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Nouvelle-Aquitaine

  • Former Administrative Regions: Aquitaine, Limousin and Poitou-Charentes

  • Type: Region of France

Nouvelle-Aquitaine, an administrative region in the southwest France on the Atlantic coast and the border with Spain, consists of twelve departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, Correze, Creuse, Deux-Sevres, Dordogne, Gironde, Haute-Vienne, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne, Pyrenees-Atlantiques and Vienne. - AsNotedIn


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PlaceTypeAsNotedInArea
PlaceTypeAsNotedInArea
Agen Town
Aire-sur-l'Adour Town
Arles Way of St James Hiking Trail
Aulnay Town
Bayle, Fr Town
Gironde, FR
Bayonne City
Bazas Town
Belves Town
Beynac-et-Cazenac Village
Bordeaux City
Gironde, FR
Cognac, FR Town
Collonges-la-Rouge Village
Coulon Town
Cravans Village
Creon Town
Cussac-Fort-Medoc, FR Town
Gironde, FR
Dune du Pilat Sand Dunes Gironde, FR
Ile de Re, FR Town Charente-Maritime, FR
L'Hopital-Saint-Blaise Village
La Rochelle City
Charente-Maritime, FR
La Roque-Gageac Village
La Sauve Town
Le Buisson-de-Cadouin Town
Le Puy Way of St James Hiking Trail
Lege-Cap Ferret Town
Gironde, FR
Loudun Village
Vienne, NA
Martillac Town
Melle Town
Mimizan Town
Montignac-Lascaux, FR Town
Oloron-Sainte-Marie Town
Oradour-sur-Glane Village
Haute-Vienne
Paris Way of St James Hiking Trail
Perigueux Town
Pessac, FR City
Gironde, FR
Petit-Bersac Village
Poitiers City
Vienne, NA
Pons Town
Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vezere Valley
Saint-Avit-Senieur Village
Saint-Emilion Town
Saint-Jean-d'Angely Town
Saint-Jean-de-Luz Town
Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port Town
Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat Town
Saint-Savin, Vienne Village
Vienne, NA
Saint-Sever Town
Saintes, Charente-Maritime Town
Sare Town
Sorde-l'Abbaye Village
Soulac-sur-Mer Town
Tournon-d'Agenais Village
Tremolat Village

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1698/00/00 Rene Lafarge reports, "Limousin oxen were universally renown and esteemed both as beasts of burden and beef cattle." Limousin Veal

Eat and Drink »

FoodTypeAsNotedInDescription
FoodTypeAsNotedInDescription
Beurre d'Echire Cultured Butter Beurre d'Echire is handmade in a Echire near the villages of Poitiers and La Rochelle, France.
Black Perigord Truffle Vegetable The best black truffles come from Dordogne, a department in Southwestern France.
Chabichou du Poitou Cheese
Duck Confit Waterfowl Duck confit is a specialty of Gascony, France.
Limousin Veal Meat Limousin cattle are from the south central part of France in the regions of Limousin and Marche.
Ossau-Iraty Cheese



Data »

Particulars for Nouvelle-Aquitaine:
Locale type Region of France



Vicinage »

VicinageTypeAsNotedIn
Charente-Maritime, FR Department of France
Gironde, FR Department of France
Haute-Vienne Department of France
Vienne, NA Department of France

Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
The Butcher Film Claude Chabrol "Le Boucher" was filmed at Tremolat, Perigord
The Sun Also Rises Novel Ernest Hemingway The Sun Also Rises is set in Bayonne, Aquitaine, France

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