Search results

L'Abergement-de-Varey (French pronunciation: [labɛʁʒəmɑ̃ də vaʁɛ] ) is a commune in the department of Ain in eastern France. The commune is located in...

The other three are Le Petit-Abergement, Le Grand-Abergement, and L'Abergement-de-Varey. It seems to designate agricultural concessions in the 11th-15th...

Cathedral, also known as the church of Notre-Dame (Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation de Bourg-en-Bresse), which dates back to the 16th century, has a façade...

Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, whose uncle and guardian, the Marquis de Florian, had married a niece of Voltaire, Madame Dompierre de Fontaine [fr]. The...

popular tourist attraction, recognized as one of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France. According to the archaeological findings, humans have been present...

captured by Savoy, and the pays de Gex was incorporated into the Savoyard state for nearly two centuries. The pays de Gex was invaded in 1536 by the Canton...

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. It is located in the Pays de Gex, at the foot of the Jura Mountains. Bordering the Swiss frontier, it is...

and a ski club. Other places of interest include the remains of the château de Rossillon, a church (reconstructed around 1830), the Crozet forest, and the...

(86 °F) and air frosts are common. The town is famed for its cheese, la Tome de Belley, also known as Chevret or still "Le pavé d'Affinois". It is also at...

and Thoissey. Wächtersbach (Germany) Colceag (Romania) Saint Vincent de Paul: was curate of Châtillon and founded the Brotherhood of Charity (1617)...

the French Résistance occurred here on 11 November 1943, when the Maquis de l'Ain et du Haut-Jura defied the German occupiers to hold an 11 November parade...

Pont-de-Vaux (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ də vo]) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Communes of the Ain department List of medieval...

region in Eastern France. The commune of Nantua comprises the glacial Lac de Nantua. Located in the Haut-Bugey historical region, among the southern foothills...

Saint-Jean-de-Gonville (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ də ɡɔ̃vil]; Arpitan: Sant-Jian-de-Govèlyes) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France...

v t e Communes of the Ain department L'Abergement-Clémenciat L'Abergement-de-Varey Ambérieu-en-Bugey Ambérieux-en-Dombes Ambléon Ambronay Ambutrix Andert-et-Condon...

v t e Communes of the Ain department L'Abergement-Clémenciat L'Abergement-de-Varey Ambérieu-en-Bugey Ambérieux-en-Dombes Ambléon Ambronay Ambutrix Andert-et-Condon...

from which in the 18th century the Journal de Trévouse and a universal dictionary known as the Dictionnaire de Trévoux was printed there from 1704 to 1771...

Dombes Plateau, while to the west it borders the fertile hills of the Val de Saône. A small river, the Formans, runs from east to west across the commune...

v t e Communes of the Ain department L'Abergement-Clémenciat L'Abergement-de-Varey Ambérieu-en-Bugey Ambérieux-en-Dombes Ambléon Ambronay Ambutrix Andert-et-Condon...

des Grands Chênes, École de la Bretonnière, École ALICE, and the intercommunal École Jean de la Fontaine (operated by SIVOM de l'Est Gessien of Ferney-Voltaire)...