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unusual facts about Provenchère, Haute-Saône


Provenchère

Provenchère, Haute-Saône, another commune in the French region of Franche-Comté


Adeline André

After her graduation in 1970 she entered the House of Christian Dior as an assistant for Haute Couture collections, working next Marc Bohan.

Alfred Vaucher

Vaucher also taught at Saleve Adventist University, Collonges-sous-Salève, Haute-Savoie, a French biblical college, from 1921-1941 and 1945-1983.

Battle of Méribel

The Battle of Méribel took place at Méribel, above Sallanches, Haute-Savoie, France, on 13 September 1793, when the forces of the Duchy of Savoy were defeated by the French Army.

Bernard Bosquier

Bernard Bosquier (born 19 June 1942 in Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie) is a former French international footballer who played as a defender.

Borvo

Many of the sites where offerings to Borvo have been found are in Gaul: inscriptions to him have been found in Drôme at Aix-en-Diois, Bouches-du-Rhône at Aix-en-Provence, Gers at Auch, Allier at Bourbon-l'Archambault, Savoie at Aix-les-Bains, Saône-et-Loire at Bourbon-Lancy, in Savoie at Aix-les-Bains, Haute-Marne at Bourbonne-les-Bains and in Nièvre at Entrains-sur-Nohain.

Buffet Crampon

In 2008 Buffet Crampon continues to pursue its strategy by the acquisition of the Leblanc clarinet factory in La Couture-Boussey, Département of Eure, Haute-Normandie in France.

Cal Crum

In 1916, Crum again played for two teams: the Terre Haute Highlanders of Terre Haute, Indiana, and the Muskegon Reds of Muskegon, Michigan.

Château d'Étobon

The Château d'Étobon is a ruined castle in the commune of Étobon in the Haute-Saône département of France, 6 km from the town of Héricourt.

Château de Rochechouart

Château de Rochechouart is a thirteenth-century French castle, located at the top of the confluence of the Grêne and Vayres rivers in the commune of Rochechouart within the département of Haute-Vienne.

Col du Corbier

Col du Corbier is a French Alpine pass located in Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France between the towns of Le Biot and Bonnevaux (Haute-Savoie).

CroisiEurope

In France, CroisiEurope sail on the Seine, the Rhône, the Saône, the Gironde, the Meuse, and the Rhine; in Italy, on the Po; in Spain, on the Guadalquivir; in Portugal, on the Guadiana and the Douro; in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, on the Rhine; in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Serbia, and Romania, on the Danube; and in Germany, on the Havel and the Oder.

Daniel Vaudd

A chance encounter at the Knightsbridge Haute Parfumerie of the world’s sole ‘ Professeur de parfum’, Roja Dove, led Dove to ask Daniel to be his personal researcher on the project ‘Essence of Perfume’ by Roja Dove.

Demoiselles Coiffées de Pontis

The Demoiselles Coiffées de Pontis is a rock formation in Pontis, near Embrun in the French Alps, located on the edge of the Lac de Serre-Ponçon.

Édouard-Jean Empain

The rendezvous set by the kidnappers was to take place two days later at Megève, a winter resort in Haute-Savoie.

Entremont

Entremont, Haute-Savoie, a municipality of the Haute-Savoie département in France

Fabien Chéreau

Fabien Chéreau (born 17 September 1980 in Villefranche-sur-Saône, France) is a French Research Engineer and computer programmer best known for authoring the planetarium software Stellarium, a free, open source astronomy software package which renders 3D photo-realistic skies in real time.

Florine

Sainte-Florine, a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France

Frédéric Demontfaucon

Frédéric Demontfaucon (born 24 December 1973 in Le Creusot, Saône-et-Loire) is a judoka from France.

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 Lyon-Jean Macé

The station allows passengers to regional trains from Bourgoin-Jallieu, La Tour-du-Pin, Saint-André-le-Gaz, Vienne, Valencia, Mâcon and Villefranche-sur-Saône, according to their final destination, to use the new station as additional entry point in the center of Lyon.

Gustave Dutailly

During the same year, he became a deputy (political title) of the arrondissement of Chaumont, and in 1885 was named deputy of the department of Haute-Marne.

Horse training

20th century text by the former director of the Spanish Riding School covering the training of horses from basic dressage through the haute ecole or "high school" movements.

Install Party des Savoie

During a day, people from Pays de Savoie, which is both Savoie and Haute-Savoie departements, is welcomed to get familiar with a new desktop environment, GNU/Linux, renowned for its ability to be reliable and virus-free.

Jonas of Bobbio

In 659, when he was sent by the Queen-Regent Balthild on a mission to Chalon-sur-Saône, he was referred to as "abbot", though of which monastery it cannot now be determined.

Les Deux Amants

The mountain mentioned in the poem actually exists, near the commune of Pîtres in the Haute-Normandie region of France.

Lorette, Manitoba

The church is surmounted by three bells, which were poured in Haute-Savoie, France.

Marcel Thil

Born in Saint-Dizier, Haute-Marne in the Champagne-Ardenne Region of France, Thil started boxing at a very young age and turned professional at the age of 16.

Moita

Moïta, a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.

Musée Georges-Garret

Musée Georges-Garret is a muséum located in the city of Vesoul, in the Haute-Saône departement of eastern France.

Nicolas Felizola

Felizola debuted his spring/summer 2008 collection during Haute Lunch, a charity luncheon benefiting the AROD Family Foundation, hosted by "It" baseball player of the year, Alex Rodriguez and his wife, Cynthia.

Orbigny

Orbigny-au-Mont, a commune in the Haute-Marne department in France

Pierrecourt

Pierrecourt, Seine-Maritime, a commune in the French region of Haute-Normandie

René Piller

René Piller (born April 23, 1965 in Héricourt, Haute-Saône) is a retired male race walker from France, who competed in three Summer Olympics during his career.

Rich Dickerson

Dickerson worked with Starkey and Evans to provide advance promotion for a KISS concert at the new Hulman Civic-University Center in Terre Haute.

Riez Cathedral

Riez Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Riez) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, located in the town of Riez in the département of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in south-eastern France.

Roc d'Enfer

The Roc d'Enfer (2,244 m) is a mountain of the Chablais Alps, located west of Morzine in the French department of Haute-Savoie.

Rocher Rond

Rocher Rond lies in the foothills of the Alps, straddling the communes of Lus-la-Croix-Haute (in the department of Drôme) and Agnières-en-Dévoluy (in the department of Hautes-Alpes).

Sainte Marie Coal Mine

The Sainte Marie Coal Mine is one of the major Ronchamp coal mines, located in Ronchamp, Haute-Saône, in eastern France.

Sancé

Sancé, Saône-et-Loire, a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in France

Seelenluft

"Comme Dans Un Rêve" from the album was featured in the Fall/Winter 2008/9 Haute Couture Fashion Show for Chanel.

Sisteron Cathedral

Sisteron Cathedral, now the Church of Notre-Dame-des Pommiers (Cathédrale or Concathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Thyrse de Sisteron; Église Notre-Dame des Pommiers, or "Our Lady of the Appletrees") is a Roman Catholic church, formerly a cathedral, and national monument of France, in Sisteron, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

Spain men's national ice hockey team

Spain won their first international game against Belgium in the Challenge de Haute–Garonne tournament held in Bagnères-de-Luchon, France.

Tête de l'Estrop

Administratively the mountain is divided between the French communes of Prads-Haute-Bléone (southern slopes) and Méolans-Revel (vallon du Laverq, northern slopes).

Theophanis Lamboukas

Sarapo died at the side of the road in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, following an automobile accident on 28 August 1970.

Tour du Crédit Lyonnais

In his song "Lyon Presqu'île" on the album The Superb, Benjamin Biolay (born in Villefranche-sur-Saone) includes "round in pen" in his view of the main monuments of the city.

Traves, Haute-Saône

Former SS Standartenfuhrer Jochen Peiper bought property and lived near the village from April 27, 1972 until his murder July 14, 1976.

Vaudey

Villers-Vaudey, commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Franche-Comté in eastern France

Verziau of Gargantua

The verziau of Gargantua (or vierzeux of Gargantua), also known under the name of Haute-Borne is a menhir at Bois-lès-Pargny in France.


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