L'Argentière
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L'Argentière is part of the name of several communes in France
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The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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- L'Argentière-la-BesséeL'Argentière-la-BesséeL'Argentière-la-Bessée is a commune of the Hautes-Alpes department in the Alps in southeastern France.The town lies on the River Durance, which is used for kayaking, white-water rafting and other water sports. The Argentiere Canoe Slalom Course is in the Durance River south of the town. The town...
, in the Hautes-AlpesHautes-AlpesHautes-Alpes is a department in southeastern France named after the Alps mountain range.- History :Hautes-Alpes is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
département - Saint-Genis-l'ArgentièreSaint-Genis-l'ArgentièreSaint-Genis-l'Argentière is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.-References:*...
, in the RhôneRhône (département)Rhône is a French department located in the central Eastern region of Rhône-Alpes. It is named after the Rhône River.- History :The Rhône department was created on August 12, 1793 when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire was split into two departments: Rhône and Loire.Originally, the eastern...
département - Sainte-Foy-l'ArgentièreSainte-Foy-l'ArgentièreSainte-Foy-l'Argentière is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.It is located about from Lyon.The name means "Holy Faith, the silver-producer"; Sainte-Foy is equivalent to the common Spanish place-name Santa Fé, and the reference is to the silver mines around which the village...
, in the RhôneRhône (département)Rhône is a French department located in the central Eastern region of Rhône-Alpes. It is named after the Rhône River.- History :The Rhône department was created on August 12, 1793 when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire was split into two departments: Rhône and Loire.Originally, the eastern...
département - Villemagne-l'ArgentièreVillemagne-l'ArgentièreVillemagne l'Argentière is a commune in the Hérault department in Languedoc-Roussillon southern France.It is located near Bédarieux.-History:...
, in the HéraultHéraultHérault is a department in the south of France named after the Hérault river.-History:Hérault is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
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