Villepreux
Encyclopedia
Villepreux is a commune
in the Yvelines
department in the Île-de-France
in north-central France
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Villepreux is the place of death of the famous doctor Alexandre Okinczyc
. There is a street of "Docteur Alexandre".
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Yvelines
Yvelines
Yvelines is a French department in the region of Île-de-France.-History:Yvelines was created from the western part of the defunct department of Seine-et-Oise on 1 January 1968 in accordance with a law passed on 10 January 1964 and a décret d'application from 26 February 1965.It gained the...
department in the Île-de-France
Île-de-France (région)
Île-de-France is the wealthiest and most populated of the twenty-two administrative regions of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area....
in north-central France
France
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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Villepreux is the place of death of the famous doctor Alexandre Okinczyc
Alexandre Okinczyc
Alexandre Okinczyc was sent to Siberia by Tsar Alexander II's troops after the peasants troubles in Lithuania. From there he succeeded to escape to the West. He established in France and became a known doctor. There he wrote in Polish the story of his adventure, which was later translated to...
. There is a street of "Docteur Alexandre".