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Luçon

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Luçon is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. [1]

31 relations: Atlantic Ocean, Cardinal Richelieu, Communes of France, Communes of the Vendée department, Dark Ages (historiography), Departments of France, France, French Wars of Religion, Latin, Les Sables-d'Olonne, Louis XIII of France, Luçon Cathedral, Middle Ages, Mile, Napoleon III, Niort, Normans, Northern pike, Organ (music), Pays de la Loire, Philibert of Jumièges, Pierre Charles Lenoir, Pope John XXII, Regions of France, Roman Catholic Diocese of Luçon, Rome, Rural area, Spire, Statue, Vendée, Vikings.

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Cardinal Richelieu

Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu and Fronsac (9 September 15854 December 1642), commonly referred to as Cardinal Richelieu (Cardinal de Richelieu), was a French clergyman, nobleman, and statesman.

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Communes of France

The commune is a level of administrative division in the French Republic.

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Communes of the Vendée department

The following is a list of the 267 communes of the Vendée department of France.

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Dark Ages (historiography)

The "Dark Ages" is a historical periodization traditionally referring to the Middle Ages, that asserts that a demographic, cultural, and economic deterioration occurred in Western Europe following the decline of the Roman Empire.

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Departments of France

In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government below the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the commune.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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French Wars of Religion

The French Wars of Religion refers to a prolonged period of war and popular unrest between Roman Catholics and Huguenots (Reformed/Calvinist Protestants) in the Kingdom of France between 1562 and 1598.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Les Sables-d'Olonne

Les Sables-d'Olonne (French meaning: "The Sands of Olonne") is a seaside town in Western France, on the Atlantic Ocean.

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Louis XIII of France

Louis XIII (27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1610 to 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown.

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Luçon Cathedral

Luçon Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Luçon) is a Roman Catholic church located in Luçon in the Vendée, France.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.

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Mile

The mile is an English unit of length of linear measure equal to 5,280 feet, or 1,760 yards, and standardised as exactly 1,609.344 metres by international agreement in 1959.

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Napoleon III

Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (born Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 1808 – 9 January 1873) was the President of France from 1848 to 1852 and as Napoleon III the Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870.

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Niort

Niort is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France.

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Normans

The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Normanni) were the people who, in the 10th and 11th centuries, gave their name to Normandy, a region in France.

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Northern pike

The northern pike (Esox lucius), known simply as a pike in Britain, Ireland, most of Canada, and most parts of the United States (once called luce when fully grown; also called jackfish or simply "northern" in the U.S. Upper Midwest and in Manitoba), is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus Esox (the pikes).

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Organ (music)

In music, the organ (from Greek ὄργανον organon, "organ, instrument, tool") is a keyboard instrument of one or more pipe divisions or other means for producing tones, each played with its own keyboard, played either with the hands on a keyboard or with the feet using pedals.

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Pays de la Loire

Pays de la Loire (Broioù al Liger, meaning Loire Country) is one of the 18 regions of France.

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Philibert of Jumièges

Saint Philibert of Jumièges (c. 608–684) was an abbot and monastic founder, particularly associated with Jumièges Abbey.

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Pierre Charles Lenoir

Pierre Lenoir was a French sculptor born in Paris on 23 May 1879 and who died In Paris on 9 September 1953.

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Pope John XXII

Pope John XXII (Ioannes XXII; 1244 – 4 December 1334), born Jacques Duèze (or d'Euse), was Pope from 7 August 1316 to his death in 1334.

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Regions of France

France is divided into 18 administrative regions (région), including 13 metropolitan regions and 5 overseas regions.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Luçon

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Luçon (Latin: Dioecesis Lucionensis; French: Diocèse de Luçon) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France.

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Rome

Rome (Roma; Roma) is the capital city of Italy and a special comune (named Comune di Roma Capitale).

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Rural area

In general, a rural area or countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities.

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Spire

A spire is a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, often a skyscraper or a church tower, similar to a steep tented roof.

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Statue

A statue is a sculpture, representing one or more people or animals (including abstract concepts allegorically represented as people or animals), free-standing (as opposed to a relief) and normally full-length (as opposed to a bust) and at least close to life-size, or larger.

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Vendée

The Vendée is a department in the Pays-de-la-Loire region in west-central France, on the Atlantic Ocean.

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Vikings

Vikings (Old English: wicing—"pirate", Danish and vikinger; Swedish and vikingar; víkingar, from Old Norse) were Norse seafarers, mainly speaking the Old Norse language, who raided and traded from their Northern European homelands across wide areas of northern, central, eastern and western Europe, during the late 8th to late 11th centuries.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luçon

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