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3 Suisses. 3 Suisses is a French mail order and e-commerce company, with headquarters in Villeneuve-d'Ascq. It is the biggest of the 16 e-commerce brands of Groupe 3SI [ fr; de]. Everett Hutt is the current CEO as of 2022. Since 1981, Otto GmbH owned a 51% share in the company and has been its only shareholder since January 2014.
The Cent-Suisses served as model for a military unit of the Duchy of Savoy (later Kingdom of Sardinia ), which was created in 1579 and disbanded in 1798. [8] Other similar units existed in Tuscany, Austria (1745), and Brandenburg (1696–1713). [8] The Pontifical Swiss Guard, founded in 1506, belongs to this tradition.
The canton of Fribourg, also canton of Freiburg ( French: Canton de Fribourg [kɑ̃tɔ̃ d (ə) fʁibuʁ]; German: Kanton Freiburg [ˈfraɪbʊrɡ] ⓘ; Arpitan: Canton de Fribôrg [cɛ̃ˈtɔ̃ də fʁiˈbwa] ⓘ Romansh: Chantun Friburg; Italian: Canton Friburgo) is located in western Switzerland. The canton is bilingual, with French spoken by ...
In the heyday of the 18th century, many personalities visited the French ambassadors in Solothurn. Among the most famous were Voltaire and Giacomo Casanova, who visited Ambassador Anne-Théodore Chevignard, Chevalier de Chavigny, Comte de Toulongeon et Baron d'Uchon, in 1756 and 1758 (Voltaire) and in May and June 1760 respectively (Casanova).
Swiss Guards ( French: Gardes Suisses; German: Schweizergarde; Italian: Guardie Svizzere) are Swiss soldiers who have served as guards at foreign European courts since the late 15th century. The earliest Swiss Guard unit to be established on a permanent basis was the Hundred Swiss ( Cent-Suisses ), which served at the French court from 1490 to ...
Diplomatic relations between France and Switzerland have traditionally been close, through important economic and cultural exchanges. Switzerland and France (which is part of the European Union ), share about 600 km of border (prompting strong cross-border cooperation) and a language ( French is one of Switzerland's four official languages).
Career. Prior to being a road cyclist, Rodríguez was a BMX rider for the Spanish national team. [4] [5] For his junior years in 2018 and 2019, Rodríguez raced for the Kometa development team run by former cyclist Alberto Contador. [6] During these two seasons, he was a two-time national junior time trial champion and won the Tour de Gironde ...
Romandy ( French: Romandie or Suisse romande; Arpitan: Romandia) [note 1] is the French-speaking historical and cultural region part of Switzerland. In 2020, about 2 million people, or 22.8% of the Swiss population, lived in Romandy. [1] The majority of the romand population lives in the western part of the country, especially the Arc ...