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    Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sovœʁ ɑ̃ pɥizɛ] ) is a commune in the north-central French department of Yonne. It is located in an...
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    Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette was born on 28 January 1873 in the village of Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye in the department of Yonne, Burgundy. Her father, Captain Jules-Joseph...
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    end of France's Ancien Régime, the core of Puisaye including Bléneau, Saint-Fargeau, Toucy and Saint-Sauveur was part of the province of Orléanais. It...
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    The site is in a rural woodland area and the nearest town is Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to the northeast. In 1979, French...
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  • department Saint-Sauveur-des-Landes, in the Ille-et-Vilaine department Saint-Sauveur-en-Diois, in the Drôme department Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, in the Yonne...
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    Saints-en-Puisaye (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ɑ̃ pɥizɛ] , literally Saints in Puisaye), formerly Saints, is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté...
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    André Jean Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy (1 January 1799 in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye – 25 June 1857 in Paris) was a French physician and entomologist specialising...
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    Proto-Celtic *abalnā, cf. Old Irish aball, Welsh afall, Old Breton aball(en), "apple tree"). Avallon is located 50 km south-southeast of Auxerre, served...
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    Dijon. The A6 autoroute (Paris–Lyon) passes northeast of the city. Auxerre-Saint-Gervais station has rail connections to Dijon, Paris, Corbigny and Avallon...
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    natural causes. Starting from 1135, the cathedral of Sens, dedicated to Saint Stephen, was rebuilt as one of the first Gothic cathedrals. There, in 1234...
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