La Glacerie (French pronunciation: [la ɡlas(ə)ʁi]) is a former commune in the Manche department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.
Royal manufactories in France during the 17th and 18th centuries were privileged establishments benefiting from a royal charter, meaning they operated under special regulations granted by letters patent. These privileges allowed them to bypass...
Cherbourg is a former commune and subprefecture located at the northern end of the Cotentin Peninsula in the northwestern French department of Manche. It was merged into the commune of Cherbourg-Octeville on 28 February 2000, which was merged into...
André-Georges Lemonnier (born 23 February 1896 in Guingamp; died 30 May 1963 at La Glacerie) was a French admiral.
This is a list of currently active horse racing venues, both Thoroughbred racing and harness racing, sorted by country. In most English-speaking countries they are called "racecourses". The United States and some parts of Canada use the term...
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (French pronunciation: [ʃɛʁbuʁ ɑ̃ kɔtɑ̃tɛ̃]; lit. 'Cherbourg-in-Cotentin'; Norman: Tchidbouo), commonly known as Cherbourg, is a major port city in the department of Manche, Normandy, northwestern France, established on 1...
Whitney Miguel (born 30 September 1991) is an Angolan and French basketball player who plays as power forward. She played for the Angola women's national basketball team.
Louis-Émile Bertin (French pronunciation: [lwiemil bɛʁtɛ̃]; 23 March 1840 – 22 October 1924) was a French naval engineer, one of the foremost of his time, and a proponent of the Jeune École philosophy of using light, but powerfully armed, warships...
Fanney Lind Guðmundsdóttir Thomas (born 13 December 1989) is an Icelandic former basketball player. She is a former member of the Icelandic national basketball team.
The 2016 Tour de France is the 103rd edition of the cycle race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. On 24 November 2014 Amaury Sport Organisation announced that the race would depart, on 2 July 2016, from the French department of Manche, for the first...
