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Rueil-Malmaison (rüĕ`yə-mälmāzôN`), town (1990 pop. 67,323), Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France. It is an industrial center where metals, armaments, photographic equipment, film, pharmaceuticals, and automobile accessories are produced. Food products are also manufactured there. The town was originally a resort of the Merovingian Merovingians, dynasty of Frankish kings, descended, according to tradition, from Merovech, chief of the Salian Franks , whose son was Childeric I and whose grandson was Clovis I , the founder of the Frankish monarchy. ..... Click the link for more information. kings (5th–7th cent.). It was bought by Cardinal Richelieu, who built an estate there and who carried on extensive construction during the early 17th cent. Napoleon lived there from 1800 to 1804 and the Empress Josephine and her daughter are buried in the town. Napoleon's home, the famous Malmaison, is now a museum housing artifacts from the Napoleonic period. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Company: Gene-IT, Inc Headquarters Address: 147, Avenue Paul Doumer Rueil Malmaison, Paris 92500 France Main Telephone: +33 (0)1 41 96 80 30 Website: www. This contract was the positive result of a very successful cooperation with Esso during the execution of the front-end engineering phase, which was carried out in a fully integrated effort with the Esso team of Rueil Malmaison," said Giorgio Veronesi, president and CEO of Foster Wheeler France. RUEIL MALMAISON, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 2001 |
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