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25 unusual facts about Loir


Arville

Arville, Loir-et-Cher, a commune of the Loir-et-Cher département, in France

Camillien Houde

He is descended from the first Houde ancestor, Louis Houde, who came from Manou, Eure-et-Loir, France to Quebec in 1647.

Charles Isidore Douin

Charles Isidore Douin (1858 – 1944) was a French bryologist who was a native of Bouville, Eure-et-Loir.

Château de Beauregard, Loire Valley

It is located on the territory of the commune of Cellettes, a little south of the city of Blois and a few miles from other famous Loire châteaux such as Cheverny.

Congregation of Divine Providence

Another congregation which has a connection to this one is that of the Sisters of Providence of Ruillé-sur-Loir, France, founded in 1806, whose founder adopted the Rule of Life and religious habit of this congregation.

Ermengarde, Countess of Maine

Ermengarde or Erembourg of Maine, also known as Erembourg de la Flèche (died 1126), was Countess of Maine and the Lady of Château-du-Loir from 1110 to 1126.

Flacey

Flacey, Eure-et-Loir, a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in north-central France

Houssay

Houssay, Loir-et-Cher, a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department, France

Iviswold

The 1887 remodeling of the house was inspired by the Château de Chaumont in Loir-et-Cher, France.

Langon

Langon, Loir-et-Cher, a commune in the Loir-et-Cher departemnt, France

Le Safran de la Chapelle-Vicomtesse

Le Safran de la Chapelle Vicomtesse are producers of Saffron in the Loir-et-Cher region of France.

Léon Bazin

After the liberation of France in 1944 he was reappointed to this position, and in 1950 became consulting architect to Loiret and Loir-et-Cher.

Lise de Baissac

Borrell was the first to drop, with de Baissac following in quick succession, landing in the village of Boisrenard near the town of Mer.

Loir

It is indirectly a tributary of the Loire, and runs roughly parallel to it and slightly north of it for much of its length, and so might be regarded as a Yazoo type river.

Louis Joseph Marchand

Born into a middle-class family from the Eure-et-Loir department, in 1811 he became an Imperial servant.

Manou

Manou, Eure-et-Loir, a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in France

Marie I, Countess of Boulogne

Marie I or Mary (1136 – 25 July 1182 in St Austrebert, Montreuil, France) was the suo jure Countess of Boulogne from 1159 to 1170.

Mary Cecilia Bailly

The pair left Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on April 26, 1843, and sailed to France, where they spent time with the Sisters of Providence of Ruillé-sur-Loir and met with dignitaries including Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies, Queen of France.

Montainville

Montainville, Eure-et-Loir, a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in France

Montoire-sur-le-Loir

Montoire-sur-le-Loir is known as the location where, on 24 October 1940, the famous handshake between Adolf Hitler and Maréchal Pétain took place signifying the start of organised French collaboration with the Nazi regime.

Romani people in France

In retaliation, a group later identified as 'travellers' ("Gens du voyage") attacked and pillaged the village of Saint-Aignan in central France.

Siméon-François Berneux

He was born at Château-du-Loir, and was executed in the anti-Christian purges at Saenamteo, Seoul, Korea, in 1866.

Talcy

Talcy, Loir-et-Cher, a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department, known for the Château de Talcy

Valentine de Sainte-Aldegonde

On 8 October 1839 she married Alexandre Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord, son of Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord and Princess Dorothea of Courland, at the Château de Beauregard at Cellettes (Loir-et-Cher), her mother's property.

Vineuil SF

They are based in the town of Vineuil, Loir-et-Cher and their home stadium is the Stade Municipal which has a capacity of approximately 1,100 spectators.


Abel François Poisson

1764-1781: Château de Menars in Menars (Loir-et-Cher), inherited from his sister, the marquise de Pompadour.

Atai Ulaan

the "Sherem" in the Book of Jacob, chapter 7 -- Yaʻqōb (Jacob) wrestled with the angel in like manner as did Zasa Mergen Baatar}, Abarga Sesen, Loir Hara Lobsogoldoi, and the "Yonhoboi sisters of Loir Hara Lobsogoldoi".

Château de Chaumont

The Château de Chaumont (or Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire) is a castle in Chaumont-sur-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, France.

Chateau de Leveville

The castle of Levéville or Levesville stands on a plateau above the city of Chartres in the Eure-et-Loir department.

Château de Troussay

The Château de Troussay is one of the smallest Châteaux of the Loire Valley, and is situated in Cheverny, in the Loir-et-Cher.

Duchess Marie Thérèse of Württemberg

Marie Therese married Prince Henri d'Orléans, second child and eldest son of Henri, Count of Paris and his wife Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza, on 5 July 1957 in Dreux, Eure-et-Loir, France.

Édouard Dujardin

Édouard Émile Louis Dujardin was born in Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt, Loir-et-Cher, and was the only child of Alphonse Dujardin, a sea captain.

Francis IV of Beauharnais

Francis IV of Beauharnais (1630 in Orléans – 1681 in Orléans), squire, sieur of la Grillère (at Vouzon, Loir-et-Cher) and sieur de la Boische, was a French nobleman.

François Chabot

Re-elected to the National Convention for the département of Loir-et-Cher, he voted for the execution of King Louis XVI, and opposed the proposal to prosecute the authors of the September Massacres, as there were heroes of the Battle of Jemmapes among them.

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.

Jean-Louis Agobet

Jean-Louis Agobet (Blois Loir-et-Cher, 21 April 1968) is a French composer.

Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps

Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps (born 24 March 1774 in Dreux, Eure-et-Loir — died 8 May 1849 in Paris) was a French physician and botanist.

Lehmann Aviation LA300

Lehmann Aviation LA300 is a fully automatic lightweight small UAV launched by Lehmann Aviation, the French manufacturer of leightweight versatile UAS based in La Chapelle-Vendômoise, Loir-et-Cher, in July 2013.

New York Cancer Hospital

The big, broad towers gave the hospital the character of a French château, like the Château de Chambord at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France, and made it one of the most important pieces of institutional architecture in New York even till today.

Philippe Fénelon

Philippe Fénelon (Suèvres, Loir-et-Cher, 23 November 1952) is a French classical composer.