Albias is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France. The inhabitants are called "Albiassains". The town is 10 km north-east of Montauban. As of 1999, anout 2,338 people lived in Albias.
Tournay
Tournay is a village and commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées "département" of south-western France.
Villefranche-de-Rouergue
Villefranche-de-Rouergue () is a commune in southern France in the Aveyron department, in the region of Occitanie. It is the "sous-prefecture" (capital) of the "arrondissement" of the same name in the Aveyron department.
In 1252, Alphonse de Poitiers, Count of Toulouse, sent Jean d'Arcis, Seneschal of Rouergue, to build a city along the Aveyron as a new capital for Rouergue (an old French province): Villefranche-de-Rouergue. From 1369 to the French Revolution, Villefranche-de-Rouergue was the capital of Rouergue.
Villefranche-de-Rouergue is in the valley of the Aveyron river along the line that separates the "Causses" (limestone plateaus) from the "Ségala" geographical region.
There are mines of copper, lead, tin, iron and silver.
The Alzou river joins in the city, as a right tributary, the Aveyron river.
Villefranche-de-Rouergue has an area of , and its average altitude in the city is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .
Villefranche-de-Rouergue is surrounded by the "communes" Saint-Rémy, Maleville, La Bastide-l'Évêque, Morlhon-le-Haut, Sanvensa, La Rouquette, Savignac and Toulonjac.
The climate of Villefranche-de-Rouergue, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.
The inhabitants of Villefranche-de-Rouergue are known, in French, as "Villefranchois" (women: "Villefranchoises").
With a population of 11,822, Villefranche-de-Rouergue has a population density of inhabitants/km.
Evolution of the population in Villefranche-de-Rouergue
Villefranche-de-Rouergue forms with Toulonjac the urban area of Villefranche-de-Rouergue with a population of 12,644 inhabitants (2013) and an area of . This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Villefranche-de-Rouergue, formed by 16 "communes" with a population of 20,180 inhabitants and an area of .
Villefranche-de-Rouergue is a subprefecture of the Aveyron department, the capital of the "arrondissement" of Villefranche-de-Rouergue and the administrative centre () of the canton of Villefranche-de-Rouergue, with 13,282 inhabitants .
It is part of the intercommunality "Le Grand Villefranchois" ().
Villefranche-de-Rouergue is twinned with:
Facade
A facade or "façade" () is usually one side of the outside of a building. It is very often the front, but also sometimes the sides and rear. The word comes from the French language, literally meaning "frontage" or "face".
La Bastide-de-Bousignac
Fourcès
Fourcès is a commune in southwestern France. It is more precisely in Gascony, in the Gers department, in the region Midi-Pyrénées.
This graph indicates the population of Fourcès over time (source: INSEE).
In 2005 there were 295 inhabitants (2005).
Fourcès is a typical medieval bastide, a little village where the houses are built in a circle to allow a proper defence.
Because of its landscapes and its vineyards the Gers is now and then called by some the "Tuscany of France". The summers are long and warm; the winters are soft and short.
In the neighbourhood are numerous old castles, little medieval walled villages, small cities built around castles and "sacred" places, because the Via Podiensis and the Way of St. James of Compostela are going through the Montréal and left their traces.
Communes of the Tarn-et-Garonne department
This is a list of the communes in the department of Tarn-et-Garonne in France, in order by letter:
Gimont
Montastruc-la-Conseillère
Montastruc-la-Conseillère is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department of southwestern France.
Angeville
Angeville is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region of southern France.
Asques, Tarn-et-Garonne
Asques is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region of southern France.
Auty
Auty is a commune of the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region. It can be found in the southern part of France.
Beaupuy
Beaupuy can be any of the following communes in France:
Beaupuy, Gers
Beaupuy is a commune of the Gers department. It can be found in the southwestern part of France.
Communes of the Gers department
The following is a list of communes in the Gers department of France, in order by letter:
Beaupuy, Haute-Garonne
Beaupuy is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department. It is in southwest France.
Communes of the Haute-Garonne department
The following is a list of communes of the Haute-Garonne department of France, in order by letter:
Beaupuy, Tarn-et-Garonne
Beaupuy is a commune of the Tarn-et-Garonne "département" in the Midi-Pyrénées région. It is found in the southern part of France.
Communes of the Aveyron department
The following is a list of communes of the Aveyron department in France, in order by letter:
Communes of the Ariège department
The following is a list of communes of the Ariège department in France, in order by letter:
Daguerreotype
A Daguerreotype is a method of creating photographs that is no longer in general use. A man called Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre invented the daguerreotype process in France in 1839.
The new type of photography became very popular very quickly as it was capable of capturing a "truthful likeness." By 1850, there were over seventy daguerreotype studios in New York alone.
However the popularity of the daguerreotype was short lived as other cheaper processes were invented. By the late 1850s faster and less expensive processes such as the ambrotype, became available. A drawback of the Daguerreotype was that there was no negative from which to produce lots of images. Each picture was therefore unique, the only way to get a copy was to rephotograph the image.
Grenade, Haute-Garonne
Grenade, also called Grenade-sur-Garonne, is a commune of the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
Cordes-sur-Ciel
Cordes-sur-Ciel () is a commune of the Tarn "département", in France.
The fortified town (bastide) was built in 1222 by the Count of Toulouse. It is now a popular tourist spot. Until recently the town's name was Cordes, a word thought to come from the Indo-European root "corte" meaning "rocky heights."
Pygmy possum
The pygmy possums are species of small possums that together form the marsupial family Burramyidae. They weigh 6 to 8 grams.
There are five living species of pygmy possum, in two genera. Four of the species are endemic to Australia, with one species also occurring in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
After the 2020 fires, pygmy possums survived on Kangaroo Island, Australia. Saving the species may depend on eliminating feral cats from the island.
Mario Tennis
Mario Tennis is a video game released for the Nintendo 64 in 2000. It was developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo.
Pavie, Gers
Fleurance
Fleurance is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.
Dowry
A dowry (also known as trousseau or tocher) is the money, goods, or estate that is given to a woman at the time of her marriage. A dowry creates a fund for her support in case her husband dies. The dowry eventually goes to her sons and daughters of this marriage. At times a dowry was required to validate a marriage.
Dowry started as gifts that were handed out to the bride at the time of marriage to make her stay at in-laws place more comfortable. It has hence taken an ugly turn, many parts of India still have a high incidence of dowry demands.Many people still continue dowry system for there own uses . Some states with a very poor reputation with regards to dowry are - Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu. This is a sad reality in Indian marriages and has gone unchecked.
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