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9 unusual facts about Saint Ouen


Battery Moltke

Battery Moltke or Batterie Moltke is an uncompleted World War II former coastal artillery battery in St Ouen in the north west of Jersey.

Geology of Jersey

They start with turbidites in the west, centre and south of Jersey, including at St Ouens Bay, and St Aubins Bay.

Honorary Police

A Vingtenier is a member of the Honorary Police elected by a Parish Assembly of electors and ratepayers for a term of three years for a particular vingtaine (or, in St. Ouen, a cueillette) in that Parish.

Jersey Evening Post

Written by Edward Le Brocq (1877–1964), who had worked for the Evening Post before becoming editor of the Morning News, they took the form of a letter to the editor supposedly written by an old farming couple from St. Ouen commenting on personalities, events and elections laced with humorous observations on Jersey history and traditions.

Millais baronets

The Millais Baronetcy, of Palace Gate in Kensington in the County of Middlesex and of St Ouen in Jersey, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

Saint Ouen, Jersey

The traditional nickname for St. Ouennais is Gris Ventres (grey bellies) - a reference to the custom of men from the parish to wear jerseys of undyed wool, which distinguished them from men from other parishes who generally wore blue.

George F. Le Feuvre (1891–1984), who wrote under the pseudonym "George d'la Forge", was one of the most prolific authors of Jèrriais literature of the 20th century.

Sport in Jersey

For horse racing, Les Landes Race Course can be found at Les Landes in St Ouen next to the ruins of Grosnez Castle.

Windmills in Jersey

St Ouen's Windmill, or Moulin de la Campagne is a tower mill in Grantez, Saint Ouen, that was converted into an artillery observation post by the Germans during World War Two.



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Appelle mon numéro

On 8 October, some media revealed that the music video was shot on 4 and 5 October in the studios of Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.

Astatic

The Astatic was a French cyclecar manufactured from 1920 to 1922 by Automobiles Astatic, Saint-Ouen, Seine, France.

Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine

Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine, most usually known as CAMS was a French manufacturer of flying boats, founded in Saint-Ouen in November 1920 by Lawrence Santoni.

Charles Armand Tuffin, marquis de la Rouerie

As well as his military deeds, he also brought back American tulip trees (offered him by Washington), the first to be imported into Europe, and these are still to be seen at the château de Saint-Ouen-la-Rouërie.

Dany Bill

Right after that he visited RM Boxing Gym in his home town, Saint-Ouen where he met his longtime trainer/manager Rachid Saadi who started training him right away.

Delphine Software International

In 2001, Delphine Software International relocated to Saint-Ouen.

Eliska Vincent

When she was widowed she inherited land in Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis in Paris, giving her a secure income with which she helped promote women's rights and the rights of workers.

Fenwick Groupe

The Fenwick Groupe is a French engineering company, established in 1862, located in Saint-Ouen on the northern outskirts of Paris.

Gare d'Ermont-Eaubonne

It is situated on the railway from Paris to Pontoise, and branch lines towards Valmondois, Argenteuil and Saint-Ouen.

Gare de Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône – Liesse

Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône - Liesse is a railway station in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, a northwestern suburb of Paris, France.

Hellier de Carteret

He was the son of Edouard de Carteret, Seigneur of Saint Ouen (d. 1533), and grandson of Philip De Carteret, 8th of St Ouen.

Janoir

The Janoir was a French automobile manufactured from 1921 until 1922 by a motorcycle and sidecar company in Saint-Ouen.

John of Valois, Count of Montpensier

#in 1386 at Saint-Ouen to Catherine of France (1378 † 1388), daughter of Charles V and of Joanna of Bourbon

Louis Stettner

He went back and forth between New York and Paris for almost two decades and finally settled permanently in Saint-Ouen, near Paris, in 1990.

MP 05

A fleet of trains will also be deployed to line 14 between 2013 and 2017 in order to improve service frequencies and to prepare for the line's northern extension towards Mairie de Saint-Ouen.

Nosfell

Nosfell (born 1 December 1977, in Saint-Ouen in Seine-Saint-Denis) is a rock musician who performs in a group with Pierre Lebourgeois (cellist) and Orkhan Murat (drummer).

Pascal Mazzotti

Pasquale "Pascal" Mazzotti (December 16, 1923 in Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry – June 19, 2002 in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône) was a French actor who has appeared in film, television, and theater.

Philibert of Jumièges

He was born in Gascony as the only son of a Vic or Vic-Jour (now Vic-Fezensac) based courtier of Dagobert I and was educated by Saint Ouen.

Pierre Labric

The majority of his recordings were made at Saint-Ouen in Rouen with its famous organ from 1890 by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (although Labric was never titular organist at this church).

Raymond Besse

He loved to illustrate the life in and around the capital city, especially in the northern areas of Saint-Ouen, Montmartre, Clichy and around the Canal Saint-Martin.

SOMUA S35

On 17 May the Army had already contacted a subsidiary of Schneider et Cie — the Société d'Outillage Mécanique et d'Usinage d'Artillerie (or SOMUA) based at Saint-Ouen — to build a prototype.

Stade de Paris

The Stade de Paris (usually called Stade Bauer) is a 8,000-capacity football (soccer) stadium in Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis in the northern suburbs of Paris.

Tchavolo Schmitt

He became influential among his peers, in particular at Porte de Montreuil or Chope des Puces in Saint-Ouen, legendary homes of manouche swing.

Tholomé

Tholomé company was located at Rue Godillot 27 in Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis.

Valeo

The Société Anonyme Française du Ferodo was founded in 1923 in Saint-Ouen, a suburb of Paris.