while, but is long discontinued. A metric lieue was used in France from 1812 to 1840, with 1 metric lieue being exactly 4,000 m, or 4 km (about 2.5 mi)...

Saint-Martin-de-la-Lieue (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ də la ljø] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern...

180 pieds, 58.471 m lieue de poste – Legal league, 2000 toises, 3.898 km lieue metrique – Metric system adaptation, 4.000 km lieue commune – French land...

domestic activities (ex. berceau), farming and rural units of measure (arpent, lieue, borne, boisseau), weapons, and products traded regionally rather than further...

from trade to trade. Some of the differences were large: for example the lieue (league) could vary from 3.268 km in Beauce to 5.849 km in Provence. It...

vapeur was built, specified to be able to carry four tons and cover two lieue (7.8 km, or 4.8 miles) in one hour, a performance it never achieved in practice...

There was widespread abuse of the king's standards, to the extent that the lieue could vary from 3.268 km in Beauce to 5.849 km in Provence. During the revolutionary...

may be a misspelling in an early report which has been perpetuated. The lieue, or French league, varied in meaning around the country. The commonest usages...

Sardinia, Piemont 02,622 Scotland 02,880 Ireland 03,780 Flanders 03,898 French lieue (post league) France 2,000 "body lengths" 03,927 Ri Japan 12,960 shaku 04...

l'emboucheure du Bog où se trouve vne isle en forme de triangle, viron de demi lieue de long le trauers de Semenwiruk. [...] Au dessus de Semenwirut, il y a...