Jouy-le-Potier is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.
Dominique Edgard Antoine Potier was a Belgian airforce officer during World War II who organised an MI9 escape and evasion network,known as Mission Martin in Belgium and the Possum Line in France. Captured and tortured by the Germans,Potier committed suicide.
Nesmy is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It is located 30 km (19 mi) from the Atlantic Ocean and 10 km (6.2 mi) from La Roche-sur-Yon.
Jean-Baptiste Count de Belloy was an Archbishop of Paris and cardinal of the Catholic Church.
Benoît Potier is a French businessman who was CEO of the French multinational industrial gas company Air Liquide between 2006 and 2022. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of Air Liquide SA.
Betschdorf is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
Loye-sur-Arnon is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.
Saulzais-le-Potier is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.
Castandet is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. For centuries,it was an important village of potters,whose products —tableware or utensils,household items and tools for agricultural or craft work —were sold in much of Gascony.
Prethcamide is a respiratory stimulant composed of two related drugs,cropropamide and crotethamide. It was developed by Ciba-Geigy.
Potier is a surname,meaning potter. Notable people with the surname include:
Jérôme Potier is a French former tennis player. He is currently Josselin Ouanna's coach and has coached Marc Gicquel and Thierry Ascione.
Nicolas Potier de Novion was a French magistrate of the Ancien Régime.
Nicolas-Christophe Grimal is a French Egyptologist.
The Duke of Gesvres was a title in the peerage of France from 1670 to 1794,named after Gesvres in northwestern France.
The House of Potier was a noble house in Ancien Régime France. Members of the Potier family were Nobles of the Robe who gained their prominence through serving the King of France.
Pierre Potier was a French pharmacist as well as a chemist. He held the position of Director of the Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles,as well as a teaching position at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. He was a member of the Académie nationale de pharmacie,the Académie des sciences,the Académie des technologies and the Academia Europaea.
Joseph Potier was a French privateer and slave trader. He was one of the lieutenants of Robert Surcouf.
The 5th constituency of Meurthe-et-Moselle is a French legislative constituency in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département.
Pierre-Philippe Potier,was a Belgian Jesuit priest,missionary to the Hurons in New France,and lexicographer.
