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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 .
Chantilly (/ ʃ æ n ˈ t ɪ l i / shan-TIL-ee, [3] French: ⓘ; Picard: Cantily) is a commune in the Oise department in the Valley of the Nonette in the Hauts-de-France region of Northern France. Surrounded by Chantilly Forest , the town of 10,863 inhabitants (2017) falls within the metropolitan area of Paris .
The first part of the name of the province of Languedoc-Roussillon comes from the French langue d'oc ("language of oc "), and is also a historical region.In southern France, the word for yes was the Occitan language word oc.
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 ...
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 name Vexin is derived from a name for a Gaulish tribe now known as the Veliocasses.They had inhabited the area and made Rouen their most important city.. The Norse nobleman Rollo of Normandy (c. 846 – c. 931), the first ruler of the Viking principality that became Normandy, made several incursions into the western half of the county.
Chartres has a table tennis club which is playing in the Pro A (French First division) and in the European Champions League. The club won the ETTU Cup on the season 2010 – 2011 and it finished at the second position in the French First division. Chartres has the second most important squash club in France.
The County of Artois (French: comté d'Artois, Dutch: graafschap Artesië, Picard: Comté d'Artoé) was a historic province of the Kingdom of France, held by the Dukes of Burgundy from 1384 until 1477/82, and a state of the Holy Roman Empire from 1493 until 1659. Present-day Artois lies in northern France, near the border with Belgium. Its ...