Le Bon MarchéLe Bon Marché (lit. "the good market", or "the good deal" in French; lə bɔ̃ maʁʃe) is a department store in Paris, France. Founded in 1838 and revamped almost completely by Aristide Boucicaut in 1852, it was one of the first modern department stores. It was a member of the International Association of Department Stores from 1986 to 2011. Now the property of LVMH, it sells a wide range of high-end goods, including food in an adjacent building at 38, rue de Sèvres, called La Grande Épicerie de Paris.
Ouzouer-le-MarchéOuzouer-le-Marché (uzwɛʁ lə maʁʃe) is a former commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in north-central France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Beauce la Romaine. Ouzouer-le-Marché is a dynamic rural town of nearly 2,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the canton of La Beauce. There are several hypothesis of Ouzouer-le-Marché origins. First hypothesis: Formerly in the Bronze Age, the town was called because of the swamps: Ouzouer le Marais.
Charles Saint-YvesCharles Saint-Yves, or Charles de Saint-Yves, (1667 – August 3, 1731) was a French ophthalmologist, famous for his treatment of the cataract and his treatise on ophthalmology. Saint-Yves was born in 1667 at Maubert-Fontaine (Ardennes, Northern France), out of a family affiliated to Marie de Guise, who called him and his elder brother (1660–1730) to Paris for becoming her pages. He subsequently took his vows at the Congregation of the Mission in 1686 and worked at the pharmacy, where he learned medicine and surgery.
Saint-Privé, YonneSaint-Privé (sɛ̃ pʁive) is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. The commune is crossed by the river Loing. The river Beaune, an affluent of the Loing, takes its source on the territory of the commune. The name of the village came from Privat of Mende, a French hermit and bishop from Guevaudan who died as a martyr in 260. His cult became really popular during the Middle Age and many villages and parishes took his name.
MarcheMarche (ˈmɑːrkeɪ , ˈmarke), in English sometimes referred to as the Marches (ˈmɑrtʃᵻz ), is one of the twenty regions of Italy. The region is located in the central area of the country, and has a population of about 1.5 million people, being the thirteenth largest region in the country by number of inhabitants. The region's capital and largest city is Ancona. The Marche region is bordered by Emilia-Romagna and the republic of San Marino to the north, Tuscany to the west, Umbria to the southwest, Abruzzo and Lazio to the south and the Adriatic Sea to the east.
The Bon MarchéThe Bon Marché, whose French name translates to "the good market" or "the good deal", was a department store chain launched in Seattle, Washington, United States, in 1890 by Edward Nordhoff. The name was influenced by Le Bon Marché, the noted Parisian retailer. In 1929, The Bon Marché was acquired by Hahn Department Stores, itself folded into Allied Stores a few years later. A solid middle-range store, The Bon served largely working-class Seattle. Branches were also added in several cities of the Northwestern United States.
Noëlla RougetNoëlla Rouget (25 December 1919 – 22 November 2020) was a French Resistance member and teacher. She spoke of her experiences in the 1980s in Switzerland, Haute-Savoie, and Ain. Noëlla Rouget was born Noëlla Poudeau in Saumur to Clément and Marie (née Bossard) Poudeau. Her brother, Georges, was a Catholic priest and six years her senior. Noëlla attended the Scolarité au pensionnat Saint-Laud d'Angers. She was involved in Scouting with the Girl Guides of France, of which she was a leader.
Software patents under the European Patent ConventionThe patentability of software, computer programs and computer-implemented inventions under the European Patent Convention (EPC) is the extent to which subject matter in these fields is patentable under the Convention on the Grant of European Patents of October 5, 1973. The subject also includes the question of whether European patents granted by the European Patent Office (EPO) in these fields (sometimes called "software patents") are regarded as valid by national courts.
Glossary of French criminal lawThis glossary of French criminal law is a list of explanations or translations of contemporary and historical concepts of criminal law in France. This glossary includes terms from criminal law under the legal system in France. Legal terms from other countries that use French language (Belgium, Canada, Switzerland, North Africa, etc.) are not included here. Terms from the French civil code (known as the Napoleonic code) and from French administrative law are generally not included, unless they have repercussions for criminal law.
Charles BonnetCharles Bonnet (bɔnɛ; 13 March 1720 – 20 May 1793) was a Genevan naturalist and philosophical writer. He is responsible for coining the term phyllotaxis to describe the arrangement of leaves on a plant. He was among the first to notice parthenogenetic reproduction in aphids and established that insects respired through their spiracles. He was among the first to use the term "evolution" in a biological context. Deaf from an early age, he also suffered from failing eyesight and had to make use of assistants in later life to help in his research.
