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    Perche (French pronunciation: [pɛʁʃ] ) (French: le Perche) is a former province of France, known historically for its forests and, for the past two centuries...
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    lordship of Mortagne-au-Perche, the viscountcy of Châteaudun and the lordship of Nogent-le-Rotrou in the countship of Perche and Montagne. Hervé I, 941-...
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    The canton of Le Perche (French: Canton du Perche) is a canton (an administrative division) of the Loir-et-Cher department, central France. Its seat is...
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  • early as 1642. Robert Giguère was born in an area of France known as Le Perche. "Perche" comes from the Latin word pertica, which means long pole and more...
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  • Stephen du Perche (1137 or 1138 – 1169) was the chancellor of the Kingdom of Sicily (1166–68) and Archbishop of Palermo (1167–68) during the early regency...
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    Zacharie Cloutier (category People from Mortagne-au-Perche)
    the first wave of the Percheron immigration from the former province of Perche, to an area that is today part of Quebec, Canada. He settled in Beauport...
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    Louvilliers-lès-Perche (French pronunciation: [luvilje pɛʁʃ], literally Louvilliers near Perche) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern...
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    Le Gault-du-Perche (French pronunciation: [lə ɡo dy pɛʁʃ], literally Le Gault of the Perche; before 2017: Le Gault-Perche) is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher...
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    (Authon-du-Perche), Castle Saint-John (Nogent-le-Rotrou), Castle of Villepion (Orgères-en-Beauce), Castle of Reverseaux (Voves) Regional parc of the Perche Chartres...
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    General Estates convened in Blois. L’Orléanais, le Berry, la Touraine, le Perche et le Maine occupied le Loir-et-Cher and its provinces in 1790. The Loir-et-Cher's...
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