The Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est, often referred to simply as the Est company, was an early French railway company. The company was formed in 1853 by fusion from Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Strasbourg, operating the Paris-Strasbourg line, and Compagnie du chemin de fer de Montereau à Troyes. In 1938 it became part of the majority state-owned Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF).
Scouts et Guides de France is the largest Scouting and Guiding association in France. It was formed on 1 September 2004 from the merger of two Roman Catholic Scouting organizations: the Guides de France and the Scouts de France. Through Scoutisme Français, SGdF is a member of both WOSM and WAGGGS.
The arrondissement of Amiens is an arrondissement of France in the Somme department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 291 communes. Its population is 304,282 (2016), and its area is 2,343.1 km2 (904.7 sq mi).
The arrondissement of Vire is an arrondissement of France in the Calvados department in the Normandy region. It has 44 communes. Its population is 72,565 (2016), and its area is 1,205.9 km2 (465.6 sq mi).
Bertangles is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Varennes-en-Croix is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
The Canton of Moreuil is a canton situated in the department of the Somme and in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.
The Canton of Poix-de-Picardie is a canton situated in the department of the Somme and in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.
The Communauté de communes du Bocage et de l'Hallue is a former communauté de communes in the Somme département and in the Picardie région of France. It was merged into the new Communauté de communes du Territoire Nord Picardie in January 2017.
Armand Bernard was a French comic actor known mainly for his prolific work in film.
Julien Bertheau was a French actor.
The Prix de l'Indochine was a French colonial art prize established, originally as a one-off prize in 1910, and awarded 1914, by Antony Klobukowski, Gouverneur général of Indochina. Charles Fouqueray obtained le prix Indochine 1914. From 1925 the prize was associated with the École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine.
Mary Marquet was a French stage and film actress.
Charles Blondelet, full name Désiré Jacques François Blondelet, was a 19th-century French actor, playwright and chansonnier. He performed at the Théâtre des Variétés from 1858 to 1888.
Lycée Alfred Nobel is the senior high school/sixth-form college in Clichy-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France, in the Paris metropolitan area. As of 2018 Nicole Ozeray is the head of the school.
Jehan Desanges is a French historian, philologist and epigrapher, a specialist of North Africa during Antiquity.
The Communauté de communes du Territoire Nord Picardie is a communauté de communes in the Somme département and in the Hauts-de-France région of France. It was formed on 1 January 2017 by the merger of the former Communauté de communes du Bernavillois, the Communauté de communes du Bocage et de l'Hallue and the Communauté de communes du Doullennais. On 1 January 2018 it lost 5 communes to the Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole and the Communauté de communes du Val de Somme. It consists of 65 communes, and its seat is in Doullens.
The Communauté urbaine du Grand Reims is the communauté urbaine, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Reims. It is located in the Marne department, in the Grand Est region, northeastern France. It was created on 1 January 2017 by the merger of the previous communauté d'agglomération Reims Métropole with the communautés de communes Beine-Bourgogne, Champagne Vesle, Nord Champenois, Fismes Ardre et Vesle, Vallée de la Suippe, Rives de la Suippe, Vesle et Coteaux de la Montagne de Reims and 18 other communes. Its population was estimated to be 300,699 in 2019, of which 187,074 lived in Reims proper.
This article lists major events that happened in 2018 in France.
