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La Flèche (French pronunciation: [la flɛʃ] ⓘ) is a town and commune in the French department of Sarthe, in the Pays de la Loire region in the Loire Valley. It is the sub-prefecture of the South-Sarthe, the chief district and the chief city of a canton, and the second most populous city of the department. The city is part of the Community ...
Lafleche or La Fleche (French: La Flèche, The Arrow) may refer to: Laflèche (surname), a surname; La Flèche (chicken), a chicken breed; La Fleche (horse) (1889–1916), a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare; La Flèche Wallonne, a cycle road race in Belgium; Collège Laflèche, a private college in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
La Flèche was established shortly after the year 1000 and rapidly acquired a prominent position. In 1051, [cf 4] Jean de Beaugency, the younger son of Lancelin I, the lord of Beaugency, and Paula du Maine, the youngest daughter of Count Herbert I Wake-Dog, [9] sought a location in which to construct a castle within his domain of Fissa (fiscal land).
The Saint-Louis church is located in La Flèche, in the French department of Sarthe.Built from 1607 onwards in the grounds of the Jesuit College, founded in 1603 by Henri IV, it was completed in 1621.
The La Flèche (French: Poule de La Flèche, pronounced [pul də la flɛʃ]) is a rare French breed of dual-purpose domestic chicken. It originates from the département of the Sarthe , in the Pays de la Loire region , and is named for the town and commune of La Flèche in that area, not far from the capital of the Sarthe, Le Mans .
As per tradition, la Flèche Wallonne finishes on the leg-crushing Mur de Huy, a climb whose shortness (1.3 kilometers) is matched by its harshness (9.6% average gradient with a max of 20%).
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Laflèche (French pronunciation:; originally known as Mackayville) is a ... Throughout the 1970s, Laflèche was nicknamed petit Saint-Henri de la Rive-Sud ...