CHAMBÉRY

shäNbārēˈ, town (1990 pop. 55,603), capital of Savoie dept., E France, in the Alpine trough. It is a communications and commerce center as well as a railway and air transport hub. Manufactures include metals and construction materials. An archiepiscopal see from the 5th cent., it was the capital of Savoy from 1232 to 1562. Among its old edifices is a 16th-century cathedral.

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books on: ChambEry  - 541 results

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Southern France
Book by Findlay Muirhead, Marcel Monmarché; Macmillan, 1926
Subjects: France--Guidebooks
...much dilapidated. Tramways run from Chambery to Le Bourget p. 13 , 7 m. N.W...taken to supplement the waters. FROM CHAMBERY TO LA GRANDE-CHARTREUSE VIA LES ECHELLES...advance. -- Passengers by RAILWAY from Chambery change at St-Bdron p. 39 for the light...
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French Opinion on War and Diplomacy during the Second Empire
Book by Lynn M. Case; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1954
Subjects: Europe--History--1848-1871, Public Opinion--France
Lyons, Riom, Chambery, Grenoble, Montpellier, Toulouse...1866 from Nancy, Besancon, Riom, Chambery, Montpellier, and Bordeaux; of Oct...Besancon, Bourges, Riom, Poitiers, Chambery, Montpellier, Toulouse, and Agen...
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The Authorized Press in Vichy and German-Occupied France, 1940-1944: A Bibliography
Book by Donna Evleth; Greenwood Press, 1999
Subjects: France--History--German Occupation, 1940-1945--Bibliography, French Periodicals--Bibliography, World War, 1939-1945--Press Coverage--France--Bibliography
...Germans thereafter. * AU TRAVAIL . In Chambery. Weekly. 1940-1944. Trade unionist . Pdtainist. BN * LA CROIX DE SAVOIE . In Chambery. Weekly. 1891-1944. Catholic. Strongly...Vichy. BN * LE DEMOCRATE SAVOYARD . In Chambery. Weekly. 1922-1944. Radical- Socialist...
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Franco-Italian Relations, 1860-1865: The Roman Question and the Convention of September
Book by Lynn M. Case; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1932
Subjects: France--Foreign Relations--Italy, Italy--Foreign Relations--France, Roman Question
...illness and death, 98 - 102 , 111 , 124 - 125 Chambery, opinion in, 265 Chambery, Interview, 8 n., 10 - 15 ; bibliography of...116 Chigi, 221 , 222 , 225 , 232 Cialdini, and Chambery interview, 10 - 13 , 13 n. Claremont, 98...
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The Gladstone Diaries - Vol. 1
Book by M. R. D. Foot; Clarendon Press, 1968
Subjects: Gladstone, W. E--(William Ewart)--1809-1898--Diaries, Great Britain--Politics And Government--1837-1901, Liberal Party (Great Britain)--History--Sources, Prime Ministers--Great Britain--Diaries
...Feb. 29. 71/4 A.M.-7 3/4 p.m. Chambery to Modane, 1 14, postes. A considerable ascent...1 Forty-six miles SE. by east of Chambery. 2 Nineteen miles east of Chambery. 3 Charles Felix, 1765-1831; b. of Victor...
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journal articles on: ChambEry  - 36 results

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Planning Policy and Agricultural Multifunctionality in Alpine Sillon./Politiques D'amenagement et Muitifonctionnalite Agricole Dans le Sillon Alpin *
Journal article by Nathalie Bertrand, Claude Janin, P. Fleury; Canadian Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 29, 2006
Subjects: Agricultural policy--Analysis, Agricultural policy--Forecasts and trends, Sustainable development--Analysis, Sustainable development--Forecasts and trends
...city regions in the Sillon Alpin--Chambery and Grenoble--has permitted us to...deux aires urbaines du sillon alpin, Chambery et Grenoble, permettra tout dabord de...aires urbaines du Sillon Alpin,--Chambery et Grenoble-, qui depuis la fin des...
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Rural Governance Seen through Quebec's National Rural Policy/ la Gouvernance Rurale Vue a Travers la Politique Nationale De la Ruralite
Journal article by Andre Joyal, Kamal El- Batal; Canadian Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 31, 2008
...43 colloque de lASRDLF, Grenoble-Chambery, juillet. Benko, G. 2007. << Territoires...43 colloque de lASRDLF, Grenoble-Chambery, juillet. Joyal, A. 2002. Le developpement...43 colloque de lASRDLF, Grenoble-Chambery, juillet. Loinger, G. 2004. La prospective...
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Who Benefited from Tithe Revenues in Late-renaissance Bresse?
Journal article by Matthew Vester; The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 96, 2010
...goods such as spices was Nice-Piedmont-Chambery-Geneva. Thus, the financial-fiscal...relay node between the rest of Bresse and Chambery. Youngsters from Bresse had to go to Chambery to attend a college. During the late-fifteenth...
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Social Quality in Rousseau
Journal article by Paule-Monique Vernes; European Journal of Social Quality, Vol. 6, 2006
Subjects: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques--Works, Social conditions--Analysis
...perfectibility. 4.1 The Garden City and Chambery A bearable town must integrate the role...community. In Rousseaus own experience, Chambery, the little town in Savoie where he...the people better and more sociable. Chambery is the only town in which Rousseau acknowledges...
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French School Teachers against Militarism, 1903-18
Journal article by Francis Feeley; The Historian, Vol. 57, 1994
Subjects: France--History, Militarism--France, Pacifists--France, Teachers' unions--France, Teachers--France
...teachers unions across France met at Chambery to hold their third national congress...with the decision teachers had made at Chambery. Immediately after the congress, a...committee of the FNSI, at the Congress of Chambery, where she had joined with supporters...
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magazine articles on: ChambEry  - 12 results

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La Dolce Vita? Italy by Rail, 1839-1914
Magazine article by Diana Webb; History Today, Vol. 46, June 1996
Subjects: Italy--Transportation, Railroad travel--History, Railroads--Italy, Travel industry--Italy
...the plans for a railway through the Alps between Turin and Chambery as `a masterpiece of modern industry and the finest triumph...nature remarked by Manning. Henry James, finding himself at Chambery an one occasion, `decided there might be mysterious delights...
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Spatial and Temporal Reasoning
Magazine article by Hans W. Guesgen, Gerard Ligozat, Jochen Renz, Rita V. Rodriguez; AI Magazine, Vol. 28, Winter 2007
Subjects: American Association for Artificial Intelligence, Artificial intelligence, Computer science, Space, Time, Workshops
...2007 workshop on spatial and temporal reasoning continued a series of workshops that started 14 years ago at IJCAI-93 in Chambery, France. The common goal of these workshops has been to bring together related communities of researchers with an interest...
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Storybook Beginning
Magazine article by Laurence Vittes; Strings, Vol. 19, October 2004
Subjects: Capucon, Gautier, Capucon, Renaud, Classical music, France, Musical instruments, Musicians & conductors, Personal profiles, Siblings
...Andre Tubeuf, in true storybook fashion, even called Renaud "the Fair" and Gautier "the Dark." The brothers were born in Chambery, gateway to the Alps and once the home of silk weavers to the kings of France. They are handsome in a wistful way that would...
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Home on the Page
Magazine article by Michael A. Gips; Security Management, Vol. 49, February 2005
Subjects: Antiterrorism measures--Evaluation, National security--Management, Security management--Evaluation
...antispam laws and electronic-voting initiatives. SM Online takes you to the report. Cultural properties. Ancient District of Chambery, France, 2002. Chateau dAgimont, Belgium, 2001. Arkadian market, Jonkoping, Sweden, 2001. Sint Petruskerk Church...
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Album of Giles
Magazine article by Stanley Kauffmann; American Scholar, Vol. 67, Winter 1998
Subjects: Authors, English--Biography, English writers--Biography, Playfair, Giles--Biography
...Very odd," he said. "I was at the club for lunch. I felt as if I had suddenly become drunk. Id had only a sip or two of Chambery." His favorite aperitif. "Suddenly I began to reel a bit." "Did you ask for help?" "No, too much fuss. I just got...
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The Last Frontiers of Skiing; Felice Hardy Seeks out the Lesser-Known, Crowd-Free European Resorts All within Easy Reach of the Capital
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 20, 2011
...those of Val Thorens and Val dIsere. Chambery Airport is 30 minutes drive from Orelle...Erna Low, ernalow.co.uk FLY: to Chambery, from pounds sterling130 return. Since...Retreats, peakretreats.co.uk FLY: Chambery, from pounds sterling130 return. FORMIGAL...
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Your Heart's d'Isere; It's Burgeoned into an Alpine Sprawl, but the British Love Affair with'Val'is as Strong as Ever Says Neil English
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), February 26, 2006
Subjects: Skiing, Skis and skiing
...One benefit of travelling with Le Ski is that they fly into Chambery on a Sunday, which is blissfully calm and just two hours and...board holidays in their chalet complex including flights to Chambery from Gatwick or Manchester from pounds sterling689 including...
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CLEMENT CRABBE; More from Our Columnist, the Scabrous Clement Crabbe, of the Rockpools Register,who Takes a Wry, Whimsical Look at a World Increasingly beyond Parody
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 13, 2007
...nippers, your correspondent was becalmed for several hours at Chambery Airport, France. First a light morning mist meant there were...fringe of her intellectual pudding-bowl, Ms Burnish added: Chambery is an example to us all. And were in awe of Bristol. Pronunciation...
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Deals of the Week
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), December 5, 2010
...class skiing at your feet, enjoy a fly-drive holiday in Chambery and pay from pounds 275pp for seven nights when you travel...for the duration of your stay. Details: www.ba.com/chambery or 0844 493 0758. Long haul Gambia for pounds 289pp Grab seven...
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Holidays: A Run for the Money; My Holiday KEN OXLEY Took His Family on a Skiing Trip to the French Alps - and Discovered a Resort Little Known outside France
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), February 13, 2009
...per week in high season, sleeping from four to 20. Ken flew to Chambery from Newcastle with easyJet and hired a rental car. However, there is a regular train service from Chambery to Modane, a half-hour bus ride from Val Cenis. See websites...
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encyclopedia articles on: ChambEry  - 5 results

 
 
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Savoy, House Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of Geneva), Lower Valais , Gex, Ivrea , Pinerolo , Nice , parts of Vaud and of Geneva , and other seigniories and towns. Chambery , acquired in 1232, became the seat of the counts, whose scattered possessions were gradually consolidated. Amadeus VIII...
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Savoie
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SAVOIE savwa , department (1990 pop. 351,400), SE France, bordering Italy. Chambery is the capital. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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ChambÉry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CHAMBERY shaNbare , town (1990 pop. 55,603), capital of Savoie dept., E France, in the Alpine trough. It is a communications and...
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Rousseau, Jean Jacques
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Catholic convert. After serving as a footman in a powerful family, he left Turin and spent most of the next dozen years at Chambery, Savoy, with his patron. In 1742 he went to Paris to make his fortune with a new system of musical notation, but the venture...
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Savoy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...on the W by the Rhone River, on the S by Dauphine , and on the E by the Alpine crest on the Swiss and Italian borders. Chambery is the historic capital of French Savoy. The region commands many important passes connecting France and Italy (notably the...


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