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This is the list of the municipalities of Portugal under the NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 format. The NUTS 3 regions were revised in 2015; since then, the subregions (NUTS 3) coincide with the intermunicipal communities. [1] The current and the former compositions of the NUTS regions are given below, in the following format: NUTS 2 region [number of ...
Quebec has a number of regions that go by historical and traditional names. Often, they have similar but distinct French and English names. Abitibi; Lower Saint Lawrence (Bas-Saint-Laurent) Beauce (within Chaudière-Appalaches) Bois-Francs (within Centre-du-Québec) Charlevoix (eastern part of the Capitale-Nationale administrative region ...
The region is roughly coterminous with the former French province of Provence, with the addition of the following adjacent areas: the former papal territory of Avignon, known as Comtat Venaissin; the former Sardinian-Piedmontese County of Nice annexed in 1860, whose coastline is known in English as the French Riviera and in French as the Côte d'Azur; and the southeastern part of the former ...
The South Shore (French: Rive-Sud) is the general term for the suburbs of Montreal, Quebec located on the southern shore of the Saint Lawrence River opposite the Island of Montreal. The South Shore is located within the Quebec administrative region of Montérégie. The largest city on the South Shore area is Longueuil.
Beauce has over 50% of sugar maples and sugar shacks in Quebec, which produces the most maple syrup in Canada as well as the World. [3] Exclusively agricultural for many years, Beauce's economy slowly diversified in the first half of the 20th century through forestry, wood processing, and the leather and textile industries.
Euronext Paris, formerly known as the Paris Bourse, is the official stock exchange in France. It is Europe's second largest stock exchange as of December 2023. [2] [3] It was formerly seated at the Palais Brongniart in Paris, its long-standing home. As of 2022, the 795 companies listed had a combined market capitalization of over US$4.58 ...
Euronext traces its origins back to the world's first bourses, formed in the Low Countries' shifting trade centres, Bruges, Antwerp and Amsterdam in 1285, 1485 and 1602, respectively, as well as to the foundation of the Paris Bourse in 1724. In its present form, Euronext was established in September 2000 through the merger of the bourses in ...
Contrecœur (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃tʁəkœʁ]) is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 9,480. Contrecœur is approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) northeast of Montreal and is accessible via Autoroute 30 , the main road from the southwest, which ...