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    Vienne (French: [vjɛn] ; Arpitan: Vièna) is a town in southeastern France, located 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Lyon, at the confluence of the Gère and...
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    Celtic since about 900 BC, and by Greek colonists since about 600 BC. It was conquered by Rome at the end of the 2nd century BC. From 879 until 1486, it...
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  • near Bourgoin-Jallieu, or else to Montmiral, near Saint-Marcellin. The site of Vienna (modern Vienne, France), situated at the confluence of the Gère and...
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    Changy, Saint-Forgeux-Lespinasse, Saint-Germain-Lespinasse, Saint-Romain-la-Motte, Roanne, Le Coteau, Parigny, Saint-Vincent-de-Boisset, Saint-Cyr-de-Favières...
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    Parc naturel régional Périgord Limousin (category Geography of Haute-Vienne)
    Mareuil Nontron Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière and 5 cantons in the Haute-Vienne: Châlus Oradour-sur-Vayres Rochechouart Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre Saint-Mathieu Associated...
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    Via Agrippa (category 1st-century BC establishments in Roman Gaul)
    are still debated: in 39-38 BCE, according to the authors of the Guide romain antique; 22-21 BCE, according to Pierre Gros; or between 16 and 13 BCE,...
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    mainland Europe in the Iron Age and the Roman period (roughly 5th century BC to 5th century AD). Their homeland was known as Gaul (Gallia). They spoke...
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  • Easter Sunday, with several exceptions such as Lyon on 25 December and Vienne on 25 March Previously began on 25 March from 1155 Previously began on 1...
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    World War and May 2001, when the last French mine at Jouac, Haute-Vienne, closed. The Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme (Tarn), Les Malines (Gard) and Largentière (Ardèche)...
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    Reims (redirect from Saint-Remi Cathedral)
    as the Remi tribe's capital, founded c. 80 BC. In the course of Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul (58–51 BC), the Remi allied themselves with the Romans...
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