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Beaucaire (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 43 48 30 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 43.8084 decimal degrees |
Long: 004 38 22 E degrees minutes |
Long: 4.6395 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was an important Roman way-station on the Via Domitiana; came into possession of counts of Toulouse 1125 CE; formerly famous for annual fair, founded in 1217 by Raymond, Count of Toulouse; castle dismantled in 1632 by Cardinal Richelieu. |
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Beaucaire (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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Beaucaire (French,U,N)
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Bèucaire (C,V,Occitan,U)
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Belli Quadrum (H,V)
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Ugernum (H,V)
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Occitanie (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled since pre-Roman times |
town (C) |
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commune (administrative) (C) |
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archaeological site (C) |
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Ancient Roman (H) |
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