Gaston, Duke of Orléans.

Paul Mérault Monneron

Paul Mérault Monneron or de Monneron (23 February 1748, Annonay, Ardèche – May 1788, Vanikoro) was an engineer officer in the French armed forces and from 1785 to 1788 a member of Lapérouse's expedition.

Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche

Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche is member of the intercommunality of Rhône aux Gorges de l'Ardèche together with nearby Ardèche communes of Bidon, Bourg-Saint-Andéol, Gras, Larnas, Saint-Montan, Saint-Just, Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche, Saint-Remèze and Viviers at the very south-eastern end of department.

Sisters of the Cenacle

The Sisters of the Cenacle (full title: Congregation of Our Lady of the Retreat in the Cenacle) is a Roman Catholic Congregation founded in 1826 in the village of Lalouvesc (Ardèche), France.

Sisters of the Presentation of Mary

It was founded in 1796 at Thueyts in the Ardèche department of south-central France, by Blessed Anne-Marie Rivier (1768–1838); originally, the congregation was devoted to the education of young girls.

SIVU des Inforoutes de l'Ardèche

The organisation includes almost all of the Ardèche department town councils and some town councils of the adjacent departments of Drôme and Loire, for a total of more than 300 town councils.

January 1995: The SMI responded to a call for proposals launched by the government led by Édouard Balladur on the subject of the "autoroutes de l’information" (Internet).

It also received financial support from European (Feder, Ten-Telecom, Leader II) and national budgets (France Telecom and Datar).

The Cavalcade of Scaër

Every odd year, during the Pentecost weekend (Sunday and Monday), the town of Scaër (about 5,000 inhabitants) welcomes about 50,000 spectators for "The Cavalcade", carnival which the town owes its nickname "Scaer la Joyeuse" ("Scaër the Merry").

Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant

The Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant is a collection of sites run by Areva and EDF located in 4 different communes Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux and Pierrelatte in Drôme, Bollène and Lapalud in Vaucluse, and four departments (Drome (26), Vaucluse (84), Gard (30) and Ardeche (07)) on right bank of the Channel of Donzère-Mondragon (diversion canal of the Rhône River) between Valence (70 km upstream) and Avignon (65 km downstream).

Viviers Cathedral

Viviers Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Vincent de Viviers) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the town of Viviers in the department of Ardèche, France.


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