Colombes

Colombes
/kaw lawonnb"/, n.
a city in N France, NW of Paris. 83,518.

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      northwestern industrial suburb of Paris, Hauts-de-Seine département, Île-de-France région, France. It is known particularly for the Yves-du-Manoir sports stadium, built for the 1924 Olympic Games, which has 65,000 seats. Henrietta Maria of England died in 1669 on her estate outside the original village of Colombes. Industries include electronics and mechanical and electrical engineering, although industry generally has declined in importance. Pop. (1999) 76,757; (2004 est.) 83,100.

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  • Colombes —   [kɔ lɔ̃b], Industriestadt im nordwestlichen Vorortbereich von Paris, Département Hauts de Seine, Frankreich, 78 500 Einwohner; metallurgische und Reifenindustrie, Maschinenbau.   Geschichte:   Im Stadion von Colombes wurden die Olympischen… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Colombes — (spr. kolóngb ), Flecken im franz. Depart. Seine, Arrond. St. Denis, 11 km nordwestlich von Paris, nahe dem linken Seineufer, an der Westbahn, hai einen Rennplatz, Ölraffinerien, Essigfabriken und (1961) 23,061 Einw …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Colombes — (spr. óngb ), Flecken im franz. Dep. Seine, (1901) 23.061 E.; Petroleumraffinerien …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Colombes — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Colombe (homonymie). 48° 55′ 25″ N 2° 15′ 08″ E …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Colombes — For the commune in Isère department in south eastern France, see Colombe. This article is about the French commune named Colombes. For a definition of the word colombes , see the Wiktionary entry colombes. Colombes …   Wikipedia

  • Colombes — Original name in latin Colombes Name in other language Colombes, Columbae, Kolomb, Kolombas, bai ge cheng, klwmb, kollongbeu, koronbu, kwlwmb, aw dw syn, qwlwmb, Коломб, State code FR Continent/City Europe/Paris longitude 48.91882 latitude… …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

  • Colombes — geographical name commune N France, NW suburb of Paris population 79,058 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Colombes — ► C. de Francia, en el departamento de Altos del Sena, al NO de París, de la que forma un suburbio industrial; 78 777 h …   Enciclopedia Universal

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