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139527 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lioux | Lioux | Lioux is a commune of 248 people (1999). It is in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in the Vaucluse department in the south of France.
Communes in Vaucluse |
139528 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loriol-du-Comtat | Loriol-du-Comtat | Loriol-du-Comtat is a commune of 1,871 people (1999). It is in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in the Vaucluse department in the south of France.
Communes in Vaucluse |
139529 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lourmarin | Lourmarin | Lourmarin is a commune of 1,119 people (1999). It is in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in the Vaucluse department in the south of France.
Communes in Vaucluse |
139530 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malauc%C3%A8ne | Malaucène | Malaucène is a commune of 2,669 people (2008). It is in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in the Vaucluse department in the south of France.
Communes in Vaucluse |
139533 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malemort-du-Comtat | Malemort-du-Comtat | Malemort-du-Comtat is a commune of 1,203 people (1999). It is in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in the Vaucluse department in the south of France. During the time of the Roman Empire, the village was called "Calvia." The name Malemort means "bad death" and was probably used after the destruction of the village b... |
139535 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maubec%2C%20Vaucluse | Maubec, Vaucluse | Maubec is a commune of 1,581 people (1999). It is in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in the Vaucluse department in the south of France.
Communes in Vaucluse |
139536 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazan | Mazan | Mazan is a commune of 4,943 people (1999). It is in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in the Vaucluse department in the south of France.
Communes in Vaucluse |
139537 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9nerbes | Ménerbes | Ménerbes is a commune of 1,157 people (2006). It is in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in the Vaucluse department in the south of France.
Communes in Vaucluse |
139538 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9rindol | Mérindol | Mérindol is a commune of 1,923 people (2006). It is in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in the Vaucluse department in the south of France. The town has a Mediterranean climate with hot and dry summers and mild winters. It does not rain very often and snow is rare. Protected by the Luberon, a mountain range, the to... |
139539 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9thamis | Méthamis | Méthamis is a commune of 397 people (1999). It is in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in the Vaucluse department in the south of France.
Communes in Vaucluse |
139540 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirabeau%2C%20Vaucluse | Mirabeau, Vaucluse | Mirabeau is a commune of 907 people (1999). It is in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in the Vaucluse department in the south of France.
Communes in Vaucluse |
139541 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice%20over%20Internet%20Protocol | Voice over Internet Protocol | Voice over Internet protocol (or VoIP) is a term used for a number of protocols that are used to carry voice data over packet switched networks. Beforehand, telephony used a dedicated line, that was only for calls. This was known as PSTN (or "public switched telephony network"). Using VOIP will reduce costs, as the "de... |
139545 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaucluse | Vaucluse | The Vaucluse () is a department in the southeast of France in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its prefecture is Avignon.
It is named after a famous spring, in the commune Fontaine-de-Vaucluse. The name Vaucluse comes from the Latin Vallis Clausa ("closed valley") as the valley here ends in a cliff from which ri... |
139552 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffie-Hellman%20key%20exchange | Diffie-Hellman key exchange | The Diffie-Hellman key exchange (sometimes called an Exponential key exchange) is a protocol used to secretly share information with keys.
Background
In 1976, Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman invented a way for people to encrypt data and send it over an open channel. The idea was based on a concept by Ralph Merkle... |
139559 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20royal%20family | British royal family | The British royal family is the group of close relatives (family) of the monarch, currently Elizabeth II, of the United Kingdom.
Members
The Queen Elizabeth II
The Prince of Wales
The Duchess of Cornwall
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
Prince George of Cambridge
Princess Charlotte of Cambridge
Prince Louis of Cam... |
139566 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/MQV | MQV | MQV (Menezes-Qu-Vanstone) is an authenticated protocol for key agreement based on the Diffie-Hellman scheme. MQV provides protection against an active attacker.
References
Burton S. Kaliski Jr., An unknown key-share attack on the MQV key agreement protocol. ACM Trans. Inf. Syst. Secur. 4(3): pp275–288 (2001)
Laurie ... |
139568 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher%20%28department%29 | Cher (department) | Cher is a department in the centre of France in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It is named after the Cher river, the most important river in the department.
Its prefecture is Bourges.
History
The department is one of the 83 French departments made during the French revolution, on 4 March 1790. The department was cre... |
139569 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corr%C3%A8ze | Corrèze | Corrèze () is a department in south-western France, named after the Corrèze river. It is in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and its capital is the city of Tulle.
History
Corrèze is one of the 83 French departments made during the French revolution, on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the old province of Limous... |
139571 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runtime | Runtime | In computer science, runtime or run time describes the operation of a computer program, the duration of its execution, from beginning to termination.
The term runtime can also refer to a virtual machine to manage a program written in a computer language while it is running.
Run time is sometimes used to mean runtime... |
139572 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java%20virtual%20machine | Java virtual machine | A Java virtual machine (JVM) is a set of computer software programs and data structures which use a virtual machine model for the execution of other computer programs and scripts. The model used by a JVM accepts a form of computer intermediate language commonly referred to as Java bytecode.
Java virtual machines ope... |
139579 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Station-to-Station%20protocol | Station-to-Station protocol | The Station-to-Station (STS) protocol is a cryptographic (information-hiding) key agreement scheme based on the classic Diffie-Hellman key exchange that provides mutual key and entity (party) authentication.
In addition to protecting the established key from an attacker, the STS protocol uses no timestamps and provide... |
139582 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20Key%20Exchange | Internet Key Exchange | Internet Key Exchange (IKE or IKEv2) is the protocol used to set up a security association (SA) in the IPsec protocol suite. IKE uses a Diffie-Hellman key exchange to set up a shared session secret, from which cryptographic keys are derived. Public key techniques or, alternatively, a pre-shared key, are used to mutuall... |
139583 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared%20secret | Shared secret | In cryptography, a shared secret is a piece of data only known to the parties involved in a secure communication. The shared secret can be a password, a passphrase, a big number or an array of randomly chosen bytes.
The shared secret is either shared before parties start to communicate; in this case it can also be cal... |
139592 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styphnolobium%20japonicum | Styphnolobium japonicum | Pagoda Tree or Chinese Scholar Tree (Styphnolobium) is a genus of flowering plants in the Fabaceae family. After the segregation of Sophora, this genus comprises 9 species.
References
Other websites
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http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/3806-sophora-japonica-pendula-japanese-pagoda-tree/
Faboideae |
139593 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsforth | Horsforth | Horsforth is a town and civil parish within the City of Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England, lying about five miles north-west of Leeds city centre. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a population of 18,895 according to the 2011 Census.[1] Horsforth was considered to have the largest population of a... |
139596 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-shared%20key | Pre-shared key | In cryptography, a pre-shared key or PSK is a shared secret which was previously shared between the two parties using some secure channel before it is used. Such systems almost always use symmetric key cryptographic algorithms.
The characteristics of this secret or key are determined by the system which uses it; some... |
139600 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corse-du-Sud | Corse-du-Sud | Corse-du-Sud is a department in the south of France. Its prefecture is Ajaccio. As of 2006, about 125,000 people live there.
Related pages
Communes of the Corse-du-Sud department
Departments in Corsica |
139602 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haute-Corse | Haute-Corse | Haute-Corse is a department in the south of France. Its prefecture is Bastia. Haute-Corse has a population of about 148,000 (2006 estimation).
Departments in Corsica |
139604 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B4te-d%27Or | Côte-d'Or | Côte-d'Or (literally, "Slope of Gold", "Golden Slope") is a department in the eastern France. It is one of the 83 first French departments made during the French revolution and one of the eight departments of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
Its prefecture (capital) is the city of Dijon. The inhabitants of the depa... |
139606 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B4tes-d%27Armor | Côtes-d'Armor | Côtes-d'Armor is a department found in the west of France. Its prefecture is Saint-Brieuc and its population is about 561,000 (). It is one of the 83 first French departments made during the French revolution.
Côtes-d'Armor has also 3 subprefectures: Dinan, Guingamp and Lannion.
Departments in Brittany |
139607 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creuse | Creuse | Creuse () is a department in central France in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It is named after the Creuse river that flows through the department.
History
Creuse is one of the 83 French departments made during the French revolution, on 4 March 1790. It was created mainly with lands of the old province of County of... |
139608 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dordogne | Dordogne | Dordogne () is a department in the southwest of France. It is named after the Dordogne river that runs through the department.
The department is in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It is between the valley of the Loire river and the Pyrenees. Its prefecture (capital) is Périgueux.
History
Dordogne was formed during ... |
139610 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubs | Doubs | Doubs is a department in eastern France. It is in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It is named after the Doubs river.
The largest city in the department, and its prefecture (capital), is the city of Besançon.
History
Doubs is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790 w... |
139611 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr%C3%B4me | Drôme | Drôme () is a French department in southeastern France in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and named after the Drôme river. Its prefecture is the city of Valence.
History
Drôme is one of the 83 French departments made during the French revolution, on 4 March 1790; it was made with part of the old French province of Dau... |
139612 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPsec | IPsec | Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) is a way of making Internet communications more secure and private.
IPsec is a collection of protocols for securing Internet Protocol (IP) communications by authenticating (and optionally encrypting) each IP packet of a data stream. IPsec also includes protocols for establishing mutu... |
139613 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eure | Eure | Eure is a department found in the northwest of France in the Normandy region. Its prefecture is Évreux. Eure has a population of about 557,000 (2006 estimation). It is one of the 83 first French departments made during the French revolution.
Departments in Normandy |
139616 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eure-et-Loir | Eure-et-Loir | Eure-et-Loir is a department in north-central France in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It is named after the two main rivers that flow through the department: Eure and Loir.
Its prefecture is Chartres and there are three subprefectures: Châteaudun, Dreux and Nogent-le-Rotrou.
History
The department is one of the 83... |
139617 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key-agreement%20protocol | Key-agreement protocol | In cryptography, a key-agreement protocol is a cryptographic protocol by which two or more parties can agree on a key in such a way that both have an effect on the results.
Cryptography |
139626 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finist%C3%A8re | Finistère | Finistère is a department found in the west of France in the Brittany region. Its prefecture is Quimper. Finistère has a population of about 874,000 (2006 estimation). It is one of the 83 first French departments made during the French revolution.
Departments in Brittany |
139633 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1800%E2%80%931809%20Atlantic%20hurricane%20seasons | 1800–1809 Atlantic hurricane seasons | Atlantic hurricane seasons
1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s
The decade of 1800s featured the 1800–1809 Atlantic hurricane seasons. While info for every storm that happened is not available, some parts of the coastline were had enough people to give info of hurricane happenings. Each season was an ongoing event in the ann... |
139634 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1810%E2%80%931819%20Atlantic%20hurricane%20seasons | 1810–1819 Atlantic hurricane seasons | Atlantic hurricane seasons
1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s
The decade of 1810s featured the 1810–1819 Atlantic hurricane seasons. While info for every storm that happened is not available, some parts of the coastline were had enough people to give info of hurricane happenings. Each season was an ongoing event in the annu... |
139636 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1820%E2%80%931829%20Atlantic%20hurricane%20seasons | 1820–1829 Atlantic hurricane seasons | Atlantic hurricane seasons
1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s The decade of 1820s featured the 1820–1829 Atlantic hurricane seasons. While info for every storm that happened is not available, some parts of the coastline were had enough people to give info of hurricane happenings. Each season was an ongoing event in the annu... |
139638 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1830%E2%80%931839%20Atlantic%20hurricane%20seasons | 1830–1839 Atlantic hurricane seasons | Atlantic hurricane seasons
1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s The decade of 1830s featured the 1830–1839 Atlantic hurricane seasons. While info for every storm that happened is not available, some parts of the coastline were had enough people to give info of hurricane happenings. Each season was an ongoing event in the annu... |
139639 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigglypuff | Jigglypuff | Jigglypuff, known in Japan as Purin (プリン), is one of the fictional species of Pokémon from the Pokémon media franchise owned by Nintendo and Game Freak. Since it was introduced early in the Pokémon anime, it has become one of the most famous Pokémon.
Jigglypuff is perhaps most famous for the song it sings which puts e... |
139640 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%20al-Qaim%20Bi-Amrillah | Muhammad al-Qaim Bi-Amrillah | Muhammad al-Qaim Bi-Amrillah (893 - 17 May, 946) () was the second Caliph of the Fatimids in Ifriqiya and ruled from 934 to 946. He is the 12th Imam according to Isma'ili Faatemi faith.
Al-Qaim (sometimes also spelled Ka'im) was born in Salamya in Syria in 895 with the name Abd ar-Rahman. After his father Ubayd Allah ... |
139645 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria%20Falls | Victoria Falls | Victoria Falls is a waterfall in south central Africa in the Zambezi River between southeast Zambia and northwest Zimbabwe. It is 108.3 m high and 1,703 m wide.
The falls were discovered by David Livingstone in November 1855, where he saw it on what is now known as Livingstone Island. He named it after Queen Victoria.... |
139657 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-nuclear%20movement | Anti-nuclear movement | Many people who are anti-nuclear, are against the use of nuclear power for electricity generation, since they think nuclear power is dangerous. They consider the risk of a nuclear accident unacceptable and generally believe that radioactive waste cannot be disposed of safely. Many also see uranium mining and nuclear re... |
139683 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente%20L%C3%B3pez%20y%20Porta%C3%B1a | Vicente López y Portaña | Vicente López y Portaña (September 19, 1772, Valencia, Spain – July 22, 1850, Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish painter. He was one of the most well known portrait painters of his time. He became the court painter to Queen Isabella II. His most famous painting is a portrait of the artist Goya.
1772 births
1850 deaths
Spani... |
139689 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9ophile%20Gautier | Théophile Gautier | Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 – October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic. He was a member of the Club des Hashischins, or Hashish Club. This group of French writers experimented with hashish to get ideas.
Gautier wrote the 1841 ballet story for Giselle ... |
139691 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%20Raphael%20Mengs | Anton Raphael Mengs | Anton Raphael Mengs (March 12, 1728 – June 29, 1779) was a German painter. He worked in Rome, Madrid, and Saxony. Mengs painted many portraits, including members of the Spanish Royal family.
German painters
1728 births
1779 deaths |
139693 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%20Escorial | El Escorial | El Escorial is a famous royal site in Spain. It was built in the late 1500s. El Escorial is a monastery, a royal palace, a museum and a school. It is located about northwest of the Spanish capital, Madrid, in the town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Five miles from the main building is a hunting lodge called Granjilla ... |
139697 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20governors%20of%20Alaska | List of governors of Alaska | The Governor of Alaska is the leader of Alaska's government and the state's military. The governor has the right to make state laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Alaska Legislature, to meet the legislature, and grant pardons, not for impeachment.
The current Governor of Alaska is Mike Du... |
139698 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/City%20council | City council | A city council is a form of local government, usually covering a city or other urban area, such as a town.
Local government |
139704 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout%203 | Fallout 3 | Fallout 3 is an action/role-playing game computer game. It was created by Bethesda Game Studios. The game is the third in the Fallout series of games. It is set in a world where nuclear bombs have ruined the surface and people are fighting to survive. Fallout 3 was released on October 28, 2008 in North America, October... |
139711 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck%20Baldwin | Chuck Baldwin | Charles O. "Chuck" Baldwin (born May 3, 1952) is a founder-pastor of Crossroad Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida, and 2008 presidential nominee of the Constitution Party. He was also the Constitution Party nominee for Vice President in 2004.
References
2008 United States presidential candidates
Politicians from F... |
139712 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell%20Castle | Darrell Castle | Darrell Castle (born October 11, 1948) is an American politician, activist and lawyer from Memphis, Tennessee, and the 2008 vice-presidential candidate of the Constitution Party. He was the party's presidential nominee for the 2016 presidential election.
References
2016 United States presidential candidates
United St... |
139722 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Electoral%20College | United States Electoral College | The United States Electoral College is a name used to describe the official 538 Presidential electors who come together every four years during the presidential election to give their official votes for President and Vice President of the United States.
The number of electors each state has is determined by the numb... |
139725 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gard | Gard | Gard is a French department in southern France in the Occitanie region and named after the Gardon river. Its prefecture is Nîmes.
History
Gard is one of the 83 French departments made during the French revolution, on 4 March 1790. It was divided in 8 districts: Alais, Beaucaire, Nîmes, Pont-Saint-Esprit, Saint-Hippoly... |
139726 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haute-Garonne | Haute-Garonne | Haute-Garonne ("Upper Garonne"; ) is a department in the southwest of France named after the Garonne river. Its main city and prefecture of the department is Toulouse.
History
Haute-Garonne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the for... |
139727 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gers | Gers | Gers (Gascon: Gers) is a department in the Occitanie region in the southwest of France named after the Gers river.
History
Gers is one of the 83 French departments made during the French revolution, on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the old provinces of Guyenne and Gascony.
The new department had six dist... |
139728 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gironde | Gironde | Gironde () is a department in the southwest of France. It is named after the Gironde estuary.
The department is in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Its prefecture is Bordeaux.
History
Gironde was formed during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790 with parts of the old provinces of Guyenne and Gascony.
From July 17... |
139729 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9rault | Hérault | Hérault () is a department in the region of Occitanie in southern France. It is named after the Hérault river.
The inhabitants of Hérault are known, in French, as Héraultais (women: Héraultaises).
History
Hérault was created in 1790 during the French Revolution, when the whole of France was divided into departments, ... |
139730 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ille-et-Vilaine | Ille-et-Vilaine | Ille-et-Vilaine is a department found in the west of France in the Brittany region. Its prefecture is Rennes and its population is about 908,000 (2006 estimation). It is one of the 83 first French departments made during the French revolution.
Departments in Brittany |
139732 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indre-et-Loire | Indre-et-Loire | Indre-et-Loire is a department in west-central France named after the Indre and the Loire rivers.
Its prefecture is the city of Tours.
History
Indre-et-Loire is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790 with Tours as is capital. It was formed with part of the former provi... |
139733 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is%C3%A8re | Isère | Isère is a département in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France named after the Isère river.
History
Isère is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790 with Moirans as its capital. It was formed from part of the former province of Dauphiné.
It was divided in f... |
139738 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landes | Landes | Landes (Gascon: Lanas) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. Landes is the plural of the French word lande (in English:heathland); it was named so because it was the most common habitat in the region.
It is well known for the Côte d'Argent beach that attracts many surfers to Mimizan and Hossegor ... |
139739 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loir-et-Cher | Loir-et-Cher | Loir-et-Cher is a department in the centre of France in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It is named after the Loir and the Cher, two rivers that flow through the department.
Its prefecture is Blois and there are two subprefectures at Romorantin-Lanthenay and Vendôme.
History
The department is one of the 83 French dep... |
139740 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loire | Loire | Loire () is a French department in the east-central part of France in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and named after the Loire river. Its prefecture is the city of Saint-Étienne.
History
Rhône-et-Loire was one French departments made during the French revolution, on 4 March 1790. The department was divided in two dep... |
139741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haute-Loire | Haute-Loire | Haute-Loire () is a département in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-central France. It is named after the Loire river.
History
The department of Haute-Loire was created on 4 March 1790 with three districts: Le Puy, Brioude and Yssingeaux. The capital was Le Puy. The new department was formed with territories o... |
139742 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loiret | Loiret | Loiret is a department in north-central France in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It is named after the Loiret river, a tributary of Loire that is completely within the department.
Its prefecture is Orléans and there are two subprefectures: Montargis and Pithiviers.
History
The department is one of the 83 French depa... |
139743 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot%20%28department%29 | Lot (department) | Lot () is a French department in the Occitanie region of southern France named after the Lot river. Its prefecture and largest city is Cahors.
History
Lot is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from the old province of Quercy.
The new department had ... |
139745 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot-et-Garonne | Lot-et-Garonne | Lot-et-Garonne () is a department in the southwest of France named after the Lot and Garonne rivers.
History
Lot-et-Garonne was formed during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790 with parts of the old provinces of Guyenne and Gascony. It was divided into nine districts: Agen, Nérac, Marmande, Tonneins, Villeneuve, La... |
139746 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loz%C3%A8re | Lozère | Lozère () is a department in the region of Occitanie in southern France near the Massif Central. It is named after Mont Lozère.
History
Lozère was created in 1790 during the French Revolution, when the whole of France was divided into departments, replacing the old provinces. Lozère was formed with part of the old pro... |
139754 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine-et-Loire | Maine-et-Loire | Maine-et-Loire is a department found in the west of France in the Pays de la Loire region. Its prefecture is Angers and its population is about 810,000 (2015 estimation). It is one of the 83 first French departments made during the French revolution.
References
Departments in Pays de la Loire |
139757 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manche | Manche | Manche is a department found in the west of France in the Normandy region. Its prefecture is Saint-Lô. Its population is about 486,000 (2006 estimation). It is one of the 83 first French departments made during the French revolution.
Departments in Normandy |
139758 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marne | Marne | Marne is a department in northeastern France named after the river Marne which flows through the department. The prefecture (capital) of Marne is Châlons-en-Champagne (formerly known as Châlons-sur-Marne).
The Champagne vineyards producing the world-famous sparkling wine are located within Marne.
History
Marne is on... |
139760 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haute-Marne | Haute-Marne | Haute-Marne is a department in the northeast of France named after the Marner river. It is in the Grand Est region and its prefecture (capital) is the city of Chaumont.
Charles de Gaulle lived until his death in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises.
History
Haute-Marne is one of the original 83 departments created during the Fr... |
139761 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meurthe-et-Moselle | Meurthe-et-Moselle | Meurthe-et-Moselle is a department in the Grand Est region of France, named after the Meurthe and Moselle rivers. The prefecture (capital) of Meurthe-et-Moselle is Nancy.
History
Meurthe-et-Moselle was created in 1871 at the end of the Franco-Prussian War from the parts of the former departments of Moselle and Meurthe... |
139762 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meuse%20%28department%29 | Meuse (department) | Meuse is a department found in the east of France in the Grand Est region. Its prefecture is Bar-le-Duc. Its population is about 193,000 (2006 estimation). It is one of the 83 first French departments made during the French revolution.
Departments in Grand Est |
139763 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morbihan | Morbihan | Morbihan (; , ) is a department found in the west of France in the Brittany region. Its prefecture is Vannes and its population is about 677,000 (2006 estimation). It is one of the 83 first French departments made during the French revolution.
Morbihan has also two subprefectures: Lorient and Pontivy.
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139764 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni%C3%A8vre | Nièvre | Nièvre is a department in the centre of France, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It is named after the Nièvre river, a tributary of the Loire. Its prefecture and largest city is Nevers.
History
Nièvre is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790 with Nevers as its ca... |
139765 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord%20%28French%20department%29 | Nord (French department) | Nord is a department in the north of France, in the Hauts-de-France region. Its name is because the department is in the north of France. Its prefecture is Lille.
History
Nord is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790 with Douai as is capital.
It was divided in eight d... |
139766 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oise | Oise | Oise is a department found in the north of France in the Hauts-de-France region. Its prefecture is Beauvais. Its population is about 780,000 (2006 estimation). It is one of the 83 first French departments made during the French revolution.
Departments in Hauts-de-France |
139769 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pas-de-Calais | Pas-de-Calais | Pas-de-Calais (Picard: Pas-Calés; Dutch: Nauw van Kales) is a department found in the north of France in the Hauts-de-France region. Its prefecture is Arras. Its population is about 1,456,000 (2006 estimation). It is one of the 83 first French departments made during the French revolution.
Departments in Hauts-de-Fran... |
139770 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puy-de-D%C3%B4me | Puy-de-Dôme | Puy-de-Dôme is a French department in the centre of France in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and named after the dormant volcano the Puy de Dôme. Its prefecture is the city of Clermont-Ferrand.
History
Puy-de-Dôme was created in 1790 during the French Revolution, when the whole of France was divided into departments,... |
139772 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Atlantiques | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | Pyrénées-Atlantiques (Gascon: Pirenèus-Atlantics; or ) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. It takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean.
History
Pyrénées-Atlantiques is one of the 83 French departments made during the French revolution, on 4 March 1790, with the name of... |
139774 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hautes-Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es | Hautes-Pyrénées | Hautes-Pyrénées () is a department in the southwest of France. It is part of the Occitanie region and its main city is Tarbes.
History
Hautes-Pyrénées is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created with parts of the former province of Gascony; these parts we... |
139776 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Orientales | Pyrénées-Orientales | Pyrénées-Orientales (English: Eastern Pyrenees; ; ) is a department in the region of Occitanie in southern France; it is next to the northern Spanish border and the Mediterranean Sea.
The department is formed by the historically Catalan-speaking area of Rosillon (with its different parts: Roussillon (modern), Haute Ce... |
139778 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas-Rhin | Bas-Rhin | Bas-Rhin (French pronunciation: [bɑ.ʁɛ̃]; Alsatian: Unterelsàss, ‘s Unterlànd or ‘s Ingerlànd; traditional German: Niederrhein; English: Lower Rhine) is a department in the Grand Est region of France, named after the Rhine river that flows along its eastern border. The prefecture (capital) of Bas-Rhin is Strasbourg.
B... |
139779 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haut-Rhin | Haut-Rhin | Haut-Rhin is a department in the Grand Est region of France, named after the Rhine river that flows along its eastern border. Its name means Upper Rhine. The prefecture (capital) of Haut-Rhin is Colmar.
History
Haut-Rhin is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was... |
139780 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rh%C3%B4ne%20%28department%29 | Rhône (department) | Rhône is a department in the center of France in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its prefecture is Lyon and about 1,646,000 people live there (2006 estimation).
Departments in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
139782 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haute-Sa%C3%B4ne | Haute-Saône | Haute-Saône is a department in the east of France. It is in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It is named after the Saône river and its capital (prefecture) is the city of Vesoul.
History
Haute-Saône is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was formed from part o... |
139784 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%C3%B4ne-et-Loire | Saône-et-Loire | Saône-et-Loire is a department in the centre of France. It is in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It is named after the two main rivers in the department: the Saône and the Loire rivers.
The largest city in the department is Chalon-sur-Saône. The prefecture (capital) is the smaller city of Mâcon.
History
Saône-et-... |
139787 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarthe | Sarthe | Sarthe is a department found in the west of France in the Pays de la Loire region. Its prefecture is Le Mans and its population is about 543,000 (2006 estimation). It is one of the 83 first French departments made during the French revolution.
Departments in Pays de la Loire |
139788 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoie | Savoie | Savoie is a département in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France, bordering Italy.
Name
Before 1860, the territory of the modern Haute-Savoie and Savoie departments had been part of the Kingdom of Sardinia, as a Duchy, since 1713. Annexation of the region by France was made in 1860. In that year, th... |
139789 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seine-Maritime | Seine-Maritime | Seine-Maritime is a department found in the northwest of France in the Normandy region. Its prefecture is Rouen. Its population is about 1,245,000 (2006 estimation). It is one of the 83 first French departments made during the French revolution.
Departments in Normandy |
139790 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seine-et-Marne | Seine-et-Marne | Seine-et-Marne is a department found in the center of France in the Île-de-France region. Its prefecture is Melun and its population is about 1,260,000 (2006 estimation). It is one of the 83 first French departments made during the French revolution.
Departments in Île-de-France |
139791 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvelines | Yvelines | Yvelines is a department in the Île-de-France region. Its prefecture is Versailles. About 1,395,000 people live there (2006 estimation).
Departments in Île-de-France |
139792 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deux-S%C3%A8vres | Deux-Sèvres | Deux-Sèvres is a department in western France, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
Deux-Sèvres means literally "Two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise; these are two rivers which flow through the department.
History
Deux-Sèvres is one of the 83 French departments made during the French revolution, on 4... |
139796 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somme | Somme | Somme is a department found in the north of France in the Hauts-de-France region. Its prefecture is Amiens. Its population is about 559,000 (2006 estimation). It is one of the 83 first French departments made during the French revolution. |
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