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unusual facts about Loire River



Army of the Coasts of La Rochelle

By a decree issued on 30 April 1793, the army was responsible for the defence of the coasts and areas between the estuaries of the Gironde and Loire and that of the right bank of the river to Ingrandes, against the threat of Britain.

Château d'Essalois

The Château d'Essalois is a restored castle in the commune of Chambles in the Loire département of France, overlooking a dammed portion of the Loire River, Lake Grangent.

Christine Jean

She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1992 for her efforts on preserving The Loire River, the longest river in France, from dam constructions.

Foebus abierat

The poem was rediscovered in 1960 by the medieval-lyric specialist Peter Dronke in a Bodleian manuscript dating ca. 1000 and copied at the monastery of Fleury on the Loire river.

Fulgence Bienvenüe

In 1886, Bienvenüe moved on to Paris to design and supervise the construction of aqueducts for the city, drawing water from the Aube and Loire Rivers.

Lourinhã Municipality

The name Lourinhã may be related to the origin of its feudal lord, since Jordan was from the Loire region in France.


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Robert C. Macon

The division then screened the Allied advance along the Loire River Valley, and accepted the surrender of 20,000 German troops at Beaugency.