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7 unusual facts about Sète


André Peloffy

André Charles Peloffy (born February 25, 1951 in Sète, France) is a retired Canadian ice hockey forward.

Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan

Yvette Labrousse was born Yvonne Blanche Labrousse in the town of Sète, France on 15 February 1906.

François-André Baudin

Captain Senèz, commanding the Borée, stayed further offshore whilst still obeying Boudin's orders - he passed through the middle of the British squadron and escaped into the port of Sète, normally too small for ships of the line.

Franz von Hoesslin

Franz Johannes Balthasar von Hößlin, also von Hoesslin (Munich, 31 December 1885 - Sète, 25 September 1946) was a German conductor.

Institut national de la recherche agronomique

INRA maintains a collection of vines at Domaine de Vassal, in Marseillan near Sète, a site where phylloxera cannot survive.

Job Kienhuis

In the summer of 2008 he won a gold medal at the 2008 European Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Sète, France.

Marius Jacob

On April 19, 1900, he escaped from the asylum in Aix-en-Provence with the assistance of a male nurse and took refuge in Sète.


Agostinho da Silva

Among the books he wrote, there are biographies of Michelangelo, Pasteur and St. Francis of Assisi, and his most influential book is, probably, Sete Cartas a Um Jovem Filósofo (Seven Letters to a Young Philosopher).

Andrea Hewitt

Hewitt lives together with the French triathlete Laurent Vidal, who is also her coach, in Sète on the Mediterranean from May to December, and for the rest of the year she returns to Christchurch.

Canal des Étangs

The project consisted of enlarging ancient medieval channels through and between the shallow lakes and salt marshes, connecting Sète and Aigues-Mortes.

Clube Desportivo Sete de Setembro

Clube Desportivo Sete de Setembro, commonly known as Sete de Setembro, is a Brazilian football team based in Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul state.

Democrata Futebol Clube

Democrata Futebol Clube, also referred to as Democrata de Sete Lagoas, Democrata-SL or just Democrata, is a Brazilian association football team from the city of Sete Lagoas in Minas Gerais state.

EV8 The Mediterranean Route

In doing so, it will pass through the cities of Argelès-sur-Mer, Port Barcarès, Port Leucate, Narbonne, Béziers, Agde, Sète, La Grande-Motte, Cavaillon, Apt, Forcalquier, and Nice.

Guaíra Falls

The falls comprised 18 cataracts clustered in seven groups—hence their Portuguese name, Sete Quedas (Seven Falls)—near the Brazilian municipality of Guaíra, Paraná and Salto de Guairá, the easternmost city in Paraguay.

Jorge Corrula

Later, was a cast member of various television productions: Resistirei (2007/08), Floribella (2006/08), Sete Vidas (2006/07), Mistura Fina (2004/05) among others.

Léo Jaime

He has also appeared in films like O escorpião escarlate, Radio Pirata, Rock Estrela and As Sete Vampiras, as well as in the telenovela Bebê a Bordo.

Lina Bo Bardi

MASP (The Museum of Art of São Paulo) was established on 2nd October, with temporary offices on the second floor of the headquarters of the Diários Associados on Rua Sete de Abril.

MTV RPM 2002

Recorded at Procópio Ferreira Theater (São Paulo, Brazil), in 26 and 27 March 2002, the album features greatest hits, like "Revoluções Por Minuto", "Alvorada Voraz", "Rádio Pirata", "Sete Mares" and "Louras Geladas", as well as unreleased songs: "Carbono 14", "Rainha", "Vem Pra Mim" (by Herbert Vianna) and "Onde está o meu amor?", recorded in studio and included on the Esperança's original soundtrack, from Rede Globo.

Sete de Junho Esporte Clube

Sete de Junho Esporte Clube, commonly known as Sete de Junho, is a Brazilian football club based in Tobias Barreto, Sergipe state.

Seven-coloured Tanager

It resembles the overall greener Green-headed Tanager; a species confusingly known as the Seven-coloured Tanager (saíra-sete-cores) in Portuguese.


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