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Angers (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 47 28 26 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 47.4738 decimal degrees |
| Long: 000 32 52 W degrees minutes |
Long: -0.5477 decimal degrees |
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Note: Invaded by Northmen 9th century and by English in the 12th and 15th centuries; seat of counts of Anjou in the 9th century; later capital of duchy of Anjou; captured by Huguenots in 1585; site of Vendean royalists' defeat in 1793; still rich in medieval architecture. |
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| Angers (preferred,C,V)
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| Andegabum (H,O)
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| Andegavis (H,O)
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| Andegavum (H,V)
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............ | medieval |
| Juliomagus (H,V)
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............ | ancient, under Romans |
| Juliomagus Andium (H,O)
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Angers (inhabited place) (P) |
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Additional Parents: |
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Anjou (historical region) (P,H) |
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Angers (inhabited place) (P,H) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled since ancient Roman times |
| city (C) |
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| department capital (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of ancient Andecavi Gallic tribe |
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