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    1896 Paris–Roubaix cycle race, which was promoted by the director at the time, Paul Rousseau. In February 1896 two Roubaix businessmen, Theodore Vienne and...
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  •  9199, Paris, p. 5, 1902-01-04 Beaulieu (1963), p. 48 Beaulieu (1963), p. 45 "La Course Paris-Vienne", La Presse (in French), vol. 69, no. 3679, Paris, p...
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    Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), respective governing bodies for racing in automobiles and motorcycles (two or three wheels), both bodies recognise as the absolute...
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    on 1 September 1886 at Église Notre-Dame de Vaux Church, Vaux commune, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France. His siblings were Louis Roger Thenault (brother)...
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  • prize. Likewise, in 1895 the nascent Automobile Club de France) (ACF) organised its first event, the Paris–Bordeaux–Paris race, but excluded two-seater cars...
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    most populous city in France. The city lies 129 km (80 mi) northeast of Paris on the Vesle river, a tributary of the Aisne. Founded by the Gauls, Reims...
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    he attended the higher course of decoration, founded by the painter Charles L'Eplattenier, who had studied in Budapest and Paris. Le Corbusier wrote later...
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    zoologist; researched coral. Émile Delahaye (1843–1905), automobile pioneer, founded Delahaye an automobile manufacturer Maurice Couette (1858–1943), physicist...
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    Le Luc Circuit du Mas du Clos, Saint-Avit-de-Tardes Circuit du Val de Vienne, Le Vigeant Circuit Pau-Arnos, Pau Pôle mécanique Alès-Cévennes [fr],...
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    the territorial survey of 1339, commissioned by Humbert II, dauphin of Vienne, and aimed at selling his property, this mandement, located east of the...
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