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Villefranche (French pronunciation: [vilfʁɑ̃ʃ]) is a former commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Charny-Orée-de-Puisaye .
Villefranche-sur-Saône (US: / ˌ v iː l (ə) ˈ f r ɒ̃ ʃ s ʊər ˈ s oʊ n /, [3] French: [vilfʁɑ̃ʃ syʁ son] ⓘ; Arpitan: Velafranche) is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.
1935 – The Labor Day Hurricane, the most intense hurricane to strike the United States, makes landfall at Long Key, Florida, killing at least 400. 1939 – World War II : Following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk , Poland) is annexed by Nazi Germany .
[1] [2] After Leopold's death, Blanche Delacroix was evicted, and his nephew, King Albert I, became its owner. During World War I, it was used as a military hospital. In 1919, Thérèse Vitali, Comtesse de Beauchamp, acquired the property and commissioned modifications. Ogden Codman, Jr. purchased the dozen existing structures that made up the ...
1935 – The Labor Day Hurricane, the most intense hurricane to strike the United States, makes landfall at Long Key, Florida, killing at least 400. 1958 – A USAF RC-130 is shot down by fighters over Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission.
Villefranche-d'Astarac, Gers department; Villefranche-d'Albigeois, Tarn department; Villefranche-de-Conflent, Pyrénées-Orientales department; Villefranche-de-Lauragais, Haute-Garonne department; Villefranche-de-Panat, Aveyron department; Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron department
Villefranche-de-Conflent is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades. [3] Map of Villefranche-de-Conflent and its surrounding communes. The town's confined site, at about 440 m above sea level, is relatively level ground surrounded by the northeast-flowing river Têt (on the town's west and north),
There are several lighthouses in the U.S. state of Texas, including several listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] Not every lighthouse in Texas is listed here as some have very little information known about them. Saluria, and Swash lights for example were built right before the civil war and were both destroyed by confederate ...