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Tours (/ t ʊər / TOOR, French: ⓘ) is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the prefecture of the department of Indre-et-Loire . The commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabitants as of 2018 while the population of the whole metropolitan area was 516,973.
"14th of July", usually called Bastille Day in English. The beginning of the French Revolution in 1789; used to refer to the Revolution itself and its ideals. It is the French National Day. quelle bonne idée! What a good idea! quel dommage! What a sad thing! (can be used sarcastically).
This glossary of the French Revolution generally does not explicate names of individual people or their political associations; those can be found in List of people associated with the French Revolution. The terminology routinely used in discussing the French Revolution can be confusing. The same political faction may be referred to by ...
1308 – Estates General of Tours (1308) held. ca.1420 - Jean Fouquet, painter, was born in Tours. [1] 1444 – Treaty of Tours. Tours became capital de facto of France. 1460 – Touraine customary laws codified. [10] 1464 – Louis XI, the "universal spider", created the system of royal postal roads, first roads started from Tours.
The present city council is a result of the French Revolution and a 4 December 1789 act. The current mayor of Nantes is Johanna Rolland ( Socialist Party ), who was elected on 4 April 2014. The party has held a majority since 1983, and Nantes has become a left-wing stronghold. [ 122 ]
As a result of the French Revolution, French migration to the Canadas was decelerated significantly during, and after the French Revolution; with only a small number of nobles, artisans and professionals, and religious emigres from France permitted to settle in the Canadas during that period. [8]
When a non-English name has a set English pronunciation (or pronunciations), include both the English and non-English pronunciations; the English transcription must always be first. If the native name is different from the English name, the native transcription must appear after the native name. For example:
The author of the original words "Ah! ça ira, ça ira, ça ira" was a former soldier by the name of Ladré who made a living as a street singer.The music is a popular contredanse air called "Le carillon national", and was composed by Jean-Antoine Bécourt [], a violinist (according to other sources: side drum player) of the théâtre Beaujolais.