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24-470: Perche is known by the following ancient Latin and French toponymic designations: saltus Particus , silva Perticus before the 6th century, pagus quem Pert[ic]ensem vocant and pagus pertensis in the 6th century, pagus Perticus no date and c.  815 , Particus saltus in the 11th century, silva Perticus in 1045, [le] Perche in 1160–1174 and in 1308, Perche in   1238, foresta de Pertico in   1246, where

48-637: A Byzantine name for Salt, Jordan Saltus, a town in San Bernardino County, California Saltus Grammar School , in Pembroke Parish, Bermuda Saltus Island, an island of Bermuda Saltus Grocery Store , in Burlington, Vermont Zoology [ edit ] Amblyseius saltus , a species of mite in the family Amblyseius Lysiteles saltus , a species of spider in the genus Lysiteles Aprostocetus saltus ,

72-676: A leader of the Fourth Crusade had he not died before its departure to the Near East. This end of the Rotrou dynasty led to the region's annexation to the Crown of France (by inheritance). At this time, the crown divided part of the region to create the county of Alençon . After 1325, both counties were generally held by a member or members of a cadet branch of the House of Valois . During

96-556: A number of ships with this name See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Armorique Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Armorique . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Armorique&oldid=1026100982 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

120-551: A principle of natural philosophy; hence in scientific usage: Saltation (biology) Saltation (geology) Saltatory conduction Saltus lunae , a "leap of the moon" in Christian calendar computation; see computus See also Sault , a pre-17th century French form meaning "falls" derived from Latin saltus , found in many place names Saltus meaning "wooded area" or "wilderness," as in: Saltus Teutoburgiensis or Teutoburg Forest Hercynius saltus , one of

144-505: A species of insect in the genus Aprostocetus Other [ edit ] Saltus Award, awarded by the American Numismatic Society; see List of Saltus Award winners A type of wrench Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Saltus . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

168-484: Is identified throughout the world as the Perche's most well known symbol. Apples (for hard cider ) and pears are grown throughout the Perche territory. Perche's prehistory is manifested by megaliths ( dolmens , menhirs ) and prehistoric tools of flint, bronze, and iron. Perche was essentially a region between other regions: " . . . the Perche was not based on an existing administratative unit, such as its neighbors,

192-579: The French Revolution , Perche was bounded by the following ancient provinces: Normandy to the north and west, Maine to the west, Beauce to the east and Orléanais to the south. Perche is dominated by four topographical-featured arcs: Within the Huisne watershed lie the three unofficial Perche capitals: Nogent-le-Rotrou (economic capital), Mortagne-au-Perche (administrative capital) and Bellême (historical capital). The Perche hills are

216-589: The Hundred Years War , partisans of England plundered Perche, destroyed its nobility, and burned many castles and abbeys. In 1449, free from English domination, Perche began reconstruction. Upon the death of Alençon's last duke (1525), rule returned to and remained under the French crown, and was granted only sporadically thereafter. In the three decades starting in 1632, a large proportion of immigrants to New France came from Perche, in what has been called

240-718: The Latin names for the Hercynian Forest Carbonarius saltus or Silva Carbonaria , the "charcoal forest" in Belgium Saltus Vasconum , a Roman term for territory inhabited by the Vascones or ancient Basques Saltus Tariotarum ; see Tariotes Saltus , a unit of area equal to about 200 ha or 500 acres; see Ancient Roman units of measurement § Area Places, schools, and businesses [ edit ] Saltus,

264-857: The Perche forests was necessary for the conquest of the vast Armorique and Normandy territories extending from the Loire estuary off the Atlantic coast to Dieppe off the English Channel . Until the Viking or Norman invasions in the 9th century, Perche was a relatively remote area bounded on all sides by the following Gaul-Roman territories and Celtic peoples: to the east and south the Carnutes people in Chartrain territory based in Chartres ; to

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288-690: The Percheron immigration movement. Many Percherons were thus recruited to work in seigneuries being establishing along the Saint Lawrence valley. The Beauport seigneurie, New France's first agricultural-oriented seigneurie, was granted in 1634 to Robert Giffard de Moncel by the Company of Hundred Associates . While the total number of emigrants was small, Perche had a much higher rate of emigration to New France than most other regions of France. Nearly all French Canadians have some ancestors from

312-719: The Revolution. Thus Perche has traditionally been shared between three of these four dioceses as follows: In the Middle Ages , the County of Perche was controlled by an independent line of counts. By the 12th century, two large families contended for control of the Perche region: the Talvas of Bellême family and the Rotrou family of Nogent-le-Rotrou. In 1114, Rotrou III annexed Bellême. In 1226, Count Geoffroy V would have been

336-490: The common Germanic word * furhu- , source of the English and German words fir and Föhre « pine ». Until about the 11th or 12th century, such terms as pagus Perticus or pagus Pertecensis used in connection with Perche's ancient forest are accordingly understood to refer to a frontier region without precise geographical limits and thus not to a clearly defined political or administrative territory. Before

360-400: The counties of Maine and Chartres , nor was it coterminous with an ecclesiastical jurisdiction. It grew up at the margins of several larger units, and there was no major population focus nor great religious centre such as a cathedral or ancient abbey within it. It owed its existence to the ambition and energy of successive members of a lineage of warrior elite." The Romans found possession of

384-769: The 💕 [REDACTED] Look up saltus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Saltus may refer to: People [ edit ] Edgar Saltus (1855–1921), American writer known for his highly refined prose style Francis Saltus Saltus (1849–1889), American poet Thomas Saltus Lubbock (1817–1862), Texas Ranger and soldier in the Confederate army during the American Civil War Latin [ edit ] The Latin word saltus (pl. saltūs ) meaning "leap," as in: Natura non facit saltus ("nature does not make jumps"),

408-524: The government of France created the Perche Regional Nature Park ( Parc naturel régional du Perche – see FR:Perche (région naturelle) ). The park is forested mostly by beech, birch, chestnut, oak (especially sessile and pedunculate species), as well as conifers (especially Douglas fir and pine species) populated by wildlife including boar, buzzard, deer, squirrel, woodcock and woodpecker species. saltus#Noun 3 From Misplaced Pages,

432-484: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saltus&oldid=1009822166 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Armorique Armorique may refer to: Armorica , an area of Brittany, France MV  Armorique  (disambiguation) ,

456-413: The names starting by Pert or Part denote Perche , the terms silva and foresta mean forest, Saltus designates a wooded mountainous region, frontier, wildlife refuge, pagus means country, and silva pertica refers to a tall-treed forest. An hypothesis put forth by the linguist Guy Villette based on the name Perche having initially designated the forest region, and not

480-875: The northeast the Aulerques Eburoviques people in Évreux territory based in Évreux ; to the southwest the Aulerques Cénomans people in Maine territory based in Le Mans ; and to the northwest the Hyesmois (Essuins) people in Exmes territory based in Séez . These territories eventually became first Roman civitates , to then become the dioceses of Chartres , Evreux , Le Mans and Séez . that did not change significantly in terms of geographical limits until

504-502: The periphery of Perche province include (starting from the north, clockwise): L'Aigle , Dreux , Chartres , Châteaudun , Le Mans , Mamers , Alençon and Sées . Agriculture and tourism constitute the economic focus of Perche's natural region, the largest parts of which are located within the departments of Orne and Eure-et-Loir , in the regions of Normandy and Centre-Val de Loire , respectively. The Percheron breed of draft horses originated in Perche's Huisne river valley and

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528-481: The province, would have Perche represent the pre-Celtic name of indo-european origin * perkʷ-ik-ā « (forest) with long trees », dissimilated into *pertika, and transmitted as such in the Gallic language, even though the initial p- was foreign to this language. The indo-european radical * perkʷu- , "large tree: oak, pine, fir, beech . . ." is also the origin of the Latin word quercus « oak » and

552-640: The source of numerous small tributaries of the Seine River watershed via the Eure , Avre , Iton and Risle rivers and the Loire River watershed via the Huisne , Loir and Sarthe rivers. The following table lists the principal towns in Perche province along with the distance of any given town to Condé-sur-Huisne, situated near Perche's geographic center: Nearby towns in the four ancient provinces along

576-499: The villages of Perche. Prominent last names from Perche who came to Canada starting just before the end of Samuel de Champlain 's tenure include: Côté, Boucher, Cloutier , Guyon (Dion) , Tremblay and Paradis . After the French Revolution, Perche was divided into four departments: Orne, Eure-et-Loir, Sarthe, and Loir-et-Cher. At this time, national law replaced FR:coûtume du Perche or local, customary law. In 1998,

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