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    Ambrières (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃bʁijɛʁ]) is a commune in the Marne department in northeastern France. Communes of the Marne department "Répertoire...
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    Ambrières-les-Vallées (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃bʁijɛʁ le vale]) is a commune in the Mayenne department in northwestern France. It is on the border of...
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    Francis Ambrière (27 September 1907 – 1 July 1998) was a French author who was selected for the Prix Goncourt in 1940, for his book Les Grandes Vacances;...
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    town originated when Juhel II of Mayenne (lord of Mayenne, Gorron and Ambrières (1110–1161)) built a monastery near the gate of the pre-existing castle...
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  • Louis Jean-Charles-Marie-Tanquerel des Planches (11 August 1810, Ambrières-les-Vallées – 27 May 1862) was a French physician. He is known for his research...
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    week before his death." Jacques Foccart was born on August 31, 1913, in Ambrières-les-Vallées, Mayenne, in west-central France, to a family of white planters...
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    1937 Charles Plisnier 1938 Henri Troyat 1939 Philippe Hériat 1940 Francis Ambrière 1941 Henri Pourrat 1942 Marc Bernard 1943 Marius Grout 1944 Elsa Triolet...
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    request of Henry, for her to be his heir. The following year, Geoffrey gave Ambrieres, Gorron, and Chatilon-sur-Colmont to Juhel de Mayenne, on condition that...
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    1937 Charles Plisnier 1938 Henri Troyat 1939 Philippe Hériat 1940 Francis Ambrière 1941 Henri Pourrat 1942 Marc Bernard 1943 Marius Grout 1944 Elsa Triolet...
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    Ablancourt Aigny Allemanche-Launay-et-Soyer Allemant Alliancelles Ambonnay Ambrières Anglure Angluzelles-et-Courcelles Anthenay Aougny Arcis-le-Ponsart Argers...
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