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  Andard
  Coordinates: 47°27′27″N 0°23′45″W / 47.4575°N 0.3958°W / 47.4575; -0.3958
  Andard is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Andigné
  Coordinates: 47°39′59″N 0°46′46″W / 47.6664°N 0.7794°W / 47.6664; -0.7794
  Andigné is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  The Oudon River forms all of the commune’s northern border.
  
  
  
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  Andrezé
  Coordinates: 47°10′19″N 0°57′08″W / 47.1719°N 0.9522°W / 47.1719; -0.9522
  Andrezé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Angers
  Coordinates: 47°28′25″N 0°33′15″W / 47.4736°N 0.5542°W / 47.4736; -0.5542
  Angers (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃.ʒe]) is the main city in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France about 300 km (190 mi) south-west of Paris. Angers is located in the French region known by its pre-revolutionary, provincial name, Anjou, and its inhabitants are called Angevins.
  Angers proper has a population of 157,000 inhabitants, while c. 283,000 live in its metropolitan area. The city traces its roots to early Roman times. It occupies both banks of the Maine, which is spanned by six bridges. The district along the river has flourishing nurseries and market gardens. It is known for its fresh produce and cut flowers.
  The first sign of human presence on the site of Angers is a stone tool dated back to 400,000 BCE (Lower Paleolithic).^{[citation needed]}
  The earliest known inhabitants were the Andecavi, a Gallic tribe that was overrun by the Romans. The city, while under Roman rule, was called Juliomagus.
  The Council of Angers was held here in 453.
  
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  Angrie
  Coordinates: 47°34′15″N 0°58′20″W / 47.5708°N 0.9722°W / 47.5708; -0.9722
  Angrie is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Antoigné
  Coordinates: 47°05′06″N 0°06′41″W / 47.085°N 0.1114°W / 47.085; -0.1114
  Antoigné is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Armaillé
  Coordinates: 47°42′54″N 1°07′39″W / 47.715°N 1.1275°W / 47.715; -1.1275
  Armaillé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  The village lies on the right bank of the Verzée, which flows east-southeastward through the commune.
  
  
  
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  Auverse
  Coordinates: 47°31′08″N 0°03′07″E / 47.5189°N 0.0519°E / 47.5189; 0.0519
  Auverse is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
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  Aviré
  Coordinates: 47°42′25″N 0°47′42″W / 47.7069°N 0.795°W / 47.7069; -0.795
  Aviré is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Baracé
  Coordinates: 47°38′27″N 0°21′26″W / 47.6408°N 0.3572°W / 47.6408; -0.3572
  Baracé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Baugé
  Coordinates: 47°32′31″N 0°06′11″W / 47.542°N 0.103°W / 47.542; -0.103
  Baugé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  Baugé is located 40 km east of Angers, 280 km from Paris, and 70 km from Tours.
  Bus connections are available at SNCF railway stations in Saumur, Angers, La Flèche and Le Mans.
  The closest airport is Angers - Loire Airport, while the larger Tours Loire Valley Airport is also within easy driving distance.
  The annual festival Opéra de Baugé is held near the town.
  The Battle of Baugé was fought on the bridge here in 1421.
  The 15th-century Château de Baugé is located in the centre of the town, as is a 16th-century apothecary. The town has several Roman roads.
  Centre-right candidate Philippe Chalopin defeated incumbent Guy Delepine in the 2008 mayoral elections.
  In the 2007 presidential elections, Baugé supported Nicolas Sarkozy.
  
  
  
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  Bauné
  Coordinates: 47°29′59″N 0°19′07″W / 47.4997°N 0.3186°W / 47.4997; -0.3186
  Bauné is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Beaucouzé
  Coordinates: 47°28′34″N 0°37′54″W / 47.4761°N 0.6317°W / 47.4761; -0.6317
  Beaucouzé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Beaupréau
  Coordinates: 47°12′10″N 0°59′36″W / 47.2028°N 0.9933°W / 47.2028; -0.9933
  Beaupréau (pronounced: [bo.pʁe.o]) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  The commune is traversed by the Èvre river.
  Chef lieu du Canton de 'Les Mauges'
  
  
  
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  Beausse
  Coordinates: 47°19′18″N 0°55′33″W / 47.3217°N 0.9258°W / 47.3217; -0.9258
  Beausse is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Blou
  Coordinates: 47°21′47″N 0°02′10″W / 47.3631°N 0.0361°W / 47.3631; -0.0361
  Blou is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Bocé
  Coordinates: 47°30′27″N 0°04′55″W / 47.5075°N 0.0819°W / 47.5075; -0.0819
  Bocé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Bouchemaine
  Coordinates: 47°25′24″N 0°36′30″W / 47.4233°N 0.6083°W / 47.4233; -0.6083
  Bouchemaine is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Bourgueil
  Coordinates: 47°16′59″N 0°10′09″E / 47.2831°N 0.1692°E / 47.2831; 0.1692
  Bourgueil is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.
  Bourgueil is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) for wine in the Loire Valley region, and produces primarily red wine from the grape variety Cabernet Franc. Bourgueil wine was mentioned in the works of François Rabelais.
  Bourgueil is served by the A85 autoroute.
  Bourgueil was the birthplace of:
  In Acadian Genealogy, Bourgueil is notable as the birthplace of Guilliaume Trahan.
  
  
  
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  Bouzillé
  Coordinates: 47°20′18″N 1°06′34″W / 47.3383°N 1.1094°W / 47.3383; -1.1094
  Bouzillé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Brazil
  Brazil ⁱ/brəˈzɪl/ (Portuguese: Brasil, IPA: [bɾaˈziw]), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil,  listen (help·info)), is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people. It is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas and the largest lusophone country in the world.
  Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of 7,491 km (4,655 mi). It is bordered on the north by Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and the French overseas region of French Guiana; on the northwest by Colombia; on the west by Bolivia and Peru; on the southwest by Argentina and Paraguay and on the south by Uruguay. Numerous archipelagos form part of Brazilian territory, such as Fernando de Noronha, Rocas Atoll, Saint Peter and Paul Rocks, and Trindade and Martim Vaz. It borders all other South American countries except Ecuador and Chile.
  Brazil was a colony of Portugal from the landing of Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500 until 1815, when it was elevated to the rank of kingdom and the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves was formed. The colonial bond was in fact broken in 1808, when the capital of the Portuguese colonial empire was transferred from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro, after Napoleon invaded Portugal.Independence was achieved in 1822 with the formation of the Empire of Brazil, a unitary state governed under a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system. The country became a presidential republic in 1889, when a military coup d'état proclaimed the Republic, although the bicameral legislature, now called Congress, dates back to the ratification of the first constitution in 1824. Its current Constitution, formulated in 1988, defines Brazil as a Federal Republic. The Federation is formed by the union of the Federal District, the 26 States, and the 5,564 Municipalities.
  
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  Brigné
  Coordinates: 47°14′33″N 0°22′59″W / 47.2425°N 0.3831°W / 47.2425; -0.3831
  Brigné is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  The commune is traversed by the river Layon.
  
  
  
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  Briollay
  Coordinates: 47°33′54″N 0°30′26″W / 47.565°N 0.5072°W / 47.565; -0.5072
  Briollay is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Brissarthe
  Coordinates: 47°42′06″N 0°26′57″W / 47.7017°N 0.4492°W / 47.7017; -0.4492
  Brissarthe is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Brossay
  Coordinates: 47°09′54″N 0°12′37″W / 47.165°N 0.2103°W / 47.165; -0.2103
  Brossay is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Brézé
  Coordinates: 47°10′19″N 0°03′25″W / 47.1719°N 0.0569°W / 47.1719; -0.0569
  Brézé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Béhuard
  Coordinates: 47°22′48″N 0°38′34″W / 47.38°N 0.6428°W / 47.38; -0.6428
  Béhuard is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Candé
  Coordinates: 47°33′42″N 1°02′09″W / 47.5617°N 1.0358°W / 47.5617; -1.0358
  Candé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  In the 11th century the village became an important military site for Anjou under baron Rorgon de Candé, at Fort-Castle of Candé.
  Candé was noted in 2000-2001 as the residence of Marie Bremont, then the world's oldest person, who died at age 115.
  Candé comes from the a Celtic word condate which means confluence. There are two other villages in France with similar names:
  
  
  
  
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  Carbay
  Coordinates: 47°44′00″N 1°13′05″W / 47.7333°N 1.2181°W / 47.7333; -1.2181
  Carbay is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Cernusson
  Coordinates: 47°10′36″N 0°29′02″W / 47.1767°N 0.4839°W / 47.1767; -0.4839
  Cernusson is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Chacé
  Coordinates: 47°12′56″N 0°04′06″W / 47.2156°N 0.0683°W / 47.2156; -0.0683
  Chacé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Chambellay
  Coordinates: 47°41′28″N 0°40′56″W / 47.6911°N 0.6822°W / 47.6911; -0.6822
  Chambellay is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Champigné
  Coordinates: 47°39′54″N 0°34′16″W / 47.665°N 0.5711°W / 47.665; -0.5711
  Champigné is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France^{[citation needed]}.
  
  
  
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  Champtoceaux
  Coordinates: 47°20′16″N 1°15′56″W / 47.3378°N 1.2656°W / 47.3378; -1.2656
  Champtoceaux is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France.
  Champtoceaux name derives from Latin Castrum Sellense. Inhabitants are called Castrocelsiens today.
  
  
  
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  Chanzeaux
  Coordinates: 47°15′52″N 0°38′34″W / 47.2644°N 0.6428°W / 47.2644; -0.6428
  Chanzeaux is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France.
  The commune is traversed by the river Layon.
  
  
  
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  Chartrené
  Coordinates: 47°29′34″N 0°07′30″W / 47.4928°N 0.125°W / 47.4928; -0.125
  Chartrené is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France.
  
  
  
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  Chavagnes
  Coordinates: 47°16′13″N 0°27′13″W / 47.2703°N 0.4536°W / 47.2703; -0.4536
  Chavagnes (also called Chavagnes-les-Eaux) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France.
  
  
  
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  Chavaignes
  Coordinates: 47°32′32″N 0°02′16″E / 47.5422°N 0.0378°E / 47.5422; 0.0378
  Chavaignes is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France.
  
  
  
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  Cheffes
  Coordinates: 47°37′18″N 0°30′23″W / 47.6217°N 0.5064°W / 47.6217; -0.5064
  Cheffes is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France.
  
  
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  Chemellier
  Coordinates: 47°20′30″N 0°21′25″W / 47.3417°N 0.3569°W / 47.3417; -0.3569
  Chemellier is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France.
  
  
  
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  Chemillé
  Coordinates: 47°12′47″N 0°43′33″W / 47.2131°N 0.72583°W / 47.2131; -.72583
  Chemillé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France.
  The website : http://www.cc-region-chemille.fr
  
  
  
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  Chigné
  Coordinates: 47°35′04″N 0°05′17″E / 47.5844°N 0.0881°E / 47.5844; 0.0881
  Chigné is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France.
  
  
  
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  Chinon
  Coordinates: 47°10′04″N 0°14′37″E / 47.1678°N 0.2436°E / 47.1678; 0.2436
  Chinon is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France well known for the Château de Chinon, a medieval castle which at times served as the residence of the kings of France and England.
  The settlement of Chinon is on the bank of the Vienne river about 6 miles (10 km) from where it joins the Loire. From prehistoric times, when the settlement of Chinon originated, rivers formed the major trade routes, and the Vienne joins the fertile southern plains of the Poitou and the city of Limoges to the thoroughfare of the Loire. The site was fortified early on, and by the 5th century a Gallo-Roman castrum had been established.
  Towards the end of the 4th century, a follower of St Martin, St Mexme, established first a hermitage, and then a monastery on the eastern slope of the town. This foundation flourished throughout Middle Ages, being rebuilt and extended four times; the eventual complex contained a large and highly decorated church, a cloister and a square of canons' residences. Unfortunately the all too familiar pattern of Huguenot damage in the sixteenth century, followed by closure and partial demolition during the Revolution of 1789 and onwards has left only a much-damaged facade, and part of the nave, although the building has now been restored as a cultural centre.
  
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  Cholet
  Coordinates: 47°03′36″N 0°52′42″W / 47.060000°N 0.8783°W / 47.060000; -0.8783
  Cholet (French pronunciation: [ʃɔ.lɛ], probably from Latin cauletum, "cabbage") is a commune of western France in the Maine-et-Loire department. It was the capital of military Vendée.
  In 1906, the population was 16,554 and in 2006 : 54,632.
  Cholet stands on an eminence on the right bank of the Moine, which used to be crossed by a bridge from the fifteenth century. It is about 50 km southeast of Nantes.
  The town owes the rise of its prosperity to the settlement of weavers there by Édouard Colbert, count of Maulévrier, a brother of the great Jean-Baptiste Colbert. It then became an estate of Gabriel François, Count de Rougé and Marquess of Cholet, who developed the city and its economy. The main commercial mall being built this year is named after him: The "Arcades Rougé".
  During the early years of the French revolutionary wars, the town found itself at the heart of the counter-revolutionary struggle in the Vendée, culminating in October 1793 with the Battle of Cholet which was won by the republicans and followed by a period of brutal government repression.
  
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  Château de Saumur
  The Château de Saumur, originally built as a castle and later developed as a château, is located in the French town of Saumur, in the Maine-et-Loire département. It was originally constructed in the 10th century by Theobald I, Count of Blois, as a fortified stronghold against Norman predations. It overlooks the confluence of the Loire and the Thouet. In 1026 it came into the hands of Fulk Nerra, count of Anjou, who bequeathed it to his Plantagenet heirs. Following its destruction in 1067, the castle was rebuilt by Henry II of England in the later 12th century.
  In the early part of the 13th century, Philip II of France made Saumur part of his royal domain. The page for September in the Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry depicts the Chateau as it looked in 1410. It changed hands several times until 1589 when the Protestant King Henri IV (of France and Navarre) gave the castle to Duplessis-Mornay.
  In 1621 the castle was converted into an army barracks. Nearly two centuries later it was converted into a state prison under Napoleon Bonaparte.
  
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  Châtelais
  Coordinates: 47°45′30″N 0°55′34″W / 47.7583°N 0.9261°W / 47.7583; -0.9261
  Châtelais is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France.
  The Oudon River flows through the middle of the commune and forms part of its northern border.
  
  
  
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  Combrée
  Coordinates: 47°42′18″N 1°01′48″W / 47.705°N 1.03°W / 47.705; -1.03
  Combrée is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  The river Verzée forms all of the commune's southern border.
  
  
  
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  Contigné
  Coordinates: 47°43′48″N 0°30′56″W / 47.73°N 0.5156°W / 47.73; -0.5156
  Contigné is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Corné
  Coordinates: 47°28′17″N 0°20′54″W / 47.4714°N 0.3483°W / 47.4714; -0.3483
  Corné is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Corzé
  Coordinates: 47°33′37″N 0°23′24″W / 47.5603°N 0.39°W / 47.5603; -0.39
  Corzé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Courléon
  Coordinates: 47°23′28″N 0°08′39″E / 47.3911°N 0.1442°E / 47.3911; 0.1442
  Courléon is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Daumeray
  Coordinates: 47°42′10″N 0°21′34″W / 47.7028°N 0.3594°W / 47.7028; -0.3594
  Daumeray is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Distré
  Coordinates: 47°13′29″N 0°06′38″W / 47.2247°N 0.1106°W / 47.2247; -0.1106
  Distré is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Durtal
  Coordinates: 47°40′22″N 0°14′24″W / 47.6728°N 0.24°W / 47.6728; -0.24
  Durtal is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. It is around 30 km north-east of Angers.
  
  
  
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  Feneu
  Coordinates: 47°34′19″N 0°35′30″W / 47.5719°N 0.5917°W / 47.5719; -0.5917
  Feneu is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  France
  France (English ⁱ/ˈfræns/ FRANSS or /ˈfrɑːns/ FRAHNSS; French: [fʁɑ̃s] ( listen)), officially the French Republic (French: République française [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is often referred to as l’Hexagone ("The Hexagon") because of the geometric shape of its territory. It is the largest western European country and it possesses the second-largest exclusive economic zone in the world, covering 11,035,000 km² (4,260,000 sq mi), just behind that of the United States (11,351,000 km² / 4,383,000 sq mi).
  Over the past 500 years, France has been a major power with strong cultural, economic, military and political influence in Europe and around the world. During the 17th and 18th centuries, France colonised great parts of North America and Southeast Asia; during the 19th and early 20th centuries, France built the second largest colonial empire of the time, including large portions of North, West and Central Africa, Southeast Asia, and many Caribbean and Pacific Islands.
  
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  Freigné
  Coordinates: 47°32′57″N 1°07′16″W / 47.5492°N 1.1211°W / 47.5492; -1.1211
  Freigné is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Genneteil
  Coordinates: 47°35′37″N 0°03′00″E / 47.5936°N 0.05°E / 47.5936; 0.05
  Genneteil is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Germany
  Germany (ⁱ/ˈdʒɜrməni/), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant] ( listen)), is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km² and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state and the largest economy in the European Union. It is one of the major political powers of the European continent and a technological leader in many fields.
  A region named Germania, inhabited by several Germanic peoples, was documented before AD 100. During the Migration Period, the Germanic tribes expanded southward, and established successor kingdoms throughout much of Europe. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation while southern and western parts remained dominated by Roman Catholic denominations, with the two factions clashing in the Thirty Years' War, marking the beginning of the Catholic–Protestant divide that has characterized German society ever since. Occupied during the Napoleonic Wars, the rise of Pan-Germanism inside the German Confederation resulted in the unification of most of the German states into the German Empire in 1871 which was Prussian dominated. After the German Revolution of 1918–1919 and the subsequent military surrender in World War I, the Empire was replaced by the Weimar Republic in 1918, and partitioned in the Treaty of Versailles. Amidst the Great Depression, the Third Reich was proclaimed in 1933. The latter period was marked by Fascism and World War II. After 1945, Germany was divided by allied occupation, and evolved into two states, East Germany and West Germany. In 1990 Germany was reunified.
  
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  Gesté
  Coordinates: 47°10′53″N 1°06′33″W / 47.1814°N 1.1092°W / 47.1814; -1.1092
  Gesté is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Grézillé
  Coordinates: 47°19′37″N 0°20′44″W / 47.3269°N 0.3456°W / 47.3269; -0.3456
  Grézillé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Gée
  Coordinates: 47°27′27″N 0°13′48″W / 47.4575°N 0.23°W / 47.4575; -0.23
  Gée is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Huillé
  Coordinates: 47°38′55″N 0°18′14″W / 47.6486°N 0.3039°W / 47.6486; -0.3039
  Huillé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Jallais
  Coordinates: 47°11′52″N 0°52′03″W / 47.1978°N 0.8675°W / 47.1978; -0.8675
  Jallais is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  The commune is traversed by the Èvre river.
  
  
  
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  Jarzé
  Coordinates: 47°33′22″N 0°13′55″W / 47.5561°N 0.2319°W / 47.5561; -0.2319
  Jarzé (archaic Gercé, from Latin Gircea or Circea) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
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  Juvardeil
  Coordinates: 47°39′21″N 0°29′50″W / 47.6558°N 0.4972°W / 47.6558; -0.4972
  Juvardeil is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  La Bohalle
  Coordinates: 47°25′27″N 0°23′11″W / 47.4242°N 0.3864°W / 47.4242; -0.3864
  La Bohalle is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  La Chaussaire
  Coordinates: 47°12′08″N 1°08′42″W / 47.2022°N 1.145°W / 47.2022; -1.145
  La Chaussaire is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France.
  
  
  
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  La Cornuaille
  Coordinates: 47°30′42″N 0°59′01″W / 47.5117°N 0.9836°W / 47.5117; -0.9836
  La Cornuaille is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  La Daguenière
  Coordinates: 47°25′13″N 0°26′07″W / 47.4203°N 0.4353°W / 47.4203; -0.4353
  La Daguenière is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  La Jubaudière
  Coordinates: 47°10′24″N 0°53′26″W / 47.1733°N 0.8906°W / 47.1733; -0.8906
  La Jubaudière is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  The commune is traversed by the Èvre river.
  
  
  
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  La Jumellière
  Coordinates: 47°16′53″N 0°43′48″W / 47.2814°N 0.73°W / 47.2814; -0.73
  La Jumellière is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  La Meignanne
  Coordinates: 47°31′14″N 0°40′05″W / 47.5206°N 0.6681°W / 47.5206; -0.6681
  La Meignanne is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  La Ménitré
  Coordinates: 47°24′12″N 0°16′02″W / 47.4033°N 0.2672°W / 47.4033; -0.2672
  La Ménitré is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  La Poitevinière
  Coordinates: 47°13′43″N 0°53′46″W / 47.2286°N 0.8961°W / 47.2286; -0.8961
  La Poitevinière is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  The commune is traversed by the Èvre river.
  
  
  
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  La Possonnière
  Coordinates: 47°22′34″N 0°41′06″W / 47.3761°N 0.685°W / 47.3761; -0.685
  La Possonnière is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  La Pouëze
  Coordinates: 47°33′13″N 0°48′30″W / 47.5536°N 0.8083°W / 47.5536; -0.8083
  La Pouëze is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  La Prévière
  Coordinates: 47°43′06″N 1°10′36″W / 47.7183°N 1.1767°W / 47.7183; -1.1767
  La Prévière is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  The river Verzée forms all of the commune's north-eastern border.
  
  
  
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  La Renaudière
  Coordinates: 47°07′17″N 1°03′30″W / 47.1214°N 1.0583°W / 47.1214; -1.0583
  La Renaudière is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  La Séguinière
  Coordinates: 47°03′47″N 0°56′17″W / 47.063°N 0.938°W / 47.063; -0.938
  La Séguinière is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  La Séguinière is twinned with Coxheath, Kent, England.
  
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  La Tessoualle
  Coordinates: 47°00′18″N 0°50′56″W / 47.005°N 0.849°W / 47.005; -0.849
  La Tessoualle is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  La Tourlandry
  Coordinates: 47°08′37″N 0°41′48″W / 47.1436°N 0.6967°W / 47.1436; -0.6967
  La Tourlandry is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  The commune is traversed by the Èvre river.
  
  
  
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  Landemont
  Coordinates: 47°15′57″N 1°14′27″W / 47.2658°N 1.2408°W / 47.2658; -1.2408
  Landemont is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Le Fuilet
  Coordinates: 47°16′55″N 1°06′52″W / 47.2819°N 1.1144°W / 47.2819; -1.1144
  Le Fuilet is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Le Guédéniau
  Coordinates: 47°29′43″N 0°02′46″W / 47.4953°N 0.0461°W / 47.4953; -0.0461
  Le Guédéniau is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Le Longeron
  Coordinates: 47°01′09″N 1°03′28″W / 47.0192°N 1.0578°W / 47.0192; -1.0578
  Le Longeron is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Le Marillais
  Coordinates: 47°21′32″N 1°04′20″W / 47.3589°N 1.0722°W / 47.3589; -1.0722
  Le Marillais is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  The Èvre river flows into the Loire River in the commune, some 3 km (1.9 mi) east of the village.
  
  
  
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  Le Thoureil
  Coordinates: 47°22′19″N 0°15′55″W / 47.3719°N 0.2653°W / 47.3719; -0.2653
  Le Thoureil is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Le Tremblay
  Coordinates: 47°40′43″N 1°00′59″W / 47.6786°N 1.0164°W / 47.6786; -1.0164
  Le Tremblay is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  The river Verzée forms all of the commune's northern border.
  
  
  
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  Les Cerqueux
  Coordinates: 47°00′03″N 0°38′21″W / 47.0008°N 0.6392°W / 47.0008; -0.6392
  Les Cerqueux is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Les Rairies
  Coordinates: 47°39′06″N 0°12′16″W / 47.6517°N 0.2044°W / 47.6517; -0.2044
  Les Rairies is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Les Ulmes
  Coordinates: 47°13′12″N 0°10′38″W / 47.22°N 0.1772°W / 47.22; -0.1772
  Les Ulmes is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Liré
  Coordinates: 47°20′39″N 1°09′47″W / 47.3442°N 1.1631°W / 47.3442; -1.1631
  Liré is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. It was the home of the sixteenth-century French poet Joachim du Bellay and is mentioned in his poem "Heureux qui, comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage".
  
  
  
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  Loiré
  Coordinates: 47°36′55″N 0°58′43″W / 47.6153°N 0.9786°W / 47.6153; -0.9786
  Loiré is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Louerre
  Coordinates: 47°17′50″N 0°19′23″W / 47.2972°N 0.3231°W / 47.2972; -0.3231
  Louerre is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Louvaines
  Coordinates: 47°41′33″N 0°48′04″W / 47.6925°N 0.8011°W / 47.6925; -0.8011
  Louvaines is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  The Oudon River forms all of the commune’s southern border.
  
  
  
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  Luigné
  Coordinates: 47°17′09″N 0°23′27″W / 47.2858°N 0.3908°W / 47.2858; -0.3908
  Luigné is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Lézigné
  Coordinates: 47°38′14″N 0°17′36″W / 47.6372°N 0.2933°W / 47.6372; -0.2933
  Lézigné is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Marcé
  Coordinates: 47°34′51″N 0°19′30″W / 47.5808°N 0.325°W / 47.5808; -0.325
  Marcé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Marigné
  Coordinates: 47°43′24″N 0°37′04″W / 47.7233°N 0.6178°W / 47.7233; -0.6178
  Marigné is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Maulévrier
  Coordinates: 47°00′36″N 0°44′38″W / 47.01°N 0.7439°W / 47.01; -0.7439
  Maulévrier is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Mazé
  Coordinates: 47°27′25″N 0°16′18″W / 47.4569°N 0.2717°W / 47.4569; -0.2717
  Mazé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Meigné
  Coordinates: 47°13′57″N 0°12′34″W / 47.2325°N 0.2094°W / 47.2325; -0.2094
  Meigné is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Miré
  Coordinates: 47°45′32″N 0°29′28″W / 47.7589°N 0.4911°W / 47.7589; -0.4911
  Miré is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Montguillon
  Coordinates: 47°43′43″N 0°44′36″W / 47.7286°N 0.7433°W / 47.7286; -0.7433
  Montguillon is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Montilliers
  Coordinates: 47°11′01″N 0°30′12″W / 47.1836°N 0.5033°W / 47.1836; -0.5033
  Montilliers is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Montpollin
  Coordinates: 47°35′14″N 0°06′10″W / 47.5872°N 0.1028°W / 47.5872; -0.1028
  Montpollin is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Montrevault
  Coordinates: 47°15′44″N 1°02′39″W / 47.2622°N 1.0442°W / 47.2622; -1.0442
  Montrevault is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  The commune is traversed by the Èvre river.
  
  
  
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  Montsoreau
  Coordinates: 47°13′02″N 0°03′28″E / 47.2172°N 0.0578°E / 47.2172; 0.0578
  Montsoreau is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  The Château de Montsoreau is located in the commune.
  
  
  
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  Morannes
  Coordinates: 47°44′47″N 0°24′56″W / 47.7464°N 0.4156°W / 47.7464; -0.4156
  Morannes is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Mouliherne
  Coordinates: 47°28′02″N 0°01′04″E / 47.4672°N 0.0178°E / 47.4672; 0.0178
  Mouliherne is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Musée des Blindés
  
  
  The Musée des Blindés or Musée Général Estienne is a tank museum located in the Loire Valley of France, in the city of Saumur. It is one of the world's largest tank museums.
  The museum has the world's largest collection of armoured fighting vehicles and contains well over 880 vehicles, although the British Bovington Tank Museum has a larger number of tanks. Less than a quarter can be exhibited due to space limitations despite the move to a much larger building in 1993. Over 200 of the vehicles are fully functional, in the past often performing in the annual cavalry show, the Carrousel. Saumur has been the traditional training centre for cavalry and holds the current Armoured Cavalry Branch Training School. The museum has its origins in the study collection. It's still a State institution, run by the Army. There is also a separate cavalry museum at Saumur.
  Armoured vehicles are presented in 11 theme rooms. This section gives the highlights.
  All experimental French military vehicles where development has been abandoned are kept here. The vast storage rooms are only accessible to special guests. There's an enormous library, archiving the records of the history of French armour. The museum was renamed after General Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, the creator of the French tank arm. The previous name Musée des Blindés directly translates to "Museum of Tanks".
  
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  Méon
  Coordinates: 47°29′44″N 0°07′12″E / 47.4956°N 0.12°E / 47.4956; 0.12
  Méon is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Neuillé
  Coordinates: 47°20′32″N 0°02′02″W / 47.3422°N 0.0339°W / 47.3422; -0.0339
  Neuillé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Noyant
  Coordinates: 47°30′46″N 0°06′59″E / 47.5128°N 0.1164°E / 47.5128; 0.1164
  Noyant is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Noëllet
  Coordinates: 47°41′40″N 1°05′25″W / 47.6944°N 1.0903°W / 47.6944; -1.0903
  Noëllet is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  The river Verzée flows southeastward through the northern part of the commune.
  
  
  
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  Nuaillé
  Coordinates: 47°05′43″N 0°47′40″W / 47.0953°N 0.7944°W / 47.0953; -0.7944
  Nuaillé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Nyoiseau
  Coordinates: 47°43′02″N 0°54′54″W / 47.7172°N 0.915°W / 47.7172; -0.915
  Nyoiseau is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  The Oudon River flows through the middle of the commune and forms part of its northern border.
  
  
  
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  Pays de la Loire
  Pays de la Loire (French pronunciation: [pɛ.i də la lwaʁ]; Breton: Broioù al Liger) is one of the 27 regions of France. It is one of the regions created in the late 20th century to serve as a zone of influence for its capital, Nantes, one of a handful so-called "balancing metropolises" (métropoles d'équilibre)¹. Other examples of "artificially created" regions include Rhône-Alpes, which was created as the region for Lyon, and Midi-Pyrénées, which was created as the region for Toulouse.
  Pays de la Loire is made up of the following historical provinces:
  Consequently, the name of the region, chosen by the French central government, was not based on history, but purely on geographical references: Pays (i.e. "lands") de la Loire (i.e. "of the Loire River"). However, the majority of the famous châteaux of the Loire Valley are located in the Centre region, and not inside Pays de la Loire, despite the confusing name. The Pays de la Loire present many great monuments as the castles of Angers, Laval, Mayenne and the Nantes "Château des Ducs de Bretagne", the Royal Fontevraud Abbey (the widest monastic ensemble in Europe), the old city of Le Mans, and also many natural parks such as the Brière and the Marsh of Poitou.
  
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  Pontigné
  Coordinates: 47°32′56″N 0°02′25″W / 47.5489°N 0.0403°W / 47.5489; -0.0403
  Pontigné is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Pouancé
  Coordinates: 47°44′29″N 1°10′30″W / 47.7414°N 1.175°W / 47.7414; -1.175
  Pouancé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. It is located on the border of 4 French departements: the Maine-et-Loire where its belong, the Mayenne in the North, the Ille-et-Vilaine in the North-west, and the Loire-Atlantique in the West.
  Since the Middle-age, Pouancé is a true border between Anjou, part of the Kingdom of France, and the independent duchy of Brittany. The city gained the nickname of "Door of Anjou, March of Britanny". Until now, the city keeps its partially preserved city walls, some of its city gates and its medieval castle, the second largest in Anjou.
  The menhir of Pierrefrite is one of the only remains from the prehistory in Pouancé region, along with some stone axes and an arrowhead. The menhir is located on the border of the commune of Armaillé et Saint-Michel-et-Chanveaux. The menhir is made of red slate and is 5 meters tall.
  After the discover of pieces of tegulae in a wood, it is supposed that a roman kiln did exist, and along with it, a gallo-roman habitat.
  
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  Pruillé
  Coordinates: 47°34′42″N 0°39′40″W / 47.5783°N 0.6611°W / 47.5783; -0.6611
  Pruillé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Querré
  Coordinates: 47°40′49″N 0°37′11″W / 47.6803°N 0.6197°W / 47.6803; -0.6197
  Querré is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Roussay
  Coordinates: 47°05′29″N 1°03′49″W / 47.0914°N 1.0636°W / 47.0914; -1.0636
  Roussay is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Ruşeţu
  Ruşeţu (Romanian pronunciation: [ruˈʃet͡su]) is a commune in the Buzău County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Ruşeţu and Sergent Ionel Ştefan.
  
  
  
  
  
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  Sarrigné
  Coordinates: 47°30′07″N 0°22′59″W / 47.502°N 0.383°W / 47.502; -0.383
  Sarrigné is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Saumur
  Coordinates: 47°15′36″N 0°04′37″W / 47.260000°N 0.0769°W / 47.260000; -0.0769
  Saumur (French pronunciation: [so.myʁ]) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  The historic town is located between the Loire and Thouet rivers, and is surrounded by the vineyards of Saumur itself, Chinon, Bourgueil, Coteaux du Layon, etc. which produce some of France's finest wines.
  Prior to the French Revolution Saumur was the capital of the Sénéchaussée de Saumur, a bailiwick, that existed until 1793. Saumur was then the location of the Battle of Saumur during the Revolt in the Vendée.
  During the Battle of France, in World War II, Saumur was the site of the Battle of Saumur (1940) where the town and south bank of the Loire was defended with great honour by the teenage cadets of the cavalry school.
  In 1944 it was the target of several Tallboy and Azon bombing targets from Allied planes. The first raid, on 8/9 June 1944, was against a railway tunnel near Saumur, seeing the first use of Tallboy bombs. The hasty night raid was to stop a planned German Panzer Division, travelling to engage the newly landed allied forces in Normandy. The panzers were expected to use the tunnel. No. 83 Squadron RAF illuminated the area with flares by four Avro Lancasters and marked the target at low level by three de Havilland Mosquitos. 25 Lancasters of No. 617 Squadron RAF then dropped their Tallboys with great accuracy; one pierced the roof of the tunnel, brought down a huge quantity of rock and soil, and blocked the tunnel for a considerable period, badly delaying the Panzer IVs.
  
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  Savennières
  Coordinates: 47°23′02″N 0°39′23″W / 47.3838°N 0.6564°W / 47.3838; -0.6564
  Savennières is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  It lies near the Loire River 15 km (9.3 mi) south west of Angers and is best known for its production of highly-rated white wine.
  With production predominantly centred around the Chenin blanc grape, it is famed for its particularly long-lasting dry white wine comparable to that of Vouvray.
  The area around Savennières is used for the production of white wine from Chenin Blanc grapes. The wines are mostly dry, often produced in a powerful style, and the best examples (such as those produced by Nicolas Joly's Château de la Roche aux Moines) are highly regarded by international wine critics. The Savennières Appellation d'Origine Controlée (AOC) spreads over 3 hills of schist, located on the right (northwest) bank of the Loire river, totaling about 300 hectares, of which about half are currently in production.
  
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  Segré
  Coordinates: 47°41′14″N 0°52′15″W / 47.6872°N 0.8708°W / 47.6872; -0.8708
  Segré is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  The town of Segré is the most southern part of the commune, where the Verzée flows into the Oudon River.
  
  
  
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  Somloire
  Coordinates: 47°02′05″N 0°36′18″W / 47.0347°N 0.605°W / 47.0347; -0.605
  Somloire is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. It is around 20 km east of Cholet.
  
  
  
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  Soucelles
  Coordinates: 47°34′08″N 0°25′01″W / 47.569°N 0.417°W / 47.569; -0.417
  Soucelles is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Soviet Union
  The Soviet Union (Russian: Советский Союз, tr. Sovetsky Soyuz), officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR; Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик, tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik; IPA: [sɐˈjus sɐˈvʲetskʲɪx sətsɨəlʲɪˈstʲitɕɪskʲɪx rʲɪsˈpublʲɪk] ( listen); abbreviated СССР, SSSR), was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.
  The Soviet Union was a single-party state ruled by the Communist Party from its foundation until 1990. A union of 15 subnational Soviet republics, the Soviet state was structured under a highly centralized government and economy.
  The Russian Revolution of 1917 caused the downfall of the Russian Empire. Following the Russian Revolution, there was a struggle for power between the Bolshevik party, led by Vladimir Lenin, and the anti-communist White movement. In December 1922, the Bolsheviks won the civil war, and the Soviet Union was formed with the merger of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic.
  
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  Sœurdres
  Coordinates: 47°44′20″N 0°34′23″W / 47.7389°N 0.5731°W / 47.7389; -0.5731
  Sœurdres is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Tancoigné
  Coordinates: 47°10′32″N 0°24′26″W / 47.1756°N 0.4072°W / 47.1756; -0.4072
  Tancoigné is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Thouarcé
  Coordinates: 47°16′04″N 0°29′55″W / 47.2678°N 0.4986°W / 47.2678; -0.4986
  Thouarcé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  The commune is traversed by the river Layon.
  
  
  
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  Tiercé
  Coordinates: 47°36′56″N 0°27′58″W / 47.6156°N 0.4661°W / 47.6156; -0.4661
  Tiercé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Tigné
  Coordinates: 47°12′05″N 0°25′38″W / 47.2014°N 0.4272°W / 47.2014; -0.4272
  Tigné is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  The commune is traversed by the river Layon.
  
  
  
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  Tillières
  Coordinates: 47°08′43″N 1°09′48″W / 47.1453°N 1.1633°W / 47.1453; -1.1633
  Tillières is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Toutlemonde
  Coordinates: 47°03′18″N 0°45′54″W / 47.055°N 0.765°W / 47.055; -0.765
  Toutlemonde is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Trélazé
  Coordinates: 47°26′46″N 0°27′54″W / 47.446°N 0.465°W / 47.446; -0.465
  Trélazé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Trémentines
  Coordinates: 47°07′23″N 0°47′06″W / 47.123°N 0.785°W / 47.123; -0.785
  Trémentines is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  The commune is traversed by the Èvre river.
  
  
  
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  Turquant
  Coordinates: 47°13′23″N 0°01′41″E / 47.223°N 0.028°E / 47.223; 0.028
  Turquant is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Valanjou
  Coordinates: 47°12′53″N 0°35′39″W / 47.2147°N 0.5942°W / 47.2147; -0.5942
  Valanjou is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Varrains
  Coordinates: 47°13′23″N 0°03′40″W / 47.223°N 0.061°W / 47.223; -0.061
  Varrains is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Vauchrétien
  Coordinates: 47°20′01″N 0°28′31″W / 47.3336°N 0.4753°W / 47.3336; -0.4753
  Vauchrétien is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Vaudelnay
  Coordinates: 47°08′13″N 0°12′11″W / 47.137°N 0.203°W / 47.137; -0.203
  Vaudelnay is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Vaulandry
  Coordinates: 47°35′51″N 0°02′34″W / 47.5975°N 0.0428°W / 47.5975; -0.0428
  Vaulandry is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Vergonnes
  Coordinates: 47°43′34″N 1°05′04″W / 47.7261°N 1.0844°W / 47.7261; -1.0844
  Vergonnes is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Vernantes
  Coordinates: 47°23′38″N 0°03′10″E / 47.3939°N 0.0528°E / 47.3939; 0.0528
  Vernantes is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Verrie
  Coordinates: 47°15′58″N 0°10′41″W / 47.266°N 0.178°W / 47.266; -0.178
  Verrie is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Vihiers
  Coordinates: 47°08′50″N 0°31′57″W / 47.1472°N 0.5325°W / 47.1472; -0.5325
  Vihiers is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  Vihiers is around 30 km south of Angers, around 30 km northeast of Cholet, and around 80 km east of Nantes.
  Main road D960 skirts the village.
  Local bus company Anjou bus runs occasional services from Angers.
  
  
  
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  Villebernier
  Coordinates: 47°15′11″N 0°01′44″W / 47.253°N 0.029°W / 47.253; -0.029
  Villebernier is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Villemoisan
  Coordinates: 47°27′51″N 0°53′28″W / 47.4642°N 0.8911°W / 47.4642; -0.8911
  Villemoisan is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Villevêque
  Coordinates: 47°33′40″N 0°25′19″W / 47.561°N 0.422°W / 47.561; -0.422
  Villevêque is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Warwick
  Coordinates: 52°17′N 1°35′W / 52.28°N 1.59°W / 52.28; -1.59
  Warwick (ⁱ/ˈwɒrɨk/ WORR-ik) is the county town of Warwickshire, England. The town lies upon the River Avon, 11 miles (18 km) south of Coventry and just west of Leamington Spa and Whitnash with which it is conjoined. As of the 2001 United Kingdom census, it had a population of 23,350.
  There has been human activity at Warwick as early as the Neolithic, and constant habitation since the 6th century. A Saxon burh was created at Warwick in the 9th century and Warwick Castle was established on the site in 1068 as part of the Norman conquest of England. Warwick School claims to be the oldest boys' school in the country. The earldom of Warwick was created in 1088 and the earls controlled the town in the medieval period. During this time Warwick was given town walls; Eastgate and Westgate survive. The castle developed into a stone fortress and then a country house and is today a popular tourist attraction.
  The Great Fire of Warwick in 1694 destroyed much of the medieval town and as a result most of the buildings post-date this period. Though Warwick did not become industrialised in the 19th century, it has experienced growth since 1801 when the population was 5,592. Racing Club Warwick F.C., founded in 1919, are based in the town. The town is administered by Warwick District Counil and Warwickshire County Council has its headquarters in Warwick.
  
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  Yzernay
  Coordinates: 47°01′20″N 0°42′06″W / 47.0222°N 0.7017°W / 47.0222; -0.7017
  Yzernay is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Échemiré
  Coordinates: 47°33′08″N 0°10′02″W / 47.5522°N 0.1672°W / 47.5522; -0.1672
  Échemiré is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. The inhabitants of the town of Échemiré are "Echemiréens, Echemiréennes"
  
  
  
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  Écouflant
  Coordinates: 47°31′48″N 0°31′47″W / 47.53°N 0.5297°W / 47.53; -0.5297
  Écouflant is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. It is around 5 km north of Angers.
  
  
  
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  Écuillé
  Coordinates: 47°36′58″N 0°33′41″W / 47.6161°N 0.5614°W / 47.6161; -0.5614
  Écuillé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Étriché
  Coordinates: 47°39′06″N 0°26′38″W / 47.6517°N 0.4439°W / 47.6517; -0.4439
  Étriché is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
  
  
  
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  Abraham de Moivre
  Abraham de Moivre (26 May 1667 in Vitry-le-François, Champagne, France – 27 November 1754 in London, England; French pronunciation: [abʁaam də mwavʁ]) was a French mathematician famous for de Moivre's formula, which links complex numbers and trigonometry, and for his work on the normal distribution and probability theory. He was a friend of Isaac Newton, Edmund Halley, and James Stirling. Among his fellow Huguenot exiles in England, he was a colleague of the editor and translator Pierre des Maizeaux.
  De Moivre wrote a book on probability theory, The Doctrine of Chances, said to have been prized by gamblers. De Moivre first discovered Binet's formula, the closed-form expression for Fibonacci numbers linking the nth power of φ to the nth Fibonacci number.
  Abraham de Moivre was born in Vitry in Champagne on May 26, 1667. His father, Daniel de Moivre, was a surgeon who, though middle class, believed in the value of education. Though Abraham de Moivre's parents were Protestant, he first attended Christian Brothers' Catholic school in Vitry, which was unusually tolerant given religious tensions in France at the time. When he was eleven, his parents sent him to the Protestant Academy at Sedan, where he spent four years studying Greek under Jacques du Rondel. The Protestant Academy of Sedan had been founded in 1579 at the initiative of Françoise de Bourbon, widow of Henri-Robert de la Marck; in 1682 the Protestant Academy at Sedan was suppressed and de Moivre enrolled to study logic at Saumur for two years. Although mathematics was not part of his course work, de Moivre read several mathematical works on his own including Elements de mathematiques by Father Prestet and a short treatise on games of chance, De Ratiociniis in Ludo Aleae, by Christiaan Huygens. In 1684 he moved to Paris to study physics and for the first time had formal mathematics training with private lessons from Jacques Ozanam.
  
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  Charles Ernest Beulé
  Charles Ernest Beulé (29 June 1826 – 4 April 1874) was a French archaeologist and politician.
  Born at Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, he was educated at the École Normale, and after having held the professorship of rhetoric at Moulins for a year, was sent to Athens in 1851 as one of the professors in the École Française there.
  He had the good fortune to discover the propylaea of the acropolis, and his work, L'Acropole d'Athènes was published by order of the minister of public instruction. On his return to France, promotion and distinctions followed rapidly upon his first successes. He was made doctor of letters, chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, professor of archaeology at the Bibliothèque Impériale, member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, and perpetual secretary of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.
  He took great interest in political affairs, with which the last few years of his life were entirely occupied. Elected a member of the National Assembly in 1871, he zealously supported the Orleanist party. Between May and November 1873 he was Minister of the Interior in the Broglie ministry.
  
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  Dominique Pinon
  Dominique Pinon (born 4 March 1955) is a French actor.
  Pinon was born in Saumur, France. His most famous roles have been in the films of Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Jean-Jacques Beineix. In the theatre, he has appeared in the plays of Gildas Bourdet, Jorge Lavelli and Valère Novarina. He has also appeared in three films by British horror director Johannes Roberts, the last of these being When Evil Calls (2006), the world's first horror series for mobile phones.
  He received the Molière Award for Best Actor in 2004.
  
  
  
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  Fanny Ardant
  Fanny Marguerite Judith Ardant (born 22 March 1949) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than fifty motion pictures since 1976. Ardant won the César Award for Best Actress in 1997 for her performance in Pédale douce.
  Ardant was born in Saumur Maine-et-Loire, France, to a military attaché father. She grew up in Monaco until age 17 when she moved to Aix-en-Provence to study at the Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence. In her early twenties her interest turned to acting and in 1974 she made her first appearance on stage.
  By the early 1980s she was a major motion picture star, gaining international recognition for her role opposite Gérard Depardieu in La Femme d'à côté (The Woman Next Door). The film, directed by François Truffaut, brought Ardant her first César Award nomination for best actress in 1982 and in 1984 she was nominated again for Vivement dimanche!. Eventually she became Truffaut's companion, giving birth to their daughter, Joséphine Truffaut, on 28 September 1983. Initially, her youthful beauty brought popularity but over time her sophistication and acting skills have made her one of France's most admired actresses. She proved her versatility, playing a comedic role in Pédale douce for which she won the 1997 César Award for Best Actress.
  
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• Jack le Goff
  Louis Jean "Jack" Le Goff (April 8, 1931, Alençon, Orne, France– July 24, 2009, Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France) was a French equestrian, best known as the coach of the American three-day eventing team from 1970 to 1984. He coached the team to multiple international championships, winning 18 international medals, including several in the Olympics. Le Goff is known for having a large impact on the American eventing world, and the era in which he coached has been called the golden era for American equestrianism.
  Prior to becoming an American coach, Le Goff served in the French Army and competed in three-day eventing for France. He rode in the 1960 Summer Olympics, winning a team bronze medal, and the 1964 Summer Olympics, where he did not win a medal. He subsequently acted as the coach for the French national team, winning multiple regional and international medals. After retiring as the American coach, he acted as a consultant to the United States Equestrian Team (USET) for finding new riders, helped to coach the Canadian national team, and served as the director for the USET Training Center. He also served the Federation Equestre Internationale as an eventing judge, committee member and Olympic appeals judge.
  
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  Marquis de Sade
  Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (2 June 1740 – 2 December 1814) (French pronunciation: [maʁki də sad] Audio) was a French aristocrat, revolutionary politician, philosopher, and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle. His works include novels, short stories, plays, dialogues, and political tracts; in his lifetime some were published under his own name, while others appeared anonymously and Sade denied being their author. He is best known for his erotic works, which combined philosophical discourse with pornography, depicting sexual fantasies with an emphasis on violence, criminality, and blasphemy against the Catholic Church. He was a proponent of extreme freedom, unrestrained by morality, religion, or law.
  Sade was incarcerated in various prisons and in an insane asylum for about 32 years of his life; 11 years in Paris (10 of which were spent in the Bastille), a month in the Conciergerie, two years in a fortress, a year in Madelonnettes, three years in Bicêtre, a year in Sainte-Pélagie, and 13 years in the Charenton asylum. During the French Revolution he was an elected delegate to the National Convention. Many of his works were written in prison.
  
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  Moses Amyraut
  Moses Amyraut (September 1596 – January 8, 1664), also known as Amyraldus, was a French Protestant theologian and metaphysician. He is perhaps most noted for his modifications to Calvinist theology regarding the nature of Christ's atonement, which is referred to as Amyraldism or Amyraldianism.
  Born at Bourgueil, in the valley of the Changeon in the province of Anjou, his father was a lawyer, and, preparing Moses for his own profession, sent him, on the completion of his study of the humanities at Orléans to the university of Poitiers.
  At the university he took the degree of licentiate (BA) of laws. On his way home from the university he passed through Saumur, and, having visited the pastor of the Protestant church there, was introduced by him to Philippe de Mornay, governor of the city. Struck with young Amyraut's ability and culture, they both urged him to change from law to theology. His father advised him to revise his philological and philosophical studies, and read over Calvin's Institutions, before finally determining a course. He did so, and decided for theology.
  
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  Yves Robert
  Yves Robert (21 June 1920 – 10 May 2002) was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.
  Born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, in his teens Robert went to Paris to pursue a career in acting, starting with unpaid parts on stage in the city's various theatre workshops. To support himself, he worked at a variety of jobs including that of a typesetter at a print shop. In 1949 he made his motion picture debut with one of the secondary roles in the film, Les Dieux du dimanche. Within a few years, Robert was writing scripts, directing, and producing.
  Yves Robert's directorial efforts included several successful comedies for which he had written the screenplay. His 1962 film, La Guerre des boutons won France's Prix Jean Vigo. His 1972 film Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire won the Silver Bear at the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival in 1973. In 1976, Un éléphant ça trompe énormément earned him international acclaim. Robert's 1973 devastating comedy Salut l'artiste is considered by many performers to be the ultimate film about the humiliations of the actor's life. In 1977, he directed another comedy, Nous irons tous au paradis, which was nominated for a César Award for Best Film.
  
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