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Provins (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Known for its well-preserved medieval architecture and importance throughout the Middle Ages as an economic center and a host of annual trading fairs, Provins became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001. [3]
Properties on the World Heritage List. A series of prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements in and around the Alps. transboundary property, shared with Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland, 11 of the total 111 sites are in France. An outstanding cultural landscape of great beauty, containing historic towns and villages ...
The arrondissement of Provins is an arrondissement of France in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region. It has 176 communes. Its population is 184,763 (2019), and its area is 2,344.6 km 2 (905.3 sq mi). Composition. The communes of the arrondissement of Provins, and their INSEE codes, are:
INSEE code. 77 18. The canton of Provins is a French administrative division, located in the arrondissement of Provins, in the Seine-et-Marne département ( Île-de-France région ).
The Château de Chantilly (pronounced [ʃɑto d (ə) ʃɑ̃tiji]) is a historic French château located in the town of Chantilly, Oise, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of Paris. The site comprises two attached buildings: the Petit Château, built around 1560 for Anne de Montmorency, and the Grand Château, which was destroyed during the ...
Portal. : France/Provinces. Modern France is the result of centuries of nation building and the acquisition and incorporation of a number of historical provinces into the French domain. The names of these provinces are still used to designate natural, historical and cultural regions, and many of them appear in modern région or département names.
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.
the Order of Fontevraud (Fontevristes) the Congregation of Tiron. the Congregation of La Chaise-Dieu (Casadéens) the Congregation of Saint-Victor (Victorines) the Bursfelde Congregation. the Alsace Congregation. the Cassinese Congregation (now within the Benedictine Confederation) the Congregation of Chezal-Benoît.