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Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃kutɑ̃ syʁ sɛvʁ], literally Moncoutant on Sèvre) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France.. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Moncoutant (the seat), Le Breuil-Bernard, La Chapelle-Saint-Étienne, Moutiers-sous-Chantemerle, Pugny and Saint-Jouin-de-Milly.
La Chapelle-Saint-Étienne (French pronunciation: [la ʃapɛl sɛ̃t‿etjɛn]) is a former commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre .
Moncoutant (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃kutɑ̃]) is a former commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre . [ 2 ]
The exact date of the abbey's foundation is unknown, and research is complicated by the unreliability of the earliest documents. In the 6th century, the "testament" of the bishop of Lyon Ennemond relates that Aldebert, governor of Lugdunum under the reign of Septimius Severus, having converted to Christianity, endowed the "monastery of the Ladies of Saint-Pierre" with land in 208. [1]
Saint-Pierre (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ] ⓘ; Occitan: Sant Pierre) is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France. Population
The Hotel St. Pierre is a collection of Creole cottages, many dating from the early 1780s, in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. Its business address is 911 Burgundy Street. The hotel property includes the Gabriel Peyroux House , erected in 1780 for Gabriel Peyroux de la Roche, a native of France .
France claimed a 200-nautical-mile (370 km; 230 mi) exclusive economic zone for Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, and in August 1983 the naval ship Lieutenant de vaisseau Le Hénaff and the seismic ship Lucien Beaufort were sent to explore for oil in the disputed zone. [40]
The commune of Saint-Pierre is made up of the island of Saint-Pierre proper and several nearby smaller islands, such as L'Île-aux-Marins.Although containing nearly 90% of the inhabitants of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, the commune of Saint-Pierre is considerably smaller in terms of area than the commune of Miquelon-Langlade, which lies to its northwest on Miquelon Island.