Conseil
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In fiction
- Conseil, a character in the Jules Verne novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870. It tells the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus as seen from the perspective of Professor Pierre Aronnax...
In government
- the Conseil supérieur de la langue françaiseConseil supérieur de la langue française* France's Superior Council of the French Language* Belgium's Superior Council of the French Language* Quebec's Conseil supérieur de la langue française...
, an organ which exists in Belgium, France and Québec - the Conseil d'ÉtatCouncil of State (Belgium)Council of State , in Belgium, is an organ of the Belgian government: it is the Supreme Administrative Court of Belgium. Its functions include assisting the executive with legal advice and being the supreme court for administrative justice...
, an organ of the Belgian governmentPolitics of BelgiumPolitics of Belgium takes place in a framework of a federal, parliamentary, representative democratic, constitutional monarchy, whereby the King of the Belgians is the Head of State and the Prime Minister of Belgium is the head of government in a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by... - Several Canadian governmentGovernment of CanadaThe Government of Canada, formally Her Majesty's Government, is the system whereby the federation of Canada is administered by a common authority; in Canadian English, the term can mean either the collective set of institutions or specifically the Queen-in-Council...
institutions, such as:- the Conseil des écoles françaises de la communauté urbaine de Toronto, which has been superseded by the Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-OuestConseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-OuestThe Conseil scolaire Viamonde manages the French-language Public Schools in the central south-western region of Ontario. The area in which this school board operates covers 68,180 km2 of Ontario...
- the Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Nouvel-OntarioConseil scolaire de district catholique du Nouvel-OntarioThe Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario is a school board in the Canadian province of Ontario. The board is the school district administrator for French language Roman Catholic separate schools in the city of Greater Sudbury and the districts of Sudbury, Manitoulin and Algoma.-Secondary:*...
- the Conseil des écoles françaises de la communauté urbaine de Toronto, which has been superseded by the Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest
- Several Government of FranceGovernment of FranceThe government of the French Republic is a semi-presidential system determined by the French Constitution of the fifth Republic. The nation declares itself to be an "indivisible, secular, democratic, and social Republic"...
institutions, such as:- the Conseil d'État, an organ of the French national government
- Conseil de FamilleConseil de FamilleConseil de Famille is a French institution for the protection of the interests of minors. By the Code Civil it is composed of seven members. The local justice of the peace is the presiding officer. The other six members must be relations of the minor, chosen from the mothers and fathers side of...
, a French institution for the protection of the interests of minors- a Conseil régionalConseil régionalA Regional Council is the elected assembly of a region of France.-History:Regional councils were created by law on 5 July 1972. Originally they were simply consultative bodies consisting of the region's parliamentary representatives plus an equal number of members nominated by the departments and...
, the elected assembly of a région of France - the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuelConseil supérieur de l'audiovisuelThe Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel is a French institution, created in 1989, whose role is to regulate the various electronic media in France, such as radio and television, including through eventual censorship...
, a French institution whose role is to regulate the various electronic media in France
- a Conseil régional
- several private institutions in France, such as:
- Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de FranceConseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de FranceConseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France is an umbrella organization of French Jewish organizations. CRIF opposes anti-Semitism and policies that they perceive to be anti-Semitic....
(CRIF), the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions
- Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France
- Conseil du Scoutisme polynésienConseil du Scoutisme polynésienScouting in French Polynesia is represented by the Conseil du Scoutisme polynésien , founded in 1986. The first Scout unit in French Polynesia was founded in 1947. French Polynesia became an Associate Member of the Asia-Pacific Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 2001...
, the Polynesian Scout Council - Several Swiss governmentPolitics of SwitzerlandThe politics of Switzerland take place in the framework of a multi-party federal parliamentary democratic republic, whereby the Federal Council of Switzerland is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government and the federal administration and is not concentrated in any one...
institutions, such as:- a Conseil d'EtatConseil d'Etat (Switzerland)In Switzerland, Conseil d'Etat is the name of the council constituting the cantonal government of French-speaking cantons. It is not to be confused with the Conseil des États which is a chamber of the Swiss parliament....
, the name of the council heading the cantonal government of French-speaking cantonsCantons of SwitzerlandThe 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848... - the Conseil des ÉtatsSwiss Council of StatesThe Council of States of Switzerland is the smaller chamber of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, and is considered the Assembly's upper house. There are 46 Councillors....
, a chamber of the Swiss parliament
- a Conseil d'Etat
- Conseil de l'EntenteConseil de l'EntenteThe Conseil de l'Entente is a West African regional co-operation forum established in May 1959 by Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, Upper Volta and Dahomey The Conseil de l'Entente ("Council of Accord" or "Council of Understanding") is a West African regional co-operation forum established in May 1959 by...
, a West AfricaWest AfricaWest Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the UN definition of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries and an area of approximately 5 million square km:-Flags of West Africa:...
n regional co-operation forum