Bellefontaine
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Bellefontaine is the name of several places throughout the world. The name is French for "beautiful fountain".
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s in Belgium
share the name Bellefontaine. These are subdivisions of the Belgium commune, or municipality:
Communes
Bellefontaine is the name of several communes of FranceFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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- BellefontaineBellefontaine, JuraBellefontaine is a commune in the Jura department in Franche-Comté in eastern France.-References:*...
, in the Jura département - BellefontaineBellefontaine, MancheBellefontaine is a commune in the Manche department in the Basse-Normandie region in north-western France....
, in the MancheMancheManche is a French department in Normandy named after La Manche , which is the French name for the English Channel.- History :Manche is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
département - BellefontaineBellefontaine, VosgesBellefontaine is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France....
, in the VosgesVosgesVosges is a French department, named after the local mountain range. It contains the hometown of Joan of Arc, Domrémy.-History:The Vosges department is one of the original 83 departments of France, created on February 9, 1790 during the French Revolution. It was made of territories that had been...
département - BellefontaineBellefontaine, Val-d'OiseBellefontaine is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France.-References:** -External links:* *...
, in the Val-d'OiseVal-d'OiseVal-d'Oise is a French department, created in 1968 after the split of the Seine-et-Oise department and located in the Île-de-France region. In local slang, it is known as "quatre-vingt quinze" or "neuf cinq"...
département - BellefontaineBellefontaine, MartiniqueBellefontaine is a village and commune in the French overseas department of Martinique.-External links:*...
, in the MartiniqueMartiniqueMartinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados...
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Villages
At least two villageVillage
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
s in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
share the name Bellefontaine. These are subdivisions of the Belgium commune, or municipality:
- Bellefontaine, in BièvreBièvreBièvre is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 3,151 inhabitants. The total area is 109.59 km², giving a population density of 29 inhabitants per km².-External links:*...
- Bellefontaine, in TintignyTintignyTintigny is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Luxembourg. On 1 January 2007 the municipality had 3,739 inhabitants. The total area is 81.79 km², giving a population density of 45.7 inhabitants per km²....
Cemeteries
- The Bellefontaine and Calvary CemeteriesBellefontaine and Calvary CemeteriesBellefontaine Cemetery and the Roman Catholic Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri are adjacent burial grounds, which have numerous historic and extravagant tombstones and mausoleums. They are the necropolis for a number of prominent local and state politicians, as well as soldiers of the...
are together the largest burial grounds in St. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
. - Another Bellefontaine Cemetery lies in Bellefontaine, OhioBellefontaine, OhioBellefontaine is a city in and the county seat of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The population was 13,069 at the 2000 census. It is the center of the Bellefontaine Micropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau in 2003...
; this is noted as the site of interment for William LawrenceWilliam Lawrence (Ohio)William Lawrence was a Republican politician from Ohio. He was most noted for being a US Representative, and was influential in attempting to impeach Andrew Johnson, creating the United States Department of Justice, helping to create the American Red Cross, and ratifying the Geneva...
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Others
- One of the Berkshire CottagesBerkshire CottagesAmerica's Gilded Age, the post-Civil War and post-Reconstruction era, from 1865 to 1901 saw unprecedented economic and industrial prosperity. As a result of this prosperity, the nation's wealthiest families were able to construct monumental estates in Newport, Rhode Island, Bar Harbor, Maine and...
in Lenox, MassachusettsLenox, MassachusettsLenox is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. Set in Western Massachusetts, it is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,077 at the 2000 census. Where the town has a border with Stockbridge is the site of Tanglewood, summer...
, currently the home of Canyon Ranch Resort & Spa.