Martinique is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It has a land area of 1,128 km2 (436 sq mi) and a population of 364,508 inhabitants as of January 2019. One of the Windward Islands, it is directly north of Saint Lucia, northwest of Barbados and south of Dominica. Martinique is also an Outermost Region (OMR) of the European Union and a special territory of the European Union; the currency in use is the euro. Virtually the entire population speaks both French and Martinican Creole.
Jean Sylvain Bailly was a French astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader of the early part of the French Revolution. He presided over the Tennis Court Oath, served as the mayor of Paris from 1789 to 1791, and was ultimately guillotined during the Reign of Terror.
Michel Jean-Pierre Debré was the first Prime Minister of the French Fifth Republic. He is considered the "father" of the current Constitution of France. He served under President Charles de Gaulle from 1959 to 1962. In terms of political personality, Debré was intense and immovable and had a tendency to rhetorical extremism.
The Legislative Assembly was the legislature of France from 1 October 1791 to 20 September 1792 during the years of the French Revolution. It provided the focus of political debate and revolutionary law-making between the periods of the National Constituent Assembly and of the National Convention.
Union sportive dacquoise, also known as US Dax, is a French rugby union club currently playing in Nationale, the third level of the French league system.
Patrick Bloche is a French politician and a member of the National Assembly of France. He is a member of the Socialist Party and works with the SRC parliamentary group.
Jean Garon was a politician, lawyer, academic and economist in Quebec, Canada.
Samoreau is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Aubertin is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
Chasseneuil-du-Poitou is a commune in the Vienne department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, western France.
The 1949 France rugby union tour of Argentina was a series of rugby union matches played by the France national team in Argentina. It was the first official visit of a European team in South America.
Pierre Cohen is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Haute-Garonne department, and is a member of the Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left group.
François Calvet is a French politician, a member of the National Assembly. He represents the Pyrénées-Orientales department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. On 25 September 2011 he was elected senator of the Pyrénées-Orientales and therefore leaves the National Assembly. His deputy is Jean-Pierre Romero, mayor of Port-Vendres. He is a member of the Study Group on the question of Tibet of National Assembly.
Pierre Mabiala is a Congolese politician who has served in the government of the Congo-Brazzaville as Minister of Land Affairs since 2017. He serves in Anatole Collinet Makosso's government. Previously he was a Deputy in the National Assembly of Congo-Brazzaville from 2002 to 2007, a Senator from 2008 to 2009, Minister of Land Affairs from 2009 to 2016, and Minister of Justice from 2016 to 2017.
The 6th constituency of Moselle is one of the nine legislative constituencies in the Moselle département (Lorraine).
Jean de Forcade,, was a Fermier des monnaies de Béarn et Navarre.
Forcade (de), also written Fourcade (de), Forcada (de), Forquade (de), Forquada (de), Forcade , Fourcade , Laforcade (de) and Lafourcade (de) belongs to the nobility of Guyenne and Gascony, in France, and of the Kingdom of Prussia. The family traces its roots to Béarn and the Kingdom of Navarre.
Events from the year 2017 in France.
This article lists major events that happened in 2018 in France.
This article lists major events that happened in 2019 in France.
