Langres
Langres is a city and commune of eastern France. It is a sous-préfecture of the Haute-Marne département, in the Champagne-Ardenne région. Population (1999): 9,586.
Miscellaneous
Births
Langres was the birthplace of:
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- Jeanne Mance (1606-1673), the co-founder of Montréal
- Claude Gillot (1673-1722), painter
- Denis Diderot (1713-1784), the philosopher of the Age of Enlightement, and the editor-in-chief of the Encyclopédie.
Twin towns
Langres is twinned with:
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- Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England - since 1995
- Ellwangen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany - since 1964
- Abbiategrasso, Lombardy, Italy
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