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2. Île d'Orléans - Wikipedia

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   Île d'Orléans (French pronunciation: [il d‿ɔʁleɑ̃]; English: Island of Orleans) is an island located in the Saint Lawrence River about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of downtown Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was one of the first parts of the province to be colonized by the French, and a large percentage of French Canadians can trace ...

3. Isle Saint-Jean - Wikipedia

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   Besides the construction of Acadian settlement of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, France was resolved to organize a colony on Isle Saint-Jean. The beginning of the colony was slow, with only 297 inhabitants by 1728. During the years 1740–1750, hundreds of Acadians fled Nova Scotia, which had been conquered by the British in 1713, to exile ...

4. Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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   UTC-5 (CDT) Area code. 985. House in Isle de Jean Charles after Hurricane Gustav in 2008. Isle de Jean Charles (known locally in Louisiana French as Isle à Jean Charles) is a narrow ridge of land situated in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. For over 170 years, it has been the historical homeland and burial ground of the state-recognized tribe of ...

5. Gustaf III Airport - Wikipedia

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   Gustaf III Airport[3] (IATA: SBH[3], ICAO: TFFJ[1]), also known as Saint Barthélemy Airport, Rémy de Haenen Airport, sometimes as St. Jean Airport (French: Aérodrome de St Jean[1]), is a public use airport located in the village of St. Jean on the Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy. Due to its very short runway, very close proximity to ...

6. Saint Barthélemy - Wikipedia

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   Saint Barthélemy (French: Saint-Barthélemy, [sɛ̃ baʁtelemi] ⓘ), officially the Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Barthélemy, 7 also known as St Barts (English) 8 or St. Barth (French), is an overseas collectivity of France 9 in the Caribbean. The island lies about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of the island of Saint Martin; [ 10 ...

7. Prince Edward Island - Wikipedia

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   The island is known in the Mi'kmaq language of its historic indigenous occupants as Abegweit or Epekwitk, roughly translated as "land cradled in the waves".. When the island was part of Acadia, originally settled by French colonists, its French name was Île Saint-Jean (St. John's Island).

8. Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans - Wikipedia

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   R-368. Website. st-jean.iledorleans.com. Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. It is part of the L'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality, on the southeastern side of Île d'Orléans. Prior to April 5, 2003, it was known simply as Saint-Jean. [4]

9. St John, Jersey - Wikipedia

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   Website. stjohn.je. St John (Jèrriais and French: Saint-Jean) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey and is around 7.3 kilometres (4.5 mi) [a] north of St Helier on the north coast of the island. It has a surface area of 8.7 km2. St John's Village is also the name of the main village in the parish.