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9 unusual facts about Rodez


2009 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women

The 2009 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women is the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the Under–17 World Championship for Women 2010 at Rodez and Toulouse, France.

Amalaric

King Theoderic of the Ostrogoths sent an army, led by his sword-bearer Theudis, against Gesalec, ostensibly on behalf of Amalaric; Gesalec fled to Africa, and the Ostrogoths drove back the Franks and their Burgundian allies, regaining possession of "the south of Novempopulana, Rodez, probably even Albi, and even Toulose".

Eugène Mouton

During his time in Rodez he helped to implement one of the first mobile libraries in France.

Ferréol of Uzès

His sister Saint Tarsicia of Rodez (died ca 600) lived as a hermit in the Rouergue near Rodez, where she is still venerated by the Benedictines, with a feast day of January 15.

Gaëtan Roussel

Gaëtan Roussel (born 13 October 1972 Rodez, Aveyron) is a French singer, songwriter and composer.

Jacques Aymar de Roquefeuil et du Bousquet

His father left him the hereditary government of the town of Rodez, which the king invested him with upon his marriage in 1711.

Joseph-Christian-Ernest Bourret

Joseph Christian Ernest Bourret (9 December 1827 in the hamlet of Labro, near Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès, Ardèche - 10 July 1896, Rodez) was a French churchman, bishop and cardinal.

My Life and Times with Antonin Artaud

After nine years of being locked up, Antonin Artaud (Sami Frey) is released from the asylum at Rodez, and returns to Paris with his friends.

Pierre Soulages

Born in Rodez, Aveyron, in 1919, Soulages also is known as "the painter of black" because of his interest in the colour, "...both a colour and a non-colour. When light is reflected on black, it transforms and transmutes it. It opens up a mental field all of its own".


France 3 Sud

Serving the Midi-Pyrénées and Languedoc-Roussillon regions from its headquarters in Toulouse, secondary production centre in Montpellier and newsrooms in Perpignan, Rodez, Albi and Nîmes, France 3 Sud broadcasts regional news, sport, features and entertainment programming in French, Occitan and Catalan.

Gabriel Thubières de Levy de Queylus

Within a few year, De Queylus has established seminaries in his native region of Rodez (1647), as well as in Nantes (1649) and Viviers (1650).

Hotchkiss machine gun

Hotchkiss moved to France and set up a factory, first at Viviez near Rodez in 1867, then at Saint-Denis near Paris in 1875 manufacturing arms used by the French in the Franco-Prussian war, and later the U.S. government, who deployed them in the 1879 Mill River Campaign against Sitting Bull.

Nicetius of Provence

He received, as constituting his duchy, the cities of Rodez, Clermont, and Uzès.

Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona

Born in 11 November 1082 in Rodez, he was the son of Ramon Berenguer II.


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