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unusual facts about Mer, 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.


Beaulieu-sur-Mer

It was built at the beginning of the 20th century by the archeologist Théodore Reinach and is in the style of an ancient Greek villa at the time of Pericles.

Beurre d'Isigny

Beurre d'Isigny is a type of cow's milk butter made in the Veys Bay area and the valleys of the rivers running into it, comprising several French communes surrounding Isigny-sur-Mer and straddling the Manche and Calvados departments of northern 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 Mehun-sur-Yèvre

The Château de Mehun-sur-Yèvre is a castle in the town of Mehun-sur-Yèvre in the départment of Cher, France.

Cherbourg Harbour

In 1776, he set up a commission to choose between Cherbourg, Ambleteuse or Boulogne as France's main strategic port for defence of the English Channel - this was headed by Suffren and also including Dumouriez (later governor of Cherbourg) and La Bretonnière.

Ciments français

The company was created in 1850 by Émile Dupond and Charles Demarle in Boulogne-sur-Mer.

Elizabeth of the Trinity

She was born Élisabeth Catez in the Avord military camp in Cher, the first-born child of Captain Joseph Catez and his wife, Marie Rolland.

Emanuel Cvjetićanin

as a Serbian administration officer with other 21 soldiers in Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer near Toulon in France.

Eros Ramazzotti discography

The Italian star has done duets with several prestigious artists such as Cher, Tina Turner, Andrea Bocelli, Patsy Kensit, Anastacia, Joe Cocker, Luciano Pavarotti, Laura Pausini, and Ricky Martin.

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.

Gare de Dives-Cabourg

Dives-Cabourg is the railway station for the towns of Dives-sur-Mer and Cabourg.

GDF Suez

With the stated aim of reaching a total production capacity of 10GW by 2013, three gas-fired thermal power plants at Fos-sur-Mer, Montoir-de-Bretagne and Saint-Brieuc are currently in various stages of development, as is a solar panel project in Curbans.

Girl Don't Come

"Girl Don't Come" has also been recorded by Debby Boone, Cher, Ronnie Dyson (as the B-side to "(If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?"), and Eddie Rambeau.

Guynemer of Boulogne

Guynemer or Guinemerz was a Boulognese pirate who played a role in the First Crusade.

Honor Bright

Their musical style has drawn comparisons to bands like Taking Back Sunday, Cartel, Mayday Parade, early Fall Out Boy as well as Cher, Nickleback, and Metallica.

Japanese cruiser Matsushima

Matsushima was built by the Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée naval shipyards at La Seyne-sur-Mer in France.

Jean-Louis Agobet

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

Jean-Luc Aotret

Jean-Luc Aotret (born 8 November 1956, Bourges, Cher) is a French poet who has poetry in the French poetry journal La feuille du temps which is published by the An Amzer Poetry Association.

Jean-Pierre Gibrat

In 1985, on Saval's texts, Gibrat drew, in Télé Poche, l'Empire sous la mer, an adventure starring the canine character Zaza, created by Dany Saval and Michel Drucker.

Jean-Pierre Maïone-Libaude

Jean-Pierre "Maïon" was assassinated on June 13, 1982 at Argent-sur-Sauldre, in the Cher province, soon after being free from prison.

John Thirkell

His other credits include work with artists such as George Michael, Jamiroquai, UB40, Cher, Tina Turner, Pet Shop Boys, Swing Out Sister and many more, along with stints in the Buddy Rich Orchestra and Gil Evans Orchestra.

Julius Asclepiodotus

While Constantius sailed from Boulogne, Asclepiodotus took a section of the fleet and the legions from San Dun Sandouville and oppidum near Le Havre, slipping past Allectus's fleet at the Isle of Wight under cover of fog, and landed presumably in the vicinity of Southampton or Chichester, where he burned his ships.

Kavare Mer

Kavare Mer is the second album released by Armenian superstar Nune.

L'Étoile de mer

L'Étoile de mer (English: The Sea Star) is a 1928 film directed by Man Ray.

Le Safran de la Chapelle-Vicomtesse

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

Longeville-sur-Mer

A celebrated surf spot, named Bud Bud, is found at Les Conches, whilst the road leading from the beach to the nearby town of Angles passes through a marsh, from which one may observe wild birds, including storks.

Louise DuArt: The Mouth That Roared

Louise DuArt: The Mouth That Roared is a 1989 Showtime special featuring Louise DuArt's spot-on impersonations of Woody Allen, Dr. Ruth, Carol Burnett, Barbra Streisand, Cher, Tammy Faye Bakker, George Burns, Gracie Allen and many more.

Marcelino Bilbao Bilbao

There, he was first interned at the French concentration camps in Argelès-sur-Mer, later forced to work on the Maginot line, and finally deported by the Germans to the Mauthausen concentration camp.

Maria Domenica Mazzarello

The next morning, more out of a concern for worrying her already exhausted companions, she was able to get up, see the missionaries off, and then journey with her remaining Sisters to their house and orphanage in St. Cyr.

Musée d'Art Moderne de Céret

Then, Soutine made frequent trips between Céret and Cagnes-sur-Mer until 1922.

MV Transcontainer I

Transcontainer I was built by Constructions Navales et Industrielles de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France as Yard Number 1381 for SNCF.

NOV Fm

In 2001, a temporary radio station broadcast in the canton of Beauvoir-sur-Mer.

Paddy McAloon

Songs written by McAloon have also been recorded by Kylie Minogue ("If You Don't Love Me"), Cher ("The Gunman"), Wendy Matthews ("God Watch Over You" and "Ride"), Sondre Lerche ("Nightingales" - the song appeared in "From Langley Park to Memphis" and Lerche sang it with the Faces Down Quartet as a tribute to Prefab Sprout), Danny Seward ("Home (Where The Heart Is)"), Momus ("Green Isaac Pt. 2") and various songs for Jimmy Nail.

Paranoimia

The 7" single features a monologue about Max Headroom being scared and unable to sleep (hence "Paranoimia", a portmanteau of "paranoia" and "insomnia"). The 12" has a completely different vocal with Headroom as a master of ceremonies, talking about the music and introducing the band (which he claims comprises Peter O'Toole, Martina Navratilova, Cher and the Pope).

Percy S. Prince

They were finally assigned to a training camp near Saint Florent.

Piveteausaurus

MNHN 1920-7 was found by local collector Dutacq in rocks thought to be Oxfordian (Upper Jurassic), of the Vaches Noires cliffs near Dives in Normandy, France, and was after being reported by amateur geologist Cazenave in 1920 acquired by Professor Marcellin Boule for the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.

Port of Deauville

The large town's position on the estuary of the River Touques was ideal for the establishment of a constructed harbour to supplement the fishing docks of Trouville-sur-Mer.

Puy d'Arras

Other puys under her patronage were founded at Amiens, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Caen, Évreux, and Rouen.

Raoul de Cambrai

Raoul de Cambrai, the posthumous son of Raoul Taillefer, count of Cambrai, by his wife Alais, sister of King Louis d'Outre-Mer, whose father's lands had been given to another, demanded the fief of Vermandois, which was the natural inheritance of the four sons of Herbert, lord of Vermandois.

Raymond Savignac

A permanent display of his work may be found at the Montebello Museum in Trouville, where he spent his last years.

Russian cruiser Admiral Makarov

Admiral Makarov was built by Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée in La Seyne-sur-Mer, France.

Superstar Limo

Riders were introduced to animated figures modeled in the likeness of celebrities (some of whom appeared at the time on ABC shows.) The celebrities were Joan Rivers (appearing only in puppet-form on TV screens in the attraction's queue), Regis Philbin, Melanie Griffith, Antonio Banderas, Cindy Crawford, Tim Allen, Jackie Chan, Drew Carey, Cher, and Whoopi Goldberg.

The Rock Pool

The novel is set in "Trou-sur-mer" (Hole on the Sea), which is said to based on Cagnes-sur-Mer between Cannes and Nice.

Tim Dudfield

Over the years, he has worked on projects by a wide variety of artists including Madonna, INXS, Felix da Housecat, E Smoove, Inaya Day, Brandy, Cher, Craig David, and Steve Silk Hurley.

Todd Hughes

Premiering on Lifetime on May 6, 2013 as a mother's day special, Todd is producer of the documentary Dear Mom, Love Cher as well as Executive Producer along with P. David Ebersole (who also wrote and directed), Cher, Risa Shapiro and Tanya Lopez.

Ulane Bonnel

Following their marriage, Bonnel went to France with her husband, who had a distinguished career in the French Navy, rising to be chief of the maritime health service (chef du service santé des gens de mer) in 1969-72 and an internationally recognized biologist associated with the World Health Organization.

Vince Gironda

A short list of stars who trained at Vince's Gym includes Robert Blake, Cher, Clint Eastwood, Denzel Washington, James Garner, Brian Keith, Tommy Chong (of Cheech & Chong) and Erik Estrada.

Zakaria Zubeidi

In 2004, Mer-Khamis completed a documentary film about the group, Arna's Children.


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