Croce di Castiglione

Croce di Castiglione is a "frazione" of the "comune" of Città di Castello in the Province of Perugia, Umbria, central Italy. It stands at an elevation of 362 metres above sea level. At the time of the Istat census of 2001 it had 189 inhabitants.


Rusheen Bay

Rusheen Bay () is a bay in County Galway on the west coast of Ireland. Rusheen Bay is near Galway city and is known for windsurfing. This bay is used for both flat water ballasting and freestyle. The Rusheen Bay Windsurfing School is open from April through to September and provides lessons and rentals for windsurfing, kayaking and stand-up paddleboarding.
Eight children were rescued from drowning in the bay by surfers in July 2015, in an incident that saw a number of bravery awards and one of the rescuers, Alan Herdman, was named Young Person of The Year for his actions.


Tjuvholmen

Tjuvholmen is a neighborhood in the borough Majorstuen in Oslo, Norway. It is located on a peninsula sticking out from Aker Brygge into the Oslofjord. It is located east of Filipstad and south of Vika. At the tip of the peninsula, next to the sculpture park, is an outdoor bathing area. The water leads out to the Inner Oslofjord.
The area was bought by the shipyard Akers Mekaniske Verksted in the mid 19th century, who planned to build a drydock there. Instead, it was bought by the municipality in 1914, and transferred to the port authority in 1919. They built docks and artificial land, increasing the area from . From the 1960s, Fred. Olsen & Co. rented the docks, and from 1971 Nylands Mekaniske Verkstad had a shipyard on the spot. Since 1982, the area has been used for office space, terminals, and warehouses. The Norwegian National Academy of Ballet was located there.
Since 2005, the area has been sold to private developers, who are conducting an urban renewal with housing. The area has about 1,200 apartments since 2012. It is part of the Fjord City urban renewal program. This program has seen the opening of several art galleries, amongst them the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art and the Gallery Haaken. Tjuvholmen skulpturpark, next to the museum, was created by Renzo Piano.
Geology.
The geology of the former islet is of great interest. The German geologist Leopold von Buch visited the area in 1806–07, and he then discovered and described rhomb porphyry for the first time.
The name.
The first element is "tjuv" ("thief"), the last element is the finite form of "holme" ("islet"). (The islet was later turned into a peninsula because of post-glacial rebound.) Thieves were executed here in the 18th century. An older (Danish) spelling of the name was "Tyveholmen". The name for the islet's hotel The Thief also originates from this, as well as its intent to "steal you away from daily life"


Triglav Lakes Lodge

The Triglav Lakes Lodge () (1685 m) is a mountain lodge between Double Lake () and the artificial Lake Močivec () below Mount Tičarica in the heart of the Julian Alps, northwestern Slovenia. The first structure was built in 1880 by an Austrian hiking club. In 1955 and 1988, it was rebuilt and expanded. It has four dining rooms with 150 seats, 13 rooms with 30 beds, and 13 larger sleeping rooms with 170 bunks. The lodge is open from the end of June until the start of October


Belvaux

Belvaux ( , ) is a town in the commune of Sanem, in south-western Luxembourg. , the town has a population of 5,113. It is the administrative centre of Sanem commune. Belvaux is the twelfth-largest town in Luxembourg, and the largest not to have a commune named after it.


Lamain

Lamain is a village in the Belgian province Hainaut and a sub-municipality of the city Tournai.


Koskullskulle

Koskullskulle is a locality situated in Gällivare Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 874 inhabitants in 2010.
It was founded in 1898 when iron ore was discovered. The village got its name from Georg Adolf Koskull who was governor of Norrbotten County 1816–1821.
The iron ore mine situated north of the village is called the Vitåfors mine.


Stuttgart-Weilimdorf

Weilimdorf () until 1955 known as "Weil im Dorf," is the north-western city district (Stadtbezirk) of the German city and capital of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart. Weilimdorf, covering an area of with a population of around 30,000, borders the Stadtbezirke of Zuffenhausen, Feuerbach, Stuttgart-West, and the towns of Gerlingen, Ditzingen, and Korntal-Münchingen in the Ludwigsburg district. Weilimdorf became part of Stuttgart in 1933 amidst the hardship of the economic instability of the 30s in Germany. The city district is made up by six Stadtteile: "Weilimdorf" (with more than 50% of the population), "Bergheim", "Giebel", "Hausen", "Weilimdorf-Nord" and "Wolfbusch" and is home to an expanding commercial area.
Notable architecture includes Castle Solitude, the 15th Century and the Löwen-Markt, the modern center of Weilimdorf.
Geography.
Weilimdorf, located from Stuttgart city center, sits on the southeastern edge of the Strohgäu. The district covers an area of exactly . Of this area, 29.4% of it is occupied by construction, another 12.3% is used by transportation, 3.9% is devoted to parks, forests stand on another 28.2%, and finally, agriculture occupies the final 28.7%.


Pallare

Pallare (; ) is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about west of Genoa and about west of Savona.
Pallare borders the following municipalities: Bormida, Carcare, Mallare, Millesimo, Osiglia, and Plodio.


Jelgava Municipality

Jelgava Municipality () is a municipality in Zemgale, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Eleja parish, Glūda parish, Jaunsvirlauka parish, Lielplatone parish, Līvbērze parish, Platone parish, Sesava parish, Svēte parish, Valgunde parish, Vilce parish, Vircava parish, Zaļenieki parish and Kalnciems town with its countryside territory the administrative centre located in Jelgava city, which is not included in the territory of municipality. As of 2020, the population was 21,738.
Twin towns — sister cities.
Jelgava Municipality is twinned with:


Cal Islet

Cal Islet (, also: Ilhéu de Baixo) is a small island about south of Porto Santo Island, in the Madeira Archipelago, Portugal. With an area of , Cal is the largest of six islets close to Porto Santo. The highest point is . The islet has never been inhabited.
History.
Cal Islet houses an important testimony to the history and culture of Porto Santo. It was once mined for lime ("cal" in Portuguese). Its extraction led to several accidents, one of which killed sixteen workers, victims of a mine collapse. The mines are no longer active, but remnants are still intact and can be visited with a proper license and specialized escort.
The construction of a cable car was planned to connect the tip of Calheta (in Porto Santo) to the islet. The project was abandoned because the large numbers of visitors would have endangered the regeneration of the islet's fragile ecosystem.
Ecological Preservation.
Despite of its rough appearance, this islet is home to a very rich flora, which includes the usual coastal shrubs and some traces of laurisilva, probably due to its difficult access. It is also a breeding ground for at least four species of birds, the Atlantic canary, the Berthelot's pipit, the plain swift and the little shearwater and home to endemic land snails, "Amphorella cimensis" and "Leiostyla relevata". For these reasons, its ecosystem is protected by the portuguese PDM and Rede Natura 2000.


Balvatnet

 or is a lake that lies in the municipality of Saltdal in Nordland county, Norway. The lake is located on the border of Junkerdal National Park, about west of the border with Sweden. The lake is regulated for hydroelectric power at the Daja Hydroelectric Power Station to the north in Sulitjelma.


Rijpfjorden

Rijpfjorden is a fjord at the northern side of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. The fjord has a length of about and a width of about . Former names of the fjord include "Rypefjorden", "Red Currant Bay" and "Ripsbai". The fjord is named after Dutch explorer Jan Rijp, who never came anywhere near it.


Isnello

Isnello (Sicilian: Isneddu) is a "comune" (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo.
Isnello borders the following municipalities: Castelbuono, Cefalù, Collesano, Gratteri, Petralia Sottana, Polizzi Generosa, Scillato.
Former New York City mayor Vincent R. Impellitteri was born in Isnello in 1900.


Monterubbiano

Monterubbiano is a town and "comune" in the Province of Fermo, in the Marche region of Italy. It is on a hill from the Adriatic Sea.
History.
In pre-historic times the area was inhabited by the Piceni (9th-3rd centuries BC). After the Roman conquest, it received the status of "urbs urbana" (built city) in 268 BC. In the 5th century it was captured by the Visigoths.
In the 12th century, it was a free commune, thwarting the attempts from Fermo to capture it. In the 15th century it was acquired by Francesco Sforza, who fortified it; in 1663 it became part of the Papal States, to which (apart the Napoleonic period) it remained until 1860, when it was annexed to the newly formed Kingdom of Italy. The Italian Branch of Sabbath Rest Advent Church can claim that the number of members is estimated at more than 2000 members, with its headquarter in Monterubbiano, but with the presence in many other Italian places.
External links.


Vihanti

Vihanti was a municipality of Finland. It was merged with the city of Raahe on 1 January 2013.
Vihanti is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of
() and covers an area of of
which
is water. The population density is
Vihanti is home of the heavy rock band "Gobra". The original line-up was all-Vihantian, but the current one includes also outsiders. The band has a rehearsal facilities in the Lampinsaari village.
The great dance hall in Mäntylampi was the biggest one in the whole province during the 1970s but is now used only a couple of times per year. The Mäntylampi camping area has not been well kept.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.


Elini

Elini is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northeast of Cagliari and about southwest of Tortolì.
Elini borders the following municipalities: Arzana, Ilbono, Lanusei, Tortolì.


Gosauseen

Gosauseen are three lakes in the south-western, Alpine part of Upper Austria. They are situated near the town of Gosau, which is close to Salzburg. The mountains that encircle the lakes are called the Dachstein Mountains, whose glaciers partially shaped the landforms and still influence the hydrology of the area.
Vorderer Gosausee.
This is the biggest of the three lakes. It has an aerial tramway at its more accessible end.
Gosaulacke.
This water is the middle of three lakes, where the other two are called the outer and the inner "Gosausee". The word "See" means lake, while the word "Lacke" ("puddle") means a shallow water body with considerable changes of surface level (intermittent lake), even sometimes falling dry, as it can be observed for example with a salt lake. In the case of Gosaulacke, rain and water from thawing snow feed the lake. Its main inflow comes from the medium-sized inner lake and the main outflow feeds the much larger outer lake.
Hinterer Gosausee.
This is the most remote and middle sized lake in the series.


Szentimrefalva

Szentimrefalva is a village in Veszprém county, Hungary.


Rosenhill

Rosenhill is a village in Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, southeastern Sweden. According to the 2005 census it had a population of 56 people.


Babice u Rosic

Babice u Rosic is a village in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 700 inhabitants.


Kilfadda

Kilfadda ( in Irish) is a townland in the Barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of Aglishcloghane close to the town of Borrisokane.
Kilfadda Castle.
The site of a now ruined 15th century towerhouse, Kilfadda Castle, stands within the townland.
The towerhouse was owned by a member of the O'Kennedy family in the 17th century, but was soon after passed to the O'Carrolls of Ely O’Carroll who held it until the early 19th century when it was abandoned.


Las Vegas Altas

Las Vegas Altas, also known as Vegas Altas del Guadiana, is a comarca in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. Its capital and administrative center is the urban area of the municipalities of Don Benito and Villanueva de la Serena. The comarca contains 16 municipalities and 90,697 inhabitants (INE 2008).
Las Vegas Altas borders a number of comarcas within Badajoz province: Tierra de Trujillo to the north; Villuercas to the northeast; La Siberia to the southeast; La Serena to the south; and Tierra de Mérida - Vegas Bajas to the southwest.


Kaeva

Kaeva is a village in Tapa Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia.


Klenje (Bela Palanka)

Klenje is a village in the municipality of Bela Palanka, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 54 people.


Castelleone di Suasa

Castelleone di Suasa is a town and "comune" within the Province of Ancona, in the Marche region of Italy.
It is well known for the archaeological park of Suasa, an ancient Roman town.
Rising on a hill near the river Cesano, Castelleone di Suasa is also called "green town" because of its flourishing nursery activity.
Below the medieval castle there are the remains of the Roman municipality of Suasa, that rose along the branch of the via Flaminia that led to "Sena Gallica" (Senigallia).
Since 1987 the Archaeological Superintendence of the Regione of Marche, has started a programme of excavations that has allowed the discovery of the ancient basalt street, the commercial forum, two sepulchre areas, the amphitheatre and, above all, the rich patrician dwelling that has become Archaeological Park.
Main sights.
Outside the town there is the rural Chapel of San Martino, where an early canvas by the painter Ercole Ramazzani (16th century) is displayed.
From the medieval village it is possible to descend to the valley below (Pian Volpello zone), where the archaeological area of Suasa is located.
Traditions and events.
The "Forgiveness Feast", the most important religious event of the year, takes place during the spring season, followed by the Fair on the successive Monday.
The onion was one of the most important foods in the local economy (the "Castelleonesi" were famous as "onion growers"), and therefore for some years now the appointment of major attraction has become the "Festa della Cipolla" ("Onion Festival"), on the first weekend in September: the feast foresees itinerant shows and gastronomic stands with curious and succulent recipes based on onion.


Berezhok

Berezhok (, ) is a village ("selo") in Turka Raion, Lviv Oblast, in south-west Ukraine.
In the interwar period the village belonged to Poland, before 1931 to Stanisławów Voivodeship, then to Lwów Voivodeship. Since 1934 it belonged to gmina Limna.


Bonneville, Namur

Bonneville is a village in Wallonia, Belgium. It is part of the municipality of Andenne in the Namur Province.
The village church, dedicated to Saint Fermin, is a Romanesque building from the 11th century. Bonneville Castle is located in the village.


Koerakuiv

Koerakuiv is an island belonging to the country of Estonia.


Rikkavesi

Rikkavesi is a medium-sized lake in eastern Finland. At approximately 63 square kilometres (24 sq mi), it is the 66th largest lake in Finland. Rikkavesi is situated in the municipalities of Kaavi, Outokumpu and Tuusniemi.
Rikkavesi is 101 metres (331 ft) above the sea level. Kaavinjärvi and Rikkavesi are connected by the Kaavinkoski Canal. Ohtaansalmi strait flows from Rikkavesi to Juojärvi. There is a marked shipping route from Saimaa to Rikkavesi.
Lake Rikkavesi was formed by glacial melting at the end of the Ice Age. The average depth is almost 11 metres (36 ft) and the maximum depth is almost 67 metres (219 ft).
There are many islands in Rikkavesi. The biggest island is Viitasaari, which is 95 hectares (0,4 sq mi). The total length of shoreline is 267 kilometres (166 mi).
Harbours.
Luikonlahti excursion harbour is situated at the end of the narrow and almost 10 km long bay. The harbour is suitable for temporary stay and camping. The village has a fuel distribution ca. 500 m west of the harbour. The depth of the shipping route to the harbour is 1,8 metres.
Kaavinkoski excursion harbour is near the bridge of Tuusniemi-Luikonlahti road. The harbour is suitable for both boaters and canoers. The depth of the shipping route to the harbour is 1,5 metres.
Ohtaansalmi landing site is in Tuusniemi.


Vlasteljice

Vlasteljice is a village in the municipality of Lučani, Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 279 people.


Auksi

Auksi is a village in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia. It has a population of 60 (as of 1 January 2010).


Luchtenburg

Luchtenburg is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Buren, and is located in about 8 km southwest of Veenendaal.


Homerusbuurt

Homerusbuurt is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands.


Kandel (Verbandsgemeinde)

Kandel is a "Verbandsgemeinde" ("collective municipality") in the district of Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the "Verbandsgemeinde" is in the town of Kandel.
The "Verbandsgemeinde" consists of the following "Ortsgemeinden" ("local municipalities"):


Arancedo

Arancedo is one of eight parishes (administrative divisions) in the El Franco municipality, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.
The population is 227 (INE 2007).


Kirchheimbolanden (Verbandsgemeinde)

Kirchheimbolanden is an administrative unit (Verbandsgemeinde) in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Municipalities.
The "Verbandsgemeinde" ("collective municipality") Kirchheimbolanden consists of 16 "Ortsgemeinden" ("local municipalities").


Enchovtsi

Enchovtsi is a village in Tryavna Municipality, in Gabrovo Province, in northern central Bulgaria.


Pootsiku

Pootsiku is a village in Alutaguse Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia.


Whiteford National Nature Reserve

Whiteford National Nature Reserve includes an expanse of sandy beach, "Whiteford Sands", a wildlife rich sand dune system and forest.
The 3-kilometre stretch of sand that curves gently from the cliffs of Broughton Bay towards the poetically isolated Whiteford Lighthouse is one of the quietest spots on the Gower Peninsula.
The reserve's various mudflats, sands and salt marshes make it one of the most important wintering areas in Wales for wildfowl and wading birds.


Burg-Reuland

Burg-Reuland is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège.
The name of the municipality refers to the castle "Burg-Reuland", which is located in the center of the community. On January 1, 2006, Burg-Reuland had a total population of 3,903. The total area is 108.96 km² which gives a population density of 36 inhabitants per km². Burg-Reuland is one of the municipalities of the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Reuland and Thommen.
The point where Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg meet is located on the river Our, near the village of Ouren in this municipality.


Ertl, Lower Austria

Ertl is a town in the district of Amstetten in Lower Austria.
History.
In ancient times, the area that is now Ertl was part of the province of Noricum.
The territory was inhabited in the Middle Neolithic period (c. 2500 BC), as evidenced by the discovery of some stone axes, tools, and other artifacts of the period.
The present town was formed in 1922, from portions of the parishes of St. Peter, and Waidhofen. Ertl became an independent parish in 1930.<ref name="Town website / history"></ref>


Grajevce

Grajevce is a village in the municipality of Leskovac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 404 people.


Berriz

Berriz (in Basque and officially, in Spanish: "Bérriz") is an elizate, town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, northern Spain. Berriz is part of the "comarca" of Durangaldea and has a population of 4.623 inhabitants as of 2019 and according to the Spanish National Statistics Institute.
Toponymy.
"Berriz" belongs to a series of Basque toponyms with an "-iz" ending. Julio Caro Baroja defended that most of these toponyms came from an original Basque toponym plus the Latin suffix "-icus". Caro Baroja considered that on toponymy, the suffixes "-oz", "-ez" and "-iz" used to be combined with the name of the owner of the lands, with its origin being in some place between the Middle Ages and the Roman Empire.
In the case of "Berriz", Caro Baroja suggested that the name might come from "Verrius", the documented Latin name. Then, to the name "Verrius" it was added the suffix "-icus" (indicating that the lands were owned by Verrius) and became "Verricus". From then, the name evolved to "Verrici" and from there to "Verriz". The name of the town in Spanish used to be "Vérriz".
Another theory about is origin negates the Latin origin and proposes a Basque origin. "Berriz" might come from "Be(h)e" ("under") and "Oiz" in reference to the Oiz mountain, and then "under Oiz" as of "in the or at the bottom of Oiz".
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Ljubava

Ljubava is a village in the municipality of Kruševac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 525 people.


Ceraukste Parish

Ceraukste Parish () is an administrative unit of Bauska Municipality, Latvia.


Marsico Nuovo

Marsico Nuovo (Lucano: ) is a town and "comune" of the province of Potenza in the Basilicata region of southern Italy. It was the seat of the bishops of Grumentum.
It is an agricultural centre in the Agri river valley.
History.
The city's origins are obscure, but, after the destruction by the Saracens of the ancient "Grumentum", the town grew in importance, and became the seat of a county under the Normans (11th century). Its most famous count was Sylvester of Marsico.
It was subsequently ruled by the Hauteville, the Guarna and Sanseverino families. The last count from the latter, Ferrante Sanseverino, was exiled in 1552 and his fiefs acquired by the Kingdom of Naples.
Main sights.
Among the churches in the town are:
See also.
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Szabolcs (village)

The village Szabolcs lies in the county Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg in the north-east of Hungary.
It got its name from the Hungarian leader Szabolcs who founded it and settled there in the 9th/10th century. According to Anonymus in the Gesta Hungarorum:
Either the leader, or the place, which once being the residence of the leader was the center of
the region, gave the name to the historical county Szabolcs (which was united later with parts of other counties to Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg.
Notes.
 translation to English by Wikipedia user "Szabi" from Hungarian "megtekintett egy helyet a Tisza mellett, s midőn látta, milyen is az, kiokoskodta, hogy erősségénél fogva várépítésre való. Összegyűjtve ott a köznépet, nagy árkot ásatott, és igen erős várat építtetett földből. Ezt most Szabolcs várának hívják.", which is a translation from the Latin text in Gesta Hungarorum. This is not a direct translation from Latin, but a translation-from-a-translation, therefore please, take it with a pinch of salt.


Grabovac (Trstenik)

Grabovac is a village in the municipality of Trstenik, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 125 people.


Horishni Sherivtsi

Horishni Sherivtsi (; ) is a commune (selsoviet) in Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Horishni Sherivtsi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
Until 18 July 2020, Horishni Sherivtsi belonged to Zastavna Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernivtsi Oblast to three. The area of Zastavna Raion was merged into Chernivtsi Raion.


Noordscheschut

Noordscheschut is a village in the north of the Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Hoogeveen, Drenthe. Noordscheschut has about 2000 residents.
History.
In 2020, the local football club, VV Noordscheschut, promoted to the Hoofdklasse.


Caporciano

Caporciano is a town and "comune" in the province of L'Aquila, in the region of Abruzzo, southern Italy.
It is located about 20 minutes by car from L'Aquila, the capital of Abruzzo, in the plateau of Navelli. It is also about an hour from Pescara and about an hour and a half from Rome.


Nord-Gudbrandsdal Deanery

Nord-Gudbrandsdal Deanery is an active deanery of the Church of Norway under the authority of the Hamar Diocese where the priest is based at Sel.
History.
The deanery was created on May 1, 1871, according to a government resolution dated March 18, 1871, by combining the in Søndre and Nordre Gudbrandsdal Deanery. The deanery got its present name in 1922. The government resolution of June 25, 1971 stated that the Midtre Gudbrandsdal deanery was to be merged into the Nord-Gudbrandsdal deanery on January 1, 1975. This resolution also called for Ringebu clerical district to be transferred into the Sør-Gudbrandsdal Deanery and it called for the Sør-Fron clerical district to be transferred from the Nord-Gudbrandsdal deanery to the Sør-Gudbrandsdal deanery effective August 1, 1977.


Desteldonk

Desteldonk is a parish in the municipality of Ghent in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The first historical record of Desteldonk dates back to 967. The area has a population of 900. It became part of Ghent in 1965.


Konga

Konga () is a locality situated in Tingsryd Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 476 inhabitants in 2010.


Isaba

Isaba () is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain.
Is the main town of the Roncal valley and is sited in the Pyrenees of the autonomous Region.


Heikant, Tilburg

Heikant is a small village in the municipality of Tilburg, in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located about 2 km northeast of the centre of Berkel-Enschot.


Metamorfosi, Kozani

Metamorfosi is a community of the city of Kozani in northern Greece. Located southwest of the city centre, it has a population of 346 (2011).


Merovac

Merovac is a village in the municipality of Prokuplje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 174 people.


Vasylivka, Odessa Raion

Vasylivka (; ) is a village in Odessa Raion, Odessa Oblast (province), Ukraine. The current estimated population is 2068 (as of 2001).
History.
The village was founded in 1849.<br>
In the village is located The Dubiecki Manor. The manor was built between 1830 and 1854. According to some data, famous architect Francesco Boffo designed the building. Made famous from his work on the Potemkin Stairs in Odessa. The designer of the gardens, situated near by the manor, was the famous architect Ivan Dallakva. The first owner was the noblemen major general Vasyl Dubiecki, built the manor.


Langvassbukta

Langvassbukta is a village in Kvæfjord Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on the west coast of the Gullesfjorden on the large island of Hinnøya. It is located about southwest of the town of Sortland. Langvassbukt Chapel is located in the village.


Bresno Polje

Bresno Polje is a village in the municipality of Trstenik, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 725 people.


Kukle (Svitavy District)

Kukle () is a tiny village and municipality in Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic located about 5 km northwest of Svitavy. As of 2007, it has a population of 59 people.


Kerteminde Fjord

Kerteminde Fjord is a fjord of northeastern Funen, Denmark, south of the Odense Fjord. The fjord is accessed through the narrow passage of Gabets, between Hals and Skoven, and is connected by canal to the Port of Odense. It lies inland from the town of Kerteminde. The villages of Kertinge and Kolstrup are on the southeastern shore and Munkebo is to the north.


Chakaltsi

Chakaltsi is a village in Dzhebel Municipality, Kardzhali Province, southern Bulgaria.


Veliko Laole

Veliko Laole is a village situated in Petrovac na Mlavi municipality in Serbia.


Machelen

Machelen () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Diegem and Machelen proper. On 1 January 2006 Machelen had a total population of 12,500. The total area is 11.59 km² which gives a population density of 1,078 inhabitants per km².
Machelen may have been the birthplace of composer Cypriano de Rore.
A portion of Brussels Airport is located in Diegem, Machelen.
Economy.
Brussels Airlines has its corporate headquarters in the b.house on the grounds of Brussels Airport and in Diegem, Machelen. Brussels Airlines formed in 2006 as a result of a merger between SN Brussels and Virgin Express.
The Europe, Middle East, and Africa operations of Chevron Phillips are based in Stockholm Building in Airport Plaza in Diegem.
Education.
Primary schools include:
GISO Machelen provides secondary education.
Bibliotheek Machelen-Diegem is the public library of the town.


Caves of Ryd

The Caves of Ryd is a number of diabase pillars on the east side of the mountain of Billingen in Sweden. It is a popular lookout point over the city of Skövde, and is easily accessible on foot. The road is steep and difficult to travel by car. Underneath the pillars, there is difficult terrain occupied by big boulders. Many species of moss grows here.
The Caves of Ryd were likely created from a landslide many years ago, during which the diabase pillars broke loose and slipped over the shale underneath creating a ravine-like shape rather than a cave-like one.
A short way north of the Caves of Ryd lies the remains of the castle Ymsingsborg, which is also a popular lookout point.


Taagepera

Taagepera is a village in Tõrva Parish, Valga County, in southern Estonia. It has a population of 109 (as of 1 January 2011).
The village was first documented in 1420 as Wafencul, later as Waagenkül. The current Estonian name of the place is derived from the Baltic German Stackelberg nobility, who owned the estate from 1674 to 1796.
Taagepera is famous for its Jugendstil castle.


Cortegada

Cortegada is a municipality in the Ourense, Galicia, Spain. It has a population of 1,407 (2004) and an area of . It contains the abandoned hamlet of A Barca.


Eemster

Eemster is a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Westerveld, and lies about 16 km north of Hoogeveen.
The statistical area "Eemster", which can also include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 340.


Mogorella

Mogorella, Mogoredda in sardinian language, is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northwest of Cagliari and about east of Oristano.
Mogorella borders the following municipalities: Albagiara, Ruinas, Usellus, Villa Sant'Antonio, Villaurbana.


Anquela del Ducado

Anquela del Ducado is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 88 inhabitants.


Kournas, Chania

Kournas is a mountainous village of Municipality of Apokoronas, Chania, on the Greek island of Crete. It has a population of 500 citizens. It is located at 200 meters altitude and south-east of the mountain named Dafnomadara (1680 meters).
Kournas is a fairly large village perched on a hill overlooking Lake Kournas. It was in the former Georgioupoli municipality, not far from the town of the same name. A working village which has seen less depopulation than some of its neighbours, Kournas is known for its pottery and many popular taverns. The taverna's seats are largely in the road - it is popular for its specialties of 'kokoretsi' (grilled offal) and 'galaktoboureko' (custard and orange tart).


Laimetsa

Laimetsa is a village in Järva Parish, Järva County in central Estonia.


Koznitsa (village)

Koznitsa () is a village in south-eastern Bulgaria, situated in the Nesebar Municipality of the Burgas Province.


Hochfilzen

Hochfilzen is a town in the Austrian state of Tyrol in the Kitzbühel district. It is located at , in the Pillersee valley 5 km east of Fieberbrunn. Population was 1,147 in 2016.
It is a popular winter sports resort, especially for cross country skiing. In 2017 (9 to 19 February) it hosted the Biathlon World Championships, as it also did in 2005, 1998 and 1978, and it is a regular venue in the annual IBU World Cup series.


Lake Kubija

Kubija is a lake of Estonia.


Maartensdijk

Maartensdijk is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of De Bilt, and lies about 4 km north of Bilthoven.
In 2001 the village of Maartensdijk had 4395 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.84 km2, and contained 1744 residences. Including the surrounding countryside, the statistical area "Maartensdijk" has a population of 5,010.
History.
Maartensdijk was a separate municipality until 2001, when it merged with De Bilt. Until 1812 Maartensdijk was called Oostveen which is pronounced as 'oastfain'. Oostveen means "east fen". A fen is a wetland characterized by sphagnum moss, peat and an alkaline or neutral pH. Rendering this wetland into agricultural land was initiated by Bishop Godebald van Utrecht (1114–1127) when the Kromme Rijn ("Crooked Rhine") was dammed in 1122 at Wijk bij Duurstede. The same Bishop Godebald gave land development contracts to those who would completely drain this land and make it arable; Oostveen was a large section of this area. The oldest settlement in the area is the village of Voordorp, which gradually became known as Blauwkapel because the chapel's interior was entirely blue. The name Voordorp has been revived and applied to a new northern district of the city of Utrecht. Blauwkapel still exists and is part of the Waterline and Fort defense system established to protect the provinces of Holland from inland invaders by flooding the land strategically and building fortresses where flooding was not feasible. Such a fort, the largest in this defense systems surrounds the old chapel. As land reclamation of Oostveen moved northward, a new settlement arose on the Oostveen lands that was dedicated by the dean of the Utrecht cathedral "in protectione et iustitia Sancti Martini". This settlement was the seat of the "gerecht" or canton of Oostveen, and in 1812 was renamed Maartensdijk.


Lefter Talo

Lefter Talo () is a village in the former commune of Livadhe, Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality of Finiq. A 1993 study by Leonidas Kallivretakis found that the total population of the village was 178, all of them part of the Greek community in Albania.


Sekulica

Sekulica () is a village in the municipality of Kratovo, North Macedonia.
Demographics.
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 177 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:


Duhonw

Duhonw is a rural community in Powys, Wales, to the south of Builth Wells (), in the historic county of Breconshire. Covering an area of and including scattered farms and dwellings, it is bounded to its north by the Afon Irfon, to its south by Mynydd Epynt and Banc y Celyn (472m) and to its east the rivers Duhonw and Wye (). Llangammarch Wells' () is to its west.
Its population was 294, according to the 2011 census; a 2% fall since the 300 people noted in 2001.
The 2011 census showed 14.6% of the population could speak Welsh, a rise from 9.2% in 2001.
Duhonw Community Council was created following a 1985 review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales, amalgamating the four small communities of Llanddewi'r Cwm, Llangynog, Llanynis and Maesmynis.
Duhonw is part of the Sennybridge Training Area, and is listed as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.


Brocon Pass

The Brocon Pass () (1616 m) is a high mountain pass in the Dolomites in the Eastern part of Trentino in Italy. The approach road from the south actually reaches 1663 metres altitude, before gently descending to the col itself.
It connects the Vanoi valley with the Tesino plateau, linking Castello Tesino and Canal San Bovo.
The pass road was built between 1905 and 1908.


Armathia

Armathia () is a Greek island belonging to the Dodecanese group in the eastern Aegean sea. It is part of the municipality of Kasos. In the census of 1951 there were 8 recorded inhabitants but it has since become uninhabited. At its peak it sustained a community of over 100 who were mainly involved in mining the rich deposits of gypsum intended for export. It is now a tourist destination for day trippers from neighbouring developed islands. The recently constructed observatory attracts wildlife observers.


Castlewarren

Castlewarren (), previously known as Buile (pronounced "Boula"), is a small village in County Kilkenny, Ireland, located some north of the N10 national primary road at Flagmount. The castle site, from which Castlewarren takes its name, is on top of a ridge above sea level.
St. Scuithin's.
The Catholic church in the village is dedicated to St.Scuithin. There was an old kiln where the church now stands; the people used to build a makeshift altar in the kiln where mass was celebrated. As time went on they began to build small shelters to protect the women of the congregation during inclement weather. The present church was built in 1829 in the shape of a cross. Castlewarren is a sub-parish of Clara, County Kilkenny.


Vasylivka, Yasynuvata Raion

Vasylivka (; ) is a village in Yasynuvata Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at 22.2 km NNE from the centre of Donetsk city.
The settlement was taken under control of pro-Russian forces during the War in Donbass, that started in 2014.
Demographics.
In 2001 the settlement had 371 inhabitants. Native language distribution as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:


Filandari

Filandari (Calabrian: ; ) is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about southwest of Vibo Valentia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,913 and an area of .
Filandari borders the following municipalities: Cessaniti, Jonadi, Mileto, Rombiolo, San Calogero, Vibo Valentia, Zungri.


Feuerstein (Stubai Alps)

The Feuerstein is a twin peak in the Stubai Alps on the border of Tyrol and South Tyrol.


Kernu

Kernu is a village in Saue Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. It is located in the southwestern part of Harju County and is a neighbour to Saue, Keila, Vasalemma and Nissi Parish in Harju County and Kohila, Rapla and Märjamaa parish in Rapla County.
Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Kernu Parish.
Kernu Manor.
Kernu estate was established in 1637. The current building owes its stately neoclassical appearance to a thorough renovation executed 1810–1813, possibly by the designs of renowned Helsinki architect Carl Ludvig Engel. The front façade is dominated by a richly decorated portico, while the side facing the park displays a 4-column half rotunda, unique in Estonian architecture.


Valdragone

Valdragone is a village ("curazia") in central San Marino. It belongs to the castello of Borgo Maggiore.
Geography.
The village is divided into two areas: Valdragone di Sopra ("Upper V.") and Valdragone di Sotto ("Lower V."). It is situated close at the east of Borgo Maggiore and also close to Cailungo and Domagnano.
History.
The name of Valdragone appears for the first time in historical documents of 1253. The Monastero di Santa Chiara was built from 1969 to 1971.
According to legend, the name "Valdragone" comes from stories of a dragon that appeared there.


Veliki Kozjak

Veliki Kozjak or just Kozjak is a mountain cliff in Croatia, located in inland of Dalmatian Zagora.
It belongs to Dinaric Alps, and it stretches over small village Kijevo between towns of Vrlika and Knin.
The highest peak of this cliff is "Bat" (1207 m), and its southeast peak is "Kunica" (1101 m) over small village Maovice.


Krklja

Krklja () is a village in the municipality of Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia.
Demographics.
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 227 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:


Puig de Pastuira

Puig de Pastuira is a mountain of Catalonia, Spain. It can be found to the north-west of the village of Setcases in the eastern Pyrenees.
Its exact location and summit is identified differently by different maps and sources.
Some sources state that it is an alternative name for the mountain Les Borregues. This summit reaches an elevation of 2,692 m, and is located at .
Other sources and maps identify the summit as a point on the south-eastern spur of Les Borregues. This top has a height of between 2349m and 2373m, and is located at approximately . The Riu de Pastuira, or Torrent de Pastuira, is a stream which starts below this summit and runs south-east, joining the Ter south of Setcases.


Komnina, Xanthi

Komnina () is a settlement in the municipal unit of Stavroupoli of the municipality of Xanthi in the Xanthi regional unit of Greece. It is located 9 kilometers southeast of Stavroupoli and 31.5 kilometers from Xanthi. In 1981, the population of Komnina was around 365 inhabitants. In 1991, the population rose to around 443 inhabitants. In 2001 the population was 332.


Katochi

Katochi () is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Oiniades in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. In 2011, it had a population of 2,829.


Govrlevo

Govrlevo (Macedonian Cyrillic: Говрлево) is a small village in the municipality of Sopište, North Macedonia. Govrlevo is famous for Adam of Macedonia (or "Adam of Govrlevo"), a Neolithic sculpture found by the archaeologist Milosh Bilbija from the Skopje City Museum, and is more than 6.000 years old.
Demographics.
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 30 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
Notable people.
Blagica Pavlovska, a famous Macedonian folk-singer was born in Govrlevo.


Castiglione Cosentino

Castiglione Cosentino is a town and "comune" in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy.
Geography.
Located in the north of the suburban area of Cosenza, Castiglione borders with the municipalities of Rende, Rose and San Pietro in Guarano. It counts the hamlets ("frazioni") of Filari, Orbo, Pristini, Quolata, San Biagio, Santa Lucia, Valle La Fontana and Volata.
Transport.
The railway station, part of the Paola-Cosenza line, is located in Quattromiglia, a hamlet of Rende.


Kayaloba

Kayaloba is a village in Kirkovo Municipality, Kardzhali Province, southern Bulgaria.


Etes

Etes is a village in Nógrád County, Hungary.


Novi Strilyshcha

Novi Strilyshcha (, formerly ) is an urban-type settlement in Zhydachiv Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. Local government is administered by Novi Strilyshcha settlement council. Population: .
The first written mention of which dates from the year 1375, still just Strilyshcha (now the village of Stari Strilyshcha) who were on the verge of a border settlement between Galician and Zvenyhorod principalities.
In 1513, new settlement was separated from Strilyshcha and named Novi Strilyshcha. Thanks to the convenient location on the trade route from Bibrka to Rohatyn town began to grow, getting the right to hold four annual fairs and weekly markets. In the 17th century Novi Strilyshcha even enjoyed municipal rights.
During the Soviet era to 1959, were subregional center in Drohobych Oblast.
Up to now there have preserved the 17th-century church and the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. Nearby the village is a museum of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), dedicated to hundreds of Siromantsi (a unit of the UPA) and specially to a native of Strilyshcha, Mykola Lebed.


Himberg (Swabian Jura)

The Himberg is a mountain in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located in the county of Zollernalbkreis.


Brod, Haskovo Province

Brod, Haskovo Province is a village in the municipality of Dimitrovgrad, in Haskovo Province, in southern Bulgaria.


Kranea

Kranea () is a village and a former community in the Preveza regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ziros, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 34.671 km2. Population 821 (2011).


Incourt, Belgium

Incourt is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2006, Incourt had a total population of 4,585. The total area is 38.79 km² which gives a population density of 118 inhabitants per km².
The municipality contains, besides Incourt itself, the sections of Glimes, Opprebais, Piétrebais, Sart-Risbart and Roux-Miroir.


Gemitash

Gemitaš (Serbian Cyrillic: Гемиташ, ) is a mountain in Kosovo, located in the Šar Mountains. It reaches a height of . It is surrounded by many lakes and is near the village of Restelica.


Dolenice

Dolenice () is a village and municipality ("obec") in Znojmo District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic.
The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 153 (as at 3 July 2006).
Dolenice lies approximately east of Znojmo, south-west of Brno, and south-east of Prague.


Dimaro Folgarida

Dimaro Folgarida is a "comune" in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about northwest of the provincial capital Trento. As of 1 January 2015, it had a population of 2,206 and an area of .
Dimaro Folgarida borders the following municipalities: Cles, Commezzadura, Croviana, Malè, Pinzolo, Ville d'Anaunia.
The comune was established on 1 January 2016 after the merger of the municipalities of Dimaro and Monclassico.


Damaskatika

Damaskatika () is a settlement on the island of Othonoi, Greece. At Damaskatika is the Orthodox church of Saint Paraskevi and the Old Mill. Damaskatika is 1.2 km from Fyki Bay and 3,8 km from Ammos.


Biljana

Biljana () is a settlement east of Dobrovo in the Municipality of Brda in the Littoral region of Slovenia, very close to the border with Italy.
Name.
Biljana was first mentioned in written sources in 1205 as "Beliana" (and as "Villana" in 1233, "Billgianis" in 1270, and "Bigliana" in 1480). The oldest transcriptions indicate that the name was originally "*Běľana", with the later development of unstressed "-ě-" > "-i-". The suffix "-ana" generally indicates a Romance or pre-Romance origin, but because the name cannot be explained through Romance roots it is assumed that it is Slavic in origin, possibly derived from the plural demonym "*Běľane" (literally, 'residents of "*Belъjь's" village').
History.
The lords of Biljana lived in a building known as "Dorišče" in the 13th and 14th centuries. Ownership of the building changed frequently over the centuries. During the late 19th century, the national revival movement took hold here; the Lipa Reading and Choral Society in Biljana was the largest in the Gorizia Hills. Before the First World War, an Austrian military unit was stationed in the village.
Church.
The parish church in the village is dedicated to Saint Michael and belongs to the Diocese of Koper. The earliest church at the site dated to the 13th century. The current church has a Gothic belfry and a distinctive chancel with a wooden statue from the end of the 15th century. The church contains a painting by Avgust Schlegl (1856–1908).
Notable people.
Notable people that were born or lived in Biljana include:


Ehrenberg (Ilmenau)

The Ehrenberg is a hill to the east of Ilmenau, rising to a height of 528 metres and standing opposite the Tragberg. The border between Ilmenau and Langewiesen runs over its summit, which is marked by a large wooden cross. It is home to part of the campus of the Technische Universität Ilmenau (Technical University of Ilmenau) and the Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau (Federal Institute for Hydraulic Engineering). On 22 July 2006, around 6,000 square metres of the Ehrenberg were destroyed in a forest fire, although damage to buildings was limited. The body of the Ehrenberg itself is notable geologically for containing hydrobiotite, sometimes also called voigtite.


Mella (river)

Mella (known as such also in Italian and in Latin) is a river in Northern Italy, a tributary of Oglio. The largest city the Mella flows through is Brescia. The upper valley of the Mella, upstream from Brescia, is known as Val Trompia.


Widnica

Widnica ()
is a hamlet in Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. 2011, it had a population of 146.


Kreenholm

Kreenholm ( for "crow islet") is a river island in Estonia, located in the Narva River, within the city limits of Narva.
The island is in area, and is long and wide. The island divides the Narva Waterfall into eastern and western branches; the Estonia–Russia border runs through the eastern branch.
In the 14th century a sawmill was already operating on Kreenholm. In 1538 the Livonian Order built a watermill on the left bank of the river just opposite the island, and in 1823 a cloth factory operated by a local merchant, Paul Momma, was opened on the right bank of the Narva River. Baron Stieglitz's flax mill was located on the right bank.
In 1856, Ludwig Knoop acquired the whole island and founded a textile factory there which was known as the Krenholm Manufacturing Company.


Aindlinger Baggersee

Aindlinger Baggersee is a lake in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. At an elevation of 434 m, its surface area is 9 ha. It is just west of the town Todtenweis.


Antichasia, Greece

Antichasia (, ) is a municipal unit of the Elassona municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was an independent municipality. The seat of the municipality was in Krania. The 2011 census recorded 3,584 residents in Atichasia. The municipal unit covers an area of 142.919 km2. Its name comes from the nearby Antichasia mountain.
Population.
According to the 2011 census, the population of the Antichasia was 3,584, a slight increase of 1% when compared with the population of the previous census of 2001.


Brunsting

Brunsting is a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and lies about 16 km south of Assen.
The statistical area "Brunsting", which can also include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 100.


Dzianisz

Dzianisz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kościelisko, within Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately north of Kościelisko, north-west of Zakopane, and south of the regional capital Kraków.
The village has a population of 1,800.


Campofilone

Campofilone is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Fermo in the Italian region Marche, located about southeast of Ancona and about northeast of Ascoli Piceno. As of 31 December 2018, it had a population of 1,912 and an area of .
Campofilone borders the following municipalities: Altidona, Lapedona, Massignano, Montefiore dell'Aso, Pedaso.


Jaanikese

Jaanikese is a village in Valga Parish, Valga County in southern Estonia. It is located just north of the neighbouring town Valga. Jaanikese also borders Latvia in the west, and is situated between Valga–Uulu (road to Viljandi and Pärnu) and Valga–Tartu (road to Tartu, part of E264) roads. Jaanikese has a population of 60 (as of 2011) and an area of .
Jaanikese is known for its motocross circuit where many international competitions have taken place.
Valga Airfield, former Soviet military airfield was located in Jaanikese.


Arcos Reservoir

Arcos Reservoir is a reservoir in Arcos de la Frontera, province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain.


Dodro

Dodro is a municipality of northwestern Spain in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. It is located along with lower reaches and at the mouth of the Ulla river, which is a continuation of the Ría de Arosa.


Valy (Cheb District)

Valy is a village and municipality in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic.


Homansbyen

Homansbyen is a neighborhood in Frogner borough in Oslo, Norway. The area is named for the lawyer brothers Jacob (1816-1868) and Henrik Homan (1824-1900).
Area.
The area is located between the streets of Pilestredet in the east, and Uranienborgveien in the west. It consists of Josefines street or Underhaugsveien in the north, Oscars street in the middle, and Grønnegata to the south.
The boundaries are thus to Bislett in the east, Hegdehaugen in the north, Uranienborg in the west and southwest, behind the Royal Palace in the south.
Hegdehaugsveien goes through the district (north-south), and here you will find a tram stop which is called Homansbyen.
History.
Along with Jacob Homan, Johan Collett bought the land property Frihedssæde in 1853 with the purpose of dividing up and selling as housing lots. A year later Homan and Lars Rasch bought the property Frydendal. At the time the properties were located outside the urban area of Oslo. Few buyer were interested, and in 1857 Collett sold his share to Henrik Homan, and the brothers started in 1858 the construction of finished housing for sale. An area plan was made for the area by Georg Andreas Bull.
A new Oslo T-bane station is planned as Homansbyen.
Tram depot.
Homansbyen Depot, officially named Kristiania Sporveisanlæg was a tram depot in Oslo, Norway. It featured an administrative office, a horse stable, a forge, a workshop, a weighing shed and a wagon depot. The installations were constructed by Kristiania Sporveisselskab in 1874. The depot was designed by Henrik Thrap-Meyer, and was located in Sporveisgata 8 near Bislett. It was the first tram depot in Norway, and had places for 28 horse wagons, 16 sleds and 116 horses. The administrative office was built in brick and housed apartments, offices and a laboriatorium for the veterinarian. The depot was reconstructed several times, and taken out of use in 1966. It was demolished three years later, and replaced with residential apartment blocks.


Fontanigorda

Fontanigorda () is a "comune" (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about northeast of Genoa.
Fontanigorda borders the following municipalities: Fascia, Montebruno, Rezzoaglio, Rovegno.
Twin towns — sister cities.
Fontanigorda is twinned with:


Roosdaal

Roosdaal () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Borchtlombeek, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Lombeek, Pamel and Strijtem. It is also situated in the Pajottenland.
On January 1, 2016, Roosdaal had a total population of 11,494. The total area is 21.69 km² which gives a population density of 530 inhabitants per km². Roosdaal is well known in Flanders for its berries through its annual strawberry convention.
In 2008, during a national television competition, Onze-lieve-vrouw-Lombeek was elected as "The most beautiful village in Flemish Brabant", but it lost the overall Flemish competition to the town of Oud-Rekem.


Monte delle Tre Croci

Monte delle Tre Croci is a mountain on the border between Liguria and Piedmont, northern Italy, part of the Ligurian Appennines. It has a summit elevation of 1,565 metres.


Pogodno

Pogodno is a municipal neighbourhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, west of the Szczecin Old Town, and Middle Town. As of January 2011 it had a population of 25,500.
Before 1945 when Szczecin "(Stettin)" was a part of Germany, the German name of this suburb was "Stettin-Braunsfelde".


Geraci Siculo

Geraci Siculo (Sicilian: Jiraci) is a "comune" (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo.
Geraci Siculo borders the following municipalities: Castel di Lucio, Castelbuono, Gangi, Nicosia, Petralia Soprana, Petralia Sottana, San Mauro Castelverde.


Roztoky u Semil

Roztoky u Semil is a village and municipality in Semily District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic.


Pontboset

Pontboset (Valdôtain: ) is a town and "comune" in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy.


Pereira (Barcelos)

Pereira is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Barcelos. The population in 2011 was 1,318, in an area of 3.85 km².


Place Farhat-Hached

Place Farhat-Hached is a square in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Location.
Place Farhat-Hached is a triangular square that connects Boulevard du Général-d'Armée-Jean-Simon (No. 32) with Avenue de France. It is situated near the "Avenue de France" stop of tramway Line 3a. It is also served by the Métro Line 14 (Bibliothèque François Mitterrand station) and the RER C (Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand station), as well as RATP bus lines 62, 89, 118, 132, 325.
Porte de France is located on Place Farhat-Hached.
History.
The square was named after Tunisian trade unionist Farhat Hached (1914-1952), who was assassinated by the SDECE (France's then external intelligence agency). For a long time, his death was attributed to La Main Rouge, an armed group that supported French presence in Tunisia.
Formerly named "voie EW/13", the square was part of the Paris Rive Gauche arrangement plan. The square was inaugurated under its current name on April 30, 2013.
Art.
"Les Rochers dans le ciel" ("The rocks in the sky"), an artwork designed by Didier Marcel, is installed on the square. It features five imitations of rough limestone rocks on the top of five poles.
A portrait of Farhat Hached was painted by Mehdi Bouanani (aka DaBro) on the façade of a building near the square in the 13th arrondissement.


Hallendrup

Hallendrup is a small village in Favrskov Municipality in Denmark. There's a small village of the same name 36 km to the east in Norddjurs Municipality.


Mattsee

Mattsee is a market town at the eponymous lake in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
History.
About 765 Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria established the Mattsee Benedictine Abbey, which became a part of the Diocese of Passau in 993 and was transformed into a college of canons. The Bishops of Passau had the Mattsee Castle built in the 12th century.
Under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Salzburg since 1807, the college still exists today. The abbey church, a Gothic building, has a rich Baroque equipment and a prominent 60m/197 ft high steeple added in 1766. Adjacent is a museum showing paintings of Johann Michael Rottmayr, an astronomical clock and an 860 grant deed by King Louis the German.


Ilzene Parish

Ilzene Parish () is an administrative unit of Alūksne Municipality, Latvia.


Blerim

Blerim is a village and a former municipality in the Shkodër County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Fushë-Arrëz. The population at the 2011 census was 913.
Settlements.
The municipal unit of Blerim includes the following seven villages:


Gletscherhorn (Oberhalbstein Alps)

The Gletscherhorn is a mountain of the Oberhalbstein Alps, located between the valleys of Bergalga and Maroz, in the canton of Graubünden. It is situated north-west of Piz Duan.


Lysebotn

Lysebotn is a village in Sandnes municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located at the eastern end of the Lysefjorden in a very isolated valley that is only accessible by one road or by boat. The name itself means the "bottom [end] of the Lysefjorden". It's a destination for over 100,000 tourists annually, and it is an access point for the Kjerag mountain, a popular Base Jumping spot. There are cruises and an express boat to Lysebotn from Skagenkaien in the city of Stavanger, Lauvvik in Sandnes, and the village of Forsand. All of which pass beneath the famous Preikestolen cliff on the way to Lysebotn. Lyse Chapel, built in 1961, is found at Lysebotn. Lysebotn at one time had its own school, but that is now closed.
Economy.
Lysebotn is largely populated by workers at the nearby Lysebotn Hydroelectric Power Station and Tjodan Hydroelectric Power Station, both of which are built inside the surrounding mountains. At the Lysefjord plant, the water falls to the turbines, producing up to of electricity. At Tjodan, the water falls to yield an output of . The two power plants provide electricity for more than 100,000 people.
Lysebotn today has its own campground, bed & breakfast, and tourist cabins. Guided kayak tours and other activity offerings are available during the summer. There are also trailheads near Lysebotn for access to the Lyseheiane back-country, and a huge flume for Lyse Power nearby, that generates hydroelectricity.
Transportation.
The only way in to Lysebotn is by boat or by the spectacular Lysebotnvegen (Lysebotn road), officially known as Lyseveien (Bokmål) and Lysevegen (Nynorsk), which connects it to the nearby municipality of Sirdal in Agder county. The long road rises over up a very steep cliff, going through 27 hairpin turns, including one hairpin turn inside a long tunnel that goes inside the mountain. The road was opened in 1984 and it is open only in the summer, when it is ice free and safe. The road has its highest point at above sea level. At the top of the turns is Øygardstølen which has a parking lot, food service, and a service building for hiking trips to the nearby Kjerag mountain, Kjeragbolten boulder, and Kjeragfossen waterfall.


Kornyn, Zhytomyr Oblast

Kornyn () is an urban-type settlement in Popilnia Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Population:
History.
The settlement has been known since 1550 and was originally a fortified point of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. After the Union of Lublin in 1569 it became a part of the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Since 1797, the village of Kornyn was the center of the Kornynsky volost of the Skvirsky uyezd of the Kiev province. As of 1895, there were 136 courtyards with 987 inhabitants, a sugar factory, a school, two retail shops, an Orthodox Resurrection Church and a Jewish house of prayer.
During the revolution of 1905-1907, in the summer of 1905, a strike of agricultural workers took place in Kornyn.
After the outbreak of the civil war in January 1918, Soviet rule was established here, but at the end of February 1918, Kornyn was occupied by German troops, who remained here until November 1918. In June 1918, an underground communist group emerged in the settlement.
During the Soviet-Polish war on April 30, 1920, Kornyn was captured by Polish troops, but on June 11, 1920, they were knocked out by advancing units of the 1st Cavalry Army of the Red Army. After the end of hostilities, the restoration of the economy began, in 1921 the sugar factory resumed its work.
In March 1923, Kornyn became the center of the Kornynsky district.
In 1929, as a result of the unification of 56 peasant farms, an agricultural artel was created here, on the basis of which two collective farms and machine-tractor station were created in 1930.
In 1932, illiteracy was eliminated here. In 1937, the Kornynsky quarry started to work.
In 1938, Kornyn became an urban-type settlement: a secondary school, a seven-year school, a district House of Culture and two libraries were built here.
During the Great Patriotic War, on July 14, 1941, the village was occupied by German troops. Under the conditions of occupation on October 21, 1941, a Soviet underground organization emerged here. On December 25, 1943, during the Zhytomyr-Berdichesky offensive operation, Kornyn was liberated by Soviet troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front of the Red Army. The restoration of the village began.
On November 28, 1957, Kornynsky district was incorporated into Popelnyansky district of Zhytomyr oblast.
Population.
In January 1989, the population was 2,930.
In 2001, population was 2,708.
As of January 1, 2013, the population was 2,339.


Kilcumreragh

Kilcumreragh () is a civil parish which spans the counties of Westmeath and Offaly in Ireland. It is located about west–south–west of Mullingar and north–north–west of Tullamore.
Kilcumreragh also spans three baronies. It is one of 8 civil parishes in the barony of Moycashel (M), 4 civil parishes in the barony of Clonlonan (C) and 4 civil parishes in the Offaly barony of Kilcoursey (K), all in the Province of Leinster. The civil parish covers , in County Westmeath and in County Offaly.
Kilcumreragh civil parish comprises the village of Rosemount and 32 townlands: Ballagh (C), Ballinderry (C and M), Ballinlig (M), Ballintober (M), Ballybeg (C), Ballybrickoge (M), Ballybroder (C), Ballynagall (M), Ballynagrenia (M), Ballynahinch (K), Brackagh (K), Burrow or Glennanummer (K), Cartron Glebe (K), Coolatoor or Grouselodge (M), Coolatoor (M), Curragh (M), Curraghanana (K), Custorum (M), Derryhall (M), Curraghanana (K), Earlscartron (K), Faheeran (K), Fearboy (K), Feargarrow (K), Grange (M), Grouselodge or Coolatoor (M), Kilcatherina (C), Kilcumeragh (M), Kilmurragh (K), Laragh (M), Lisnagree (M) Newtown and Parkwood (K).
The neighbouring civil parishes are: Killare (barony of Rathconrath) to the north, Ardnurcher or Horseleap to the east, Kilmanaghan (Barony of Clonlonan), Kilcumreragh (County Offaly) and Kilmanaghan (County Offaly) to the south, Ballyloughloe (Clonlonan) to the west and Ballymore (Rathconrath) to the west and north.


Palma Nova

Palma Nova ( ; "New Palma") is a town on the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca, in the municipality of Calvià.
Palma Nova was one of the first purpose-built tourist destinations on the island, catering for all tastes. The town is frequented by a range of socio-economic groups due to the proximity with both the city of Palma and the resort of Magaluf. With the advent of low cost airlines and package holidays, Palma Nova has grown to become a major holiday destination for Europeans.


Himmelschrofen

 Himmelschrofen is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany.


Areias (Barcelos)

Areias is a "freguesia" ("civil parish") in the municipality of Barcelos, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 1,014, in an area of 2.51 km².


Galovany

Galovany is a village and municipality in Liptovský Mikuláš District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.
The village merged with the former Velika Paludza village in the 19th century.
History.
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1600.
Geography.
The municipality lies at an altitude of 580 metres and covers an area of 12.924 km². It has a population of about 281 people.
Genealogical resources.
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bytca, Slovakia"


Juvanje

Juvanje () is a small settlement on the left bank of the Savinja River in the Municipality of Ljubno in Slovenia. The area belongs to the traditional region of Styria and is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.


Agia Triada, Kastoria

Agia Triada () is a former municipality in Kastoria regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kastoria, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 99.092 km2. Population 6,568 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in Maniakoi.


Batovo, Bulgaria

Batovo is a village in the municipality of Dobrichka, in Dobrich Province, in northeastern Bulgaria.


Husby, Norway

Husby is a village on the island of Tomma in the municipality of Nesna in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the southwestern part of the island, along the Stilfjorden. It is the location of the Husby Estate and the Husby Chapel.
Husby (and the island of Tomma) historically has been a part of Nesna, but it (temporarily) belonged to the municipality of Dønnes from 1 July 1888 until 1 January 1962 when it was reunited with Nesna.


Cvetanovac

Cvetanovac is a village situated in Ljig municipality in Serbia.


Zgornji Razbor

Zgornji Razbor (, ) is a settlement in the City Municipality of Slovenj Gradec in northern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Carinthia Statistical Region.
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Prophet Daniel and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It dates to the late 16th century.


Boguti

Boguti is a village in the municipality of Sjenica, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 72 people.


Gusselby

Gusselby is a locality situated in Lindesberg Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 300 inhabitants in 2010.


Corno di Rosazzo

Corno di Rosazzo () is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about southeast of Udine. , it had a population of 3,313 and an area of .
Corno di Rosazzo borders the following municipalities: Cividale del Friuli, Cormons, Dolegna del Collio, Manzano, Premariacco, Prepotto, San Giovanni al Natisone.


Holovkivka, Oleksandriia Raion

Holovkivka () is a village in Oleksandriia Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine. The village has a population of 2,217.


Brestovac, Bojnik

Brestovac is a village in the municipality of Bojnik, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 276 people.


Gleesberg

Gleesberg is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany.


Freitas (Portugal)

Freitas is a village and a former civil parish in the municipality of Fafe, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Freitas e Vila Cova.
The civil parish has an area 6,24 km², with 745 inhabitants for a density of 119,4 people/km² (2001 census).
The first lord of the village, a contemporary of the first king of Portugal, around 1164, became known as João das Freitas, hence initiating the surname Freitas.
In an adjacent civil parish, Travassós, there is a second, smaller village named Freitas.
A small family's last name originates from this village with the last name:Freyta


Karleby, Falster

Karleby is a village in Guldborgsund Municipality in the Danish island Falster.Presently It has less than 200 inhabitants.


Lantz, Navarre

Lantz is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, in the North of Spain.


Jablanica, Tutin

Jablanica is a village in the municipality of Tutin, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 85 people.


Asparrena

Asparrena (, meaning 'down the rock') is a municipality located in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain. The municipality comprises various population nuclei, the main one being the town of Araia.


Doirani

Doirani () is a town and former municipality in the Kilkis regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kilkis, of which it is a municipal unit. It is situated on the shores of Doiran Lake, which marks the border between Greece and North Macedonia. The municipal unit has an area of 81.213 km2. It had a population of 1,404 according to the 2011 census. It is the Greek part of the former municipality of Doyuran, which was divided in 1913 by the new borders created between Greece and what was then Serbia. The part at the other side of the border is called Dojran. The name comes from the ancient name Doviros.
History.
Doirani was the site of much Greek-Bulgarian inter-ethnic fighting during the Macedonian Struggle in the early 20th century. Konstantinos Papagiannakis from Doirani was the most prominent Greek Macedonian fighter in the area.
Transport.
Rail Transport.
The settlement is served by Doirani railway station on the Thessaloniki-Alexandroupoli line, with daily services to Thessaloniki and Alexandroupolis.


Gorna Sushitsa

Gorna Sushitsa is a village in Sandanski Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. It is situated at the south-western foothills of the Pirin mountain range and is nestled in the Melnik Earth Pyramids.


Bjurholm

Bjurholm is a locality and seat of Bjurholm Municipality in Västerbotten County, Sweden with 968 inhabitants in 2010. It is the second smallest municipal seat in Sweden (Österbymo is smaller) and the seat of the least populated municipality in the country. A tourist attraction in the region is "Älgens Hus" (The Elk house). Here visitors can see a tame moose and find out more about elks.
There had been an earlier simple wooden church here that was built at the start of the nineteenth century. The current church is higher than the main town and it dates from 1932 when the second church that had been built in 1875 burnt down. The current church includes a chandelier from the older church and its more recent bells included some alloy from the bells lost to the fire.


Fennange

Fennange (, ) is a small town in the commune of Bettembourg, in southern Luxembourg. , the town has a population of 282.


Nowe Warpno Bay

Nowe Warpno Bay (Polish:"Zatoka Nowowarpieńska") - a bay located in the southern part of the Szczecin Lagoon. The bay separates the land of the Wkrzańska Lowland. The southern waters of the bay are linked with the Nowe Warpno Lake. From the north, the bay is separated from the Szczecin Lagoon by the Łysa Island and the Nowe Warpno Peninsula. Between the lake and the lagoon is located the Nowe Warpno Peninsula, on which the town of Nowe Warpno is located with a port. On the north-western coast of the bay is located the village of Altwarp ("Stare Warpno").


Lode Parish

Lode Parish () is an administrative unit of Rūjiena Municipality, in the former district of Valmiera, Latvia.


Ekeby, Gotland

Ekeby is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland. It comprises the same area as the administrative Ekeby District, established on 1January 2016.
Geography.
Ekeby is situated in the northern central part of Gotland. The medieval Ekeby Church is located in the socken. , Ekeby Church belongs to Dalhem parish in Romaklosters pastorat, along with the churches in Dalhem, Ganthem and Hörsne.


Kbelany

Kbelany (German "Wellana") is a village and municipality ("obec") in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic.
The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 81 (as at 3 July 2006).
Kbelany lies approximately west of Plzeň and south-west of Prague.


Ninglinspo

The Ninglinspo is a stream in Belgium, tributary of the Amblève upstream from Remouchamps around Quarreux. The valley of Ninglinspo is classed as an outstanding heritage area of Wallonia. It runs between Vert-Buisson and Nonceveux. The Ninglinspo forms rapids around enormous blocks of quartzite, forming a series of pools with evocative names.
The Ninglinspo gets its odd name from an error of French cartographers who mangled quite a few toponyms of the department of the Ourthe, confusing the name of the river with that of the site where it flows into the Amblève. Its original name is the Doulneux, Dulnosus in Latin, found in the Charter of Sigebert III of 647 AD. Dulnosus appears to come from a word meaning an alder wood.
Crahay Rocks.
At the top of the valley are the Crahay Rocks, named after J.N.Crahay, a former Director of the Department of Water and Forests. They are a puddingstone formed about 300 million years ago when the Ardennes were covered by sea.


Golyama Dolina

Golyama Dolina is a village in the municipality of Madzharovo, in Haskovo Province, in southern Bulgaria.


Alberona

Alberona (Pugliese: ) is an upland village and "comune" of the province of Foggia and region of Apulia, in southeast Italy.


Schlossfelsen

Schlossfelsen is a mountain of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located in Albstadt, Zollernalbkreis.


Karabournaki

Karabournaki (), also called Mikro Karabournou (Μικρό Καραμπουρνού) and Mikro Emvolo (Μικρό Έμβολο), is the cape of Kalamaria in northeastern Thessaloniki and a district of the local municipality. Its name comes from "kara burun" in Turkish, meaning 'black peninsula'. + Greek "-aki" (diminutive).
Former Kodra Barracks.
An excavation site, believing to possibly be the ancient city of Therma (located in the area before the founding of Thessaloniki), is situated within the former "Kodras Barracks" which occupy a large part of the cape. The former barracks grounds belong to this day to the Ministry of National Defence and are being claimed by the municipal government to be turned over to the local community, and redeveloped into a large metropolitan park for the whole city.
The district.
Karabournaki, has two major streets: "Themistokli Sofouli street" which from Thessaloniki's Concert Hall leads to Nea Krini and "Taki Ekonomidi avenue", which links the center of Kalamaria to downtown Thessaloniki. The most significant building of Karabournaki is the so-called "Kyvernion" (Government House) also known as the "Palataki" (little palace); which was the official residence of the King and Queen of Greece during their visits in Thessaloniki. Moreover, many Greek Presidents as well as other important personalities that have visited, have stayed there.


Leerbroek

Leerbroek is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden, and lies about northeast of Gorinchem.
In 2004, the village of Leerbroek had 1560 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was , and contained 197 residences.
The statistical area "Leerbroek", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 980.
Leerbroek was a separate municipality between 1817, when it was separated from Meerkerk, and 1986, when it merged with Zederik in the province of South Holland. When Zederik merged into the new municipality Vijfheerenlanden in 2019, it became a part of the province of Utrecht.


Kalana, Hiiu County

Kalana () is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern Estonia. It is located at the end of the Kõpu Peninsula, part of the island of Hiiumaa. Kalana has a population of 29 (as of 1 February 2011).
It is also known as Dagerort (Дагерорт) in Swedish and Russian.


John Theophilus Boileau

Major General John Theophilus Boileau (26 May 1805 – 7 November 1886) was a British army engineer who worked in India. He was involved in restoration of Mughal monuments including the Taj Mahal; designed several buildings in India including Christ Church in Shimla and St George's Church in Agra; and established a magnetic observatory at Shimla.
Life and work.
Boileau was born in Calcutta. His father Thomas Boileau had moved to India in 1780 to work at the Supreme Court in Fort William. On his father's side his ancestors were Huguenots from Nîmes. His mother Leah was the daughter of Lt. Col. Ebenezer Jessup from New England. After the death of the father in 1806, the family moved to live in Bury St. Edmunds, England. After studying at the Grammar School, he received a cadetship at the East India Company Military Seminary at Addiscombe in 1819. His brother Henry joined in the next year. He received prizes in mathematics and Hindustani and was gazetted in 1821 and sent for training to Chatham with the Royal Engineers. He reached Calcutta on 22 September 1822 and then on to Kanpur. He was involved in road building at Jabalpur and between Nagpur and Kamptee. In 1826 he became garrison engineer at Agra, designing the St George Church, the jail, a college, and barracks. In 1829 he married Ann, daughter of Captain Hanson, and on the same day, his brother Henry married Ann's sister at St George's Church. Boileau was involved in reconstruction and repair of several Mughal constructions including Jahangir's palace, Fatehpur, and the Taj Mahal. The cost exceeded the estimates and when he wished to leave the East India Company on furlough in 1834, he was asked to pay thirty thousand rupees as outstanding expenses. In 1839, Boileau was assigned to set up a magnetic observatory at Simla after being trained by Professor Humphrey Lloyd of Trinity College, Dublin. He was elected fellow of the Royal Society on 5 March 1840 and later to the Royal Astronomical Society. While at Simla, he also designed the Christ Church and raised funds for its construction. In 1847 he became superintending engineer in the North West Provinces. He then moved to live at Ambala where weekend dinners included flute played by Boileau and piano by his wife Ann. He retired on 4 February 1856 with the rank of Major General, just before the mutiny. The family settled at Notting Hill and he began to work for the wives, widows, and children of soldiers then posted in large numbers in the Crimea. In 1860 he joined the 1st Middlesex Rifle volunteers. Punch magazine depicted a cartoon of him as "Mr Buffles" in 1862. A bust by Thomas Brock is now in the Kensington public library.


Katharine Blodgett Gebbie

Katharine Blodgett Gebbie (July 4, 1932 – August 17, 2016) was an American astrophysicist and civil servant. She was the founding Director of the Physical Measurement Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and of its two immediate predecessors, the Physics Laboratory and the Center for Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, both for which she was the only Director. During her 22 years of management of these institutions, four of its scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. In 2015, the NIST Katharine Blodgett Gebbie Laboratory Building in Boulder, Colorado was named in her honor.
Early life.
Katharine Blodgett Gebbie was born as Katharine Blodgett in Cambridge, Massachusetts on July 4, 1932. She is the namesake of her aunt, Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898-1979), who was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Cambridge, and subsequently joined the research laboratories of the General Electric Company in Schenectady, New York. In an autobiographical memoir, Gebbie recalled that on family visits her Aunt Katharine:
always arrived with suitcases full of 'apparatus', with which she showed us such wonders as how to make colors by dipping glass rods into thin films of oil floating on water.
She often spoke in later life of her aunt's influence by personal example on her choice of a career in science.
Undergraduate education.
Indeed, she began on the same academic pathway as her aunt, enrolling in Bryn Mawr College in 1951, where she majored in physics. Due to the death of her father, she returned in 1954 to live with her family in Cambridge, Massachusetts. There she completed her senior undergraduate year studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Marriage.
At MIT she met a Scottish experimental physicist, Hugh Alastair Gebbie (1922–2005). As Katharine recalled,
They married in 1957 and remained wed until Alastair's death in 2005.
Graduate education.
After graduation from Bryn Mawr College with a B.A. in physics in 1957, Gebbie enrolled in University College London (UCL), where she earned a B.Sc. degree in astronomy in 1960 and a Ph.D. in physics in 1964. Her Ph.D. thesis, "A theoretical study of the atmospheres of hot stars," was supervised by Prof. Michael J. Seaton, FRS, with whom she also published a study of planetary nebulae. Seaton's research group was then a notable center of theoretical atomic physics as well as astrophysics. Gebbie's training in both subjects set her on the path to her future career.
Early career.
The early 1960s were a time of significant public investment in research in both atomic physics and astrophysics, due to their combined importance for understanding the upper atmosphere, plasma diagnostics, guided missile systems, and satellite and space flight. In 1962, the National Bureau of Standards (NBS; now the National Institute of Standards and Technology) and the University of Colorado established a cooperative research institute on the University's campus in Boulder, Colorado:
the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (now JILA).
"Laboratory astrophysics" is the practice of studying,
in terrestrial laboratories, the basic physical processes that
are important in astrophysics, and performing theoretical and computational
simulation of astrophysical phenomena from fundamental physics.
Atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics was (and is)
one of the most important branches of fundamental physics with astrophysical applications, and it was a subject
particularly emphasized at JILA.
According to Gebbie,
Gebbie started at JILA in 1966 as a research associate of the University of Colorado.
Career at the National Bureau of Standards.
In 1968, Gebbie was appointed to the position of Physicist at NBS, which
had its own group of astrophysicists who worked in collaboration with
University of Colorado colleagues at the JILA site.
Other senior NBS staff at JILA who worked on astrophysics and astronomy
in that era included Jeffrey L. Linsky and
David G. Hummer.
Gebbie worked in this capacity at JILA until 1985,
except for temporary duty at NBS headquarters in Gaithersburg, Maryland during 1981-84 .
Her scientific work at JILA dealt with solar and stellar spectroscopy,
radiative transfer in stellar atmospheres, and helioseismology.
Some of her scientific papers from that period are listed below. In 1978, she was elected a JILA Fellow, and served as such until 1990.
While at JILA, Gebbie became friends with former NBS Director Edward Condon. She recalled him fondly in later life, and two portraits of him were mounted on the walls of her office in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Introduction to technical management.
Gebbie recalled that,
Around 1980, I think it was, NIST [NBS] really decided it was focusing more on support for industry and not astrophysics. . .I didn't see that my career was going to thrive and I took an opportunity to come [to NBS headquarters in Gaithersburg, Maryland]
At the time, the technical activities of NBS were pursued in three laboratory-level organizations:
National Measurement Laboratory, National Engineering Laboratory, and Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology. The central office of each of these units had a program and planning team that dealt with a variety of matters associated with operating a diverse national standards laboratory. There was also such a team that supported the office of the Director of NBS, called the Program Office. These teams consisted largely of bench scientists who were assigned full-time to the team for a period of one or two years. Those scientists would then return to technical units, often in line management positions. Duty in a program office was a common practice of scientists who sought to move into organizational management.
Gebbie joined the program team in the National Measurement Laboratory in 1981, and spent 1982–1984 in the NBS Program Office. During this period she acquired extensive experience in NBS organizational structure, practices and culture at the executive level; broad understanding of technical programs across the NBS laboratories; and personal acquaintance with NBS senior executives. At the end of this period she was offered a line management position, and was appointed Chief of the Quantum Physics Division in 1985.
Leadership in NBS and NIST.
The mid 1980s was a period of rapid organizational change for NBS. This culminated in the passage of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of
1988 by which the National Bureau of Standards was renamed to the National Institute of Standards and Technology. This transition was preceded and followed by major internal changes in NBS and NIST, in which Gebbie played key roles.
Gebbie was inducted into the Senior Executive Service in 1987 and was appointed Acting Director of the Center for Basic Standards (CBS) the following year. In 1990, CBS merged with other Centers to form the Center for Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (CAMOP), with Gebbie as its Director. In 1991, CAMOP was absorbed into a new organization, the Physics Laboratory (PL), again with Gebbie as Director.
Thus, during the course of six years, Gebbie had gone from a position of no managerial responsibility, to one of supervising about ten employees, and eventually to one with responsibility for several hundred employees. One issue that she encountered immediately as PL Director was the future of a free-electron laser project that had just lost its funding from the U.S. Department of Defense. She chose to terminate both the project and its performer, the NIST Radiation Source and Instrumentation Division, as well as the NIST Nuclear Physics Group. These actions were unusually decisive by the standards of NIST organizational culture, and they displaced of a number of NIST employees. However, Gebbie defended her actions effectively, stating that she believed in the full funding of top-priority programs, and would avoid responding to financial exigencies by making "across-the board" reductions.
Gebbie was soon seen to be following this practice with reasonable consistency, and with a number of high-profile successes. She was also intensely active and successful in seeking recognition of PL staff by internal promotion and advancement, NIST awards and honors, and external awards. The PL line managers emulated her example. The most visible outcomes of this approach are the four Nobel Prizes in Physics awarded to PL staff:
These were the first, and as of 2016, remain the only Nobel Prizes awarded to the staff of NIST/NBS since its foundation in 1901. In each case, the work that was recognized was performed entirely at NIST, and virtually all of it was done under Gebbie's authority.
Gebbie was intensely interested and active in promoting careers in science for women and minorities. She started the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program in PL in the early 1990s. It has since become a NIST-wide activity, bringing over 100 undergraduate students to NIST each summer. Gebbie served for many years in the Working Group on Women in Physics of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. She endowed scholarships with her own funds for women graduate students in physics at the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Maryland, College Park, and was well known within NIST and professional societies for her personal mentoring of women scientists. The honors and awards listed below reflect recognition of those aspects of her career.
The Physics Laboratory had notable longevity as a NIST organization, as did Gebbie as a Laboratory Director. After some significant early restructuring, PL maintained the same general form and executive leadership for 20 years, until a global reorganization of NIST in 2011.
A list of major scientific, technical and program achievements of PL is beyond the scope of the present article. Their extent is indicated in the list of honors and awards below. Three major new organizations created at NIST are due in considerable part to Gebbie's initiative.
Physical Measurement Laboratory.
In 2011, Gebbie was appointed Director of NIST Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML), a new NIST laboratory resulting from a NIST-wide reorganization. Primarily a merger of PL and the NIST Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory, PML is more than twice the size of PL and has a more diverse range of programs. Its establishment involved a considerable restructuring of the PL Divisions in Gaithersburg, Maryland. However, there seems to have been no termination of employment directly attributable to the reorganization.
After Gebbie's tenure at PML, she continued to be a NIST employee until her death in 2016. She remains an honored figure at NIST and in the scientific community, and a NIST building was named in her honor in December, 2015.
Death.
Gebbie died on August 17, 2016 after a number of health issues following an accident in early 2015 while attending the AAAS Annual Meeting in San Jose, CA.


Nia Imara

Nia Imara is an American astrophysicist, artist, and activist. Imara was involved in work that deals with galactic mass, star formation and detecting exoplanets. Imara was the first African-American woman to earn a PhD in astrophysics at the University of California, Berkeley and was the inaugural postdoctoral fellow in the Future Faculty Leaders program at Harvard University.
Early life and education.
Imara was born in East Oakland, Oakland, California and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received her bachelor's degree from Kenyon College in 2003, majoring in mathematics and physics. While at Kenyon College, she competed on the college's swim team. She moved to the University of California, Berkeley for her postgraduate studies, and in 2010 she became the first African-American woman to earn a PhD in astrophysics at University of California, Berkeley. Her dissertation was on "The Formation and Evolution of Giant Molecular Clouds" and was supervised by Leo Blitz.
Career.
From 2014 to 2017, Imara was the inaugural postdoctoral fellow in the Future Faculty Leaders program at Harvard University. Her postdoctoral research focused on giant molecular clouds, the birth sites of stars, and the properties and cosmological effects of galactic and intergalactic dust. She used the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope, the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, to conduct her research.
In 2017, she was appointed as the John Harvard Distinguished Science Fellow and the Harvard FAS Dean's Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Imara works with the Banneker Institute at Harvard, and is a member of the Breakthrough Starshot research team. Her work investigates the structure and evolution of stellar nurseries in both the Milky Way Galaxy and other galaxies throughout the universe, and she has developed a model that connects galaxy mass, star formation rates and dust temperatures.
Together with Rosanne Di Stefano, Imara has proposed a method for detecting exoplanets in X-ray binary star systems.
In Fall 2020, Imara joined the faculty in the Astronomy and Astrophysics Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Art.
Imara is a self-taught painter whose primary medium is oil on canvas. From 2011 to 2014 she exhibited her work, along with the work of other artists local to the San Francisco Bay Area, at her gallery named "First Love" in Oakland, California.
In 2015 Imara presented an art exhibit titled "Lumiphilia" and began a multi-media project titled "Generation of Oakland: The People's Portrait", in her hometown of Oakland, California. The "Generation of Oakland" project used interviews and photographs to examine the impact of gentrification on Oakland residents and their families. These interviews with people affected by gentrification, accompanied by their photographs, are viewable online at GenerationOfOakland.com.
Activism.
Imara is an advocate for equity in STEM. She founded the Equity and Inclusion Journal Club at Harvard University in 2018 which was originally co-organized with Dr. Anna Pancoast. She has visited South Africa and Ghana to teach and advocate in programs designed to increase diversity in astronomy and other STEM areas.


Lunar eclipses by century

This article gives statistics for lunar eclipses grouped by century. Detailed information about tetrads, timing, and other facts can be found at the linked references.
General statistics.
In the five-millennium period between the 20th century BC and the 30th century, there are a total of 12,064 lunar eclipses:
The longest partial lunar eclipse during this period will occur on 8 February 2669, lasting 3:30:02. The longest total eclipse occurred on 31 May 318, with a duration of 01:46:36.


Geoffrey Plumpton Wilson

Geoffrey Plumpton Wilson (21 February 1878 – 30 July 1934) was an English amateur footballer who played at inside left. He made two appearances for England in 1900, scoring once. He was a member of the Corinthian amateur club and made three appearances for Southampton in 1901.
Early life and education.
Wilson was born in Bourne, Lincolnshire, the son of the Revd. Plumpton Stravenson Wilson, and the younger brother of Charles Plumpton Wilson. Their sister Mary was the mother of Archbishop Michael Ramsey.
He was educated at Rossall School and played for the school XI between 1894 and 1896, captaining the side in 1896.
Football career.
On leaving school he joined the amateur Corinthian club, where he played between 1897 and 1902, as well as turning out occasionally for Casuals. He made his Corinthian debut at inside-left on 30 October 1897, in a 2–0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday (Corinthian's goals were both scored by Gilbert Smith). His medical career restricted his opportunities to play for Corinthians, and over five years he made 32 appearances, scoring nine goals.
He was called up for England for the Home International Championship match against Wales on 26 March 1900. He played alongside his Corinthian colleagues Tip Foster (also making his international debut) and Gilbert Smith up front, with William Oakley in defence. Wilson scored after three minutes, but Wales equalized through Billy Meredith and the match finished 1–1. He retained his place for the next England match, against Scotland on 7 April. Scotland won the match easily by four goals to one, with a hat trick from Robert McColl.
He was a friend and colleague of C. B. Fry, who recommended him to Southampton who engaged him as cover for the injured Albert Brown for three consecutive matches in October/November 1901. Although he showed "flashes of his international quality", he left The Dell in November to concentrate on his medical studies.
Life outside football.
He qualified as a physician and surgeon in 1902, and went on to make a number of appearances for the London Hospitals side.
He also played Minor Counties cricket for Lincolnshire including playing against India in 1911.
He died on 30 July 1934 at Ketton near Stamford, Lincolnshire.


Robert Alaine

Robert Alaine (fl. ca. 1576) held an office under a nobleman in the time of Queen Elizabeth, and is now only known for an elaborate treatise, "Alaine's Astronomy", on astronomical instruments, which is preserved in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge. It was given to the library by Sir Edward Stanhope.


Carl Gustav Witt

Carl Gustav Witt (October 29, 1866 – January 3, 1946) was a German astronomer and discoverer of two asteroids who worked at the Berlin Urania Observatory, a popular observatory of the Urania astronomical association of Berlin.
He wrote a doctoral thesis under the direction of Julius Bauschinger.
Witt discovered two asteroids, most notably 433 Eros, the first asteroid with a male name, and the first known near-Earth object. His first minor planet discovery was the main-belt asteroid 422 Berolina, that bears the Latin name of his adoptive city.
The minor planet 2732 Witt – an A-type asteroid from the main-belt, discovered by Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatory in 1926 – was named in his memory by American astronomer and MPC's longtime director, Brian G. Marsden. Naming citation was published on 22 September 1983 ().