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Varenicline, sold under the brand names Chantix and Champix among others, is a medication used for smoking cessation [5] [7] and for the treatment of dry eye syndrome. [ 6 ] [ 8 ] It is a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor partial agonist .
The 14th-century church of Notre Dame had a dome (dated 1612), the only example of a Gothic dome in France. The whole building was destroyed in 1944 during the Battle of Normandy . Before the French Revolution , Valognes was the residence of more than a hundred families of distinguished birth and fortune, and was for a long time afterwards the ...
Normandy (French: Normandie; Norman: Normaundie or Nouormandie) [note 2] is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular Normandy (mostly the British Channel Islands).
Map of Chantilly. Chantilly straddles the junction of the Paris Basin and the western County of Valois, of which the Nonette River is a boundary. The site of the town was originally a clearing or meadowland, sometimes called a lawn or pelouse, which is mostly occupied today by the racecourse. The remaining open space between the town and the ...
Map of the provinces of France in 1789. They were abolished the following year. Under the Ancien Régime, the Kingdom of France was subdivided in multiple different ways (judicial, military, ecclesiastical, etc.) into several administrative units, until the National Constituent Assembly adopted a more uniform division into departments (départements) and districts in late 1789.
Calvados (UK: / ˈ k æ l v ə d ɒ s /, US: /-d oʊ s, ˌ k æ l v ə ˈ d oʊ s, ˌ k ɑː l v ə ˈ-/, French: ⓘ) [needs Norman IPA] is a department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. [3] It takes its name from a cluster of rocks off the Normandy coast. In 2019, it had a population of 694,905. [4]
Bayeux (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in northwestern France. Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. It is also known as the first major town secured by the Allies during Operation Overlord after D-Day.
Manche is one of the original 83 Departments of France, established during the French Revolution on 26 February 1790. It was created from part of the province of Normandy. The capital was Coutances until 1796, and it resumed that role after World War II because of the almost complete destruction of Saint-Lô during the Battle of Normandy ...