Mézières

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Mézières, Vaud

Mézières is a municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

History

Mézières is first mentioned in 1228 as Messeretes.

Geography

Mézières has an area, as of 2009, of 3.5 square kilometers (1.4 sq mi). Of this area, 2.13 km² (0.82 sq mi) or 61.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.81 km² (0.31 sq mi) or 23.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.56 km² (0.22 sq mi) or 16.1% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.7%. Out of the forested land, 19.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 38.2% is used for growing crops and 21.3% is pastures, while 1.7% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The municipality was part of the Oron District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Mézières became part of the new district of Lavaux-Oron.

The municipality is located in the Jorat region at the intersection of the Vevey-Moudon and Oron-Echallens roads. It consists of the large linear village of Mézières.

Mézières, Fribourg

Mézières is a municipality in the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

History

Mézières is first mentioned in 1179 as de Maseriis.

On 1 January 2004 the former municipality of Berlens merged into the municipality of Mézières.

Geography

Mézières has an area, as of 2009, of 8.9 square kilometers (3.4 sq mi). Of this area, 7.1 km² (2.7 sq mi) or 79.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.23 km² (0.47 sq mi) or 13.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.61 km² (0.24 sq mi) or 6.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.1%. Out of the forested land, 12.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 41.7% is used for growing crops and 36.7% is pastures, while 1.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

Myriam Montemayor Cruz

Myriam Montemayor Cruz (born February 8, 1981, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico), better known as Myriam, is a Mexican recording artist, known for winning the first season of Mexican talent show La Academia.

Biography

Myriam grew up in a home with many brothers and sisters. Since she was a child, she dreamed of becoming a singer. Her musical career began in Monterrey with musical groups such as Obsesión, Conspiración, Ébano, Liberación and Compass.

In 2002, she was selected for the Mexican musical reality TV show La Academia. During this show she sang "Como la Flor", "Mudanzas", "De mi enamorate", "Él me mintió" and other songs. Her charm and personality, as well as her great interpretative talent, propelled her to become one of the most popular persons in the reality show. After 5 months on the show, she was announced the winner at the Season Finale in the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City.

Myriam signed to EMI Music for 5 years or 5 albums. A week after winning La Academia, EMI released her first album, a compilation of the themes that Myriam sang in the show. It sold 300,000 copies within two months, topping the Mexican charts and being the first ex-student from La Academia to go double Platinum; at this time the album had sold more than half a million copies.

Miriam (disambiguation)

Miriam was the sister of Moses in the Bible.

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Myriam (Myriam album)

Myriam is the second studio album by Myriam. On her website it is also called "Myriam: Lo que Soy, lo que Pretendo y lo que Fui" (Myriam: What I Am, What I Pretend and What I Was) making reference to the lyrics of the album's first single "Hasta El Limite". It includes eleven songs with the collaboration of Tiziano Ferro, Leonel (ex Sin Bandera). Again Myriam co-wrote a theme along with Estrella. In this album Myriam brought a more fresh concept, almost 100% pop genre with a little touches of flamenco. It was released in July, 2004.

Album information

It was recorded in Argentina and the producer was Cachorro Lopez who had also worked with Julieta Venegas. Myriam's career was at a low point, as she was being criticized for her third place in Desafio de Estrellas, but all that was eclipsed by the success of this album. "Hasta el Limite" was the first single from the album; it was Myriam's first song with a promotional video, and stayed in the charts for more than 6 months. The second single was "Porque Soy Mujer" which was written by Myriam and her ex-classmate Estrella.