Luçon (pronounced [lysɔ̃]) is a commune in the Vendée department, Pays de la Loire region, western France. Its inhabitants are known as Luçonnais. Luçon...
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Luçon Football Club is a French football club, located in Luçon. It was founded in 1924 as Stade Luçonnais. In 2003 it changed name to Vendée Luçon Football...
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episcopal seat of the Diocese of Luçon (comprising the Vendée) Agriculture remains a significant source of employment in the Vendée. Among departments, it has...
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Vendée (French: Guerre de Vendée) was a counter-revolution from 1793 to 1796 in the Vendée region of France during the French Revolution. The Vendée is...
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Diocese of Luçon (Latin: Dioecesis Lucionensis; French: Diocèse de Luçon) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Its see is Luçon Cathedral...
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Luçon Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Luçon) is a Roman Catholic church located in Luçon in the Vendée, France. The cathedral...
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François Bégaudeau (category People from Luçon)
Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009. He was born in Luçon, Vendée, France and was a member of the 1990s punk rock group Zabriskie Point...
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Maurice d'Elbée. The engagement on 14 August, fought near the town of Luçon in Vendée, France, was actually the conclusion of three engagements between the...
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Charles Aimé de Royrand (category Royalist military leaders of the War in the Vendée)
and weapons before returning to Luçon. Provoked by this raid, Royrand and Elbée with 12,000–15,000 rebels attacked Luçon but were repulsed on 30 July. Wanting...
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Charles René Dominique Sochet, Chevalier Destouches (category People from Luçon)
was born in Luçon, in Vendée, in 1727. He joined the French Navy, and by 1767 was a Captain. In 1770 he married a young woman from Luçon; they had a son...
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