Annecy is the prefecture and largest city of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy,35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Geneva,Switzerland.
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE,commonly known as LVMH,is a French multinational holding company and conglomerate specializing in luxury goods,headquartered in Paris. The company was formed in 1987 through the merger of fashion house Louis Vuitton with Moët Hennessy,which was established following the 1971 merger between the champagne producer Moët &Chandon and the cognac producer Hennessy. In April 2023,LVMH became the first European company to surpass a valuation of $500 billion. In 2023,the company was ranked 47th in the Forbes Global 2000.
Châteauroux is the capital city of the French department of Indre,central France and the second-largest town in the province of Berry,after Bourges. Its residents are called Castelroussins in French.
Maîtres de l'Affiche refers to 256 color lithographic plates used to create an art publication during the Belle Époque in Paris,France. The collection,reproduced from the original works of ninety-seven artists in a smaller 11 x 15 inch format,was put together by Jules Chéret,the father of poster art.
Le Zénith is the name given to a series of indoor arenas in France. The first arena,the "Zénith Paris" is a rejuvenation of the Pavillon de Paris. In French culture,the word "zénith" has become synonymous with "theater". A zénith is a theater that can accommodate concert tours,variety shows,plays,musicals and dance recitals. All zeniths carry a similar internal design of an indoor amphitheater that can seat at least 3,000 spectators.
The Parc de la Villette is the third-largest park in Paris,55.5 hectares in area,located at the northeastern edge of the city in the 19th arrondissement. The park houses one of the largest concentrations of cultural venues in Paris,including the Citédes Sciences et de l'Industrie,three major concert venues,and the prestigious Conservatoire de Paris.
The Barrau family is a French noble family from Aveyron. Its proven filiation dates back to Firmin Barrau,a public notary who made his will in 1557.
Nîmes Olympique is a French association football club based in Nîmes. The club was founded on 10 April 1937 and currently plays in the Championnat National,the third tier of French football. The Stade des Antonins is the club’s home stadium.
Bernard Guy Georges Cazeneuve is a French politician and lawyer who served as Prime Minister of France from 6 December 2016 to 15 May 2017. He represented Manche's 5th constituency in the National Assembly from 1997 to 2002 and again from 2007 to 2012,in addition to the department's 4th constituency briefly in 2012 and 2017. For most of his political career,he was a member of the centre-left Socialist Party,but quit in 2022 after disagreeing with the party's decision to join an electoral coalition agreement that included the leftist La France Insoumise.
The 3rd constituency of the Alpes Maritimes is a French legislative constituency in the Alpes Maritimes département. It goes around the outskirts of the city of Nice,including the communities of Falicon,Saint-André-de-la-Roche,and La Trinité. At the last count,it had 109,573 inhabitants.
Zénith Paris is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Paris,France. It is located in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement on the edge of the Canal de l'Ourcq. Its ability to seat up to 6,293 people makes it one of the largest venues in Paris. The closest métro and RER stations are Porte de la Villette,Porte de Pantin,and Pantin.
Les Violons du Roy is a French-Canadian chamber orchestra based in Quebec City,Quebec. The orchestra's principal venue is the Palais Montcalm in Québec City. The orchestra also performs concerts in Montréal at the Place des Arts,the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and St. James United Church.
The Lycée Chaptal,formerly the Collège Chaptal,is a large secondary school in the 8th arrondissement of Paris,named after Jean-Antoine Chaptal,with about 2,000 pupils. It was taken over by the City of Paris in 1848 after the founder ran into financial difficulties. The pupils were expected to go on to careers in commerce or manufacturing. The curriculum was innovative for its day,with emphasis on French rather than classical studies,and on modern languages and science. At the first it was primarily a boys' boarding school,but it is now a co-educational day school. The present buildings were completed in 1876. Notable alumni include Alfred Dreyfus,AndréBreton,Jean Anouilh,Daniel Hechter and Nicolas Sarkozy.
Anne Sylvestre was a French singer-songwriter.
Voir la mer is a 2011 French road comedy-drama film written and directed by Patrice Leconte,and starring Nicolas Giraud,Clément Sibony and Pauline Lefèvre. It was released in France on 4 May 2011 by Océan Films.
Will It Snow for Christmas? is a 1996 French drama film directed by Sandrine Veysset and produced by Humbert Balsan.
Auchay-sur-Vendée is a commune in the department of Vendée,western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Auzay and Chaix.
François Louis de Fitte de Soucy was a French royalist general who died during the French Revolution.
The Union of the Far-Right was a political and electoral descriptor created by the French Ministry of the Interior for the 2024 French legislative election to denote candidates from The Republicans (LR) party that were supported and endorsed by the National Rally (RN). Le Monde classified these investitures as joint LR–RN candidacies. Following the second round of the election,a total of seventeen UXD candidates were elected to the National Assembly.
The UDR group,formerly the On the Right group is a French political group in the National Assembly created at the beginning of the 17th legislature (2024–present). It is presided by Éric Ciotti,and groups politicians of the Union of the Right for the Republic (UDR).
