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Signature. Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (French: le Bien-Aimé ), [ 1] was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reached maturity (then defined as his 13th birthday) in 1723, the kingdom was ruled by his ...
Philippe Maurice. Philippe Maurice (born June 15, 1956, in Paris) was a French criminal and academic, mostly famous for being sentenced to the guillotine for murder in 1980, and subsequently pardoned by president Francois Mitterrand in 1981. His sentence of death was the last confirmed throughout the French legal system, as well as the last ...
The average annual temperature in Saint-Maurice is 12.5 °C (54.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 643.2 mm (25.32 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 20.8 °C (69.4 °F), and lowest in January, at around 4.7 °C (40.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Saint-Maurice was ...
1973. The Forges du Saint-Maurice ("St. Maurice Ironworks") was the first successful ironworking industry in New France. At the time of the initial formation of the forges in 1730, the Saint Maurice region near Trois-Rivières had long been known for its iron resources. [1] Although the forges went through multiple managements, they were unable ...
Saint-Maurice-l'Exil. / 45.400°N 4.783°E / 45.400; 4.783. 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Saint-Maurice-l'Exil ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ mɔʁis lɛɡzil]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. [3]
The Maurice Revello Tournament (officially French: the Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello ), previously known as the Toulon Tournament, is a football tournament, which traditionally features invited national teams composed of youth players from U-17 to U-23 level. Although the first tournament in 1967 featured club ...
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Saint-Maurice-sur-Eygues ( French: [sɛ̃ mɔʁis syʁ ɛɡ]; literally "Saint-Maurice on Eygues "; Vivaro-Alpine: Sant Maurici) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France .
Bourg-Saint-Maurice (French pronunciation: [buʁ sɛ̃ mɔʁis,-moʁ-] ⓘ; Arpitan: Bôrg-Sant-Mori or simply Le Bôrg), popularly known as Bourg, is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.