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    Rive-de-Gier (French pronunciation: [ʁiv də ʒje], literally Bank of Gier; Arpitan: Vâr-de-Giér) is a commune in the Loire department in central France...
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  • The canton of Rive-de-Gier is a French administrative division located in the department of Loire and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. At the French canton...
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    Saint-Romain-en-Jarez, La Tour-en-Jarez, Saint-Christo-en-Jarez, Rive-de-Gier and Saint-Romain-en-Gier. The Gier rises at La Jasserie on the Perdrix mountain at about...
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    reservoir for the Givors canal, now provides drinking water to the town of Rive-de-Gier. The Couzon drains a basin of 34 square kilometres (13 sq mi) at a mean...
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  • Jean Étienne Valluy (category People from Rive-de-Gier)
    (15 May 1899 – 4 January 1970) was a French general. He was born in Rive-de-Gier, Loire, on 15 May 1899 to Claude (Claudius) Valluy and Jeanne, Adrienne...
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  • Saint-Étienne basin and Lyon. Jean Guillaume Roquille's birth in Rive-de-Gier, in the industrial Gier valley between Saint-Étienne and Lyon, was recorded on 26...
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  • Compagnie des Hauts-fourneaux, forges et aciéries de la Marine et des chemins de fer, based in Rive-de-Gier. Lorette was created on 27 April 1847 in response...
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    between Saint-Étienne and Rive-de-Gier was laid at a constant descent of 1.2 to 1.4%. The following section, running along the Gier valley down to Givors...
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  • Claude Verpilleux (category People from Rive-de-Gier)
    running along the bed of the river or canal. Claude Verpilleux was born at Rive de Gier in 1798, son of a canal worker. His father died when he was ten. His...
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  • However, Zacharie was only authorized to build the Givors canal as far as Rive-de-Gier. In December 1788 King Louis XVI approved construction of a reservoir...
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