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    Ferney-Voltaire (French pronunciation: [fɛʁ'nɛ vɔl'tɛʁ]) is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. It lies...
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    Château de Voltaire is located in Ferney-Voltaire (Ain) in France, close to the border with Switzerland and the city of Geneva. It was Voltaire’s home between...
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  • Lycée international de Ferney-Voltaire is a public secondary school in Ferney-Voltaire, Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. The school serves junior high...
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  • The canton of Ferney-Voltaire is a former administrative division in eastern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which...
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    larger estate at Ferney, on the French side of the Franco-Swiss border. The town would adopt his name, calling itself Ferney-Voltaire, and this became...
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    the frontier between Geneva and the neighbouring French commune of Ferney-Voltaire. The runway extension needed to use land that was then French, and...
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    Because of her well-known collaboration and romantic involvement with Voltaire, which spanned much of her adult life, for generations du Châtelet has...
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    as a pub sign (“enseigne à bière”). Voltaire owned the original painting, which is still in the collection at Ferney. Duplessis himself created several...
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    Jean-Louis Wagnière (category Voltaire)
    Switzerland – 7 April 1802, Ferney-Voltaire) was Voltaire's secretary from 1756 to 1778, when Voltaire died. Wagnière entered Voltaire’s service as his valet...
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  • Nations. Retrieved 12 January 2024. Falquet, Cathy (13 July 2019). "Ferney-Voltaire : les jeunes de 28 pays se mettent dans la peau de diplomates". www...
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