Mireille Mathieu is a French singer. She has recorded over 1,200 songs in eleven languages, with more than 122 million records sold worldwide.
Le Val-Saint-François is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Richmond.
Weekend is a 1967 postmodern black comedy film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard, based on Julio Cortázar's short story "La autopista del Sur". It stars Mireille Darc and Jean Yanne, both of whom were mainstream French TV stars. Jean-Pierre Léaud, comic star of numerous French New Wave films, including François Truffaut's The 400 Blows (1959) and Godard's earlier Masculin Féminin (1966), appeared in two roles. Raoul Coutard served as cinematographer.
The arrondissement of Vitry-le-François is an arrondissement of France in the Marne department in the Grand Est region. It has 110 communes. Its population is 46,024 (2016), and its area is 1,402.0 km2 (541.3 sq mi).
André Vallini is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been serving as a member of the Senate since 2017.
Jocelyne François is a French writer. She is the author of five lesbian novels, and winner of the Prix Femina.
Oulx is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) west of Turin, in the Susa Valley on the border with France.
Joseph Étienne Frédéric Mistral was a French writer of Occitan literature and lexicographer of the Provençal form of the language. He received the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration of his poetic production, which faithfully reflects the natural scenery and native spirit of his people, and, in addition, his significant work as a Provençal philologist". Mistral was a founding member of the Félibrige and member of the Académie de Marseille.
Alain Richard is a French politician who served as Minister of Defence from 1997 to 2002. A former member of the Socialist Party (PS), he joined La République En Marche! in 2017.
Valérie Létard is a French politician of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) who served as Secretary of State for Solidarity in the government of François Fillon from 2007 to 2010.
"Que nadie sepa mi sufrir", also known as "Amor de mis amores" is a song originally composed by Ángel Cabral that has been recorded by numerous Spanish language artists such as Alberto Castillo, Julio Jaramillo and María Dolores Pradera. However, it is also known as "La Foule", a French language version with new lyrics written by Michel Rivgauche, popularized by famed French vocalist Édith Piaf and released in 1957.
Val-de-Vière is a commune in the Marne department in the Grand Est region in north-eastern France.
Jean-Claude Étienne was a French politician, and a member of the Senate of France. He represented the Marne department and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement Party.
Sylvie Goy-Chavent, born Sylvie Chavant is a French politician of the Republicans (LR) who has been serving as a member of the Senate of France since 2008, representing the Ain department. From 1995 to 2017 she was also the Mayor of Cerdon, Ain.
Esther Benbassa is a French-Turkish-Israeli historian and politician. She specializes in the history of Jews and other minorities. Since 2011, Benbassa has served as a French senator, representing Paris from 2017 onwards and Val-de-Marne from 2011 to 2017.
Andréa Guiot was a French operatic soprano. A long-term member of the Paris opera houses, she was known internationally for leading roles especially in the French repertoire, such as Gounod's Mireille and Marguerite, Massenet's Manon and Micaëla in Bizet's Carmen. She appeared as Micaëla when Carmen was first performed at the Opéra de Paris in 1959, and as Mireille in the 1000th performance of the opera at the Opéra-Comique. She performed in the world premiere of Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires in 1965. Among her many recordings, the 1964 Carmen conducted by Georges Prêtre, with Maria Callas in the title role and Nicolai Gedda as her lover, brought her lasting fame. She appeared at major opera house in France, Europe, and the Americas. After retiring from the stage, she was a voice teacher at the Conservatoire de Paris, succeeding Janine Micheau, her own former instructor.
Kirk Joseph deViere is a former Democratic member of the North Carolina State Senate, having representing the 19th district from 2019 to 2023. He was first elected in the 2018 elections, defeating incumbent state senator Wesley Meredith and won re-election in the 2020 elections. deViere previously served on the Fayetteville, North Carolina city council from 2015 to 2017.
Viviane Artigalas is a French politician of the Socialist Party. She became a senator for Hautes-Pyrénées in October 2017.
Hélène Missoffe was a French Union of Democrats for the Republic later the Rally for the Republic politician. She was elected three times as a deputy of the National Assembly between 1974 and 1986, firstly to represent the 24th district of Paris during the fifth and sixth legislatures of the National Assembly and lastly to represent the Val-d'Oise constituency at the eighth National Assembly legislature. Missoffe served as a senator in the French Senate for Val-d'Oise from 1986 to 1995 and was a vice-president of the Regional Council of Île-de-France. She was appointed Officier de la Légion d'honneur.
Paulette Louise Fernande Mireille Brisepierre was a French politician and Moroccan Businessperson. She was a member for Rally for the Republic and the Union for a Popular Movement.
