Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Although diplomacy, military, and French government matters are handled by Paris, La Réunion is a member of La Francophonie, the Indian Ocean Commission, the International Trade Union Confederation, the Universal Postal Union, the Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa, and the World Federation of Trade Unions in its own right.
INSEE code Postal code Commune name Year of creation Arrondissement Intercommunality [1]; 97401: 97425: Les Avirons: 1894: Saint-Pierre: CIVIS 97402: 97412: Bras-Panon
The 9th arrondissement of Paris (IX e arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, it is referred to as le neuvième ( [nœvjɛm] ; "ninth"). The arrondissement, called Opéra, is located on the right bank of the River Seine .
The Louvre, once Paris' second Royal Palace, is today a museum, garden , and, more recently, a shopping mall and fashion-show centre (Le Carrousel du Louvre). The Palais-Royal just to its north, originally a residence of the Cardinal Richelieu , is a walled garden behind its rue de Rivoli facade, with covered and columned arcades that house ...
Hôtel de Ville, Paris, on 9 Thermidor. The Paris Commune (French: Commune de Paris) during the French Revolution was the government of Paris from 1789 until 1795. Established in the Hôtel de Ville just after the storming of the Bastille, it consisted of 144 delegates elected by the 60 divisions of the city.
There are several locations named after the Paris Commune. Including the Place de la Commune-de-Paris in Paris, the Straße der Pariser Kommune in Berlin, Germany, the Komunardů in Prague, Czech Republic, and the Công xã Paris Square in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The Paris Commune was a recurring theme during China's Cultural Revolution. [128]
A 10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi) railway tunnel dug in the big lava flow separating Saint-Denis from La Possession was started in 1878 and completed in 1881, allowing trains to connect Saint-Denis with the new seaport of La Réunion under construction at Le Port in replacement of the old harbor of Barachois in Saint-Denis. It was the third-longest ...
Ville de Paris (department store), Los Angeles, early 20th c. Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ville de Paris .