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unusual facts about Pays d'en Haut


Pays d'en Haut

They reached the mouth of the Arkansas River, and then returned upstream, having learned that the great river ran towards the Gulf of Mexico and not towards the Pacific Ocean as they had presumed.


2009–10 Rugby Pro D2 season

Lannemezan and Aix-en-Provence earned promotion from Fédérale 1 for the 2009–10 season, while Dax and Mont-de-Marsan were relegated from the 2008–09 Top 14.

Andrée Champagne

In the 1960s, she became well known on television playing "Donalda" in Claude-Henri Grignon's series Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut.

Paul Bunel

Born in La Ferté-Fresnel, Paul Bunel settled in Vimoutiers from where he traversed the Pays d'Auge in Lower-Normandy, France, to photograph villages, people and Norman costumes of the beginning of the 20th century.

Pays d'Aix RC

They arrived in Pro D2 for the 2009–10 season after earning promotion from the top amateur league, Fédérale 1.

Sainte-Adèle, Quebec

Sainte-Adèle was the setting of the long-running Quebec television series Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut, an adaptation of Claude-Henri Grignon's novel Un Homme et son péché.


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