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Marcheprime Destination Guide

Explore Marcheprime in France

Marcheprime in the region of Aquitaine with its 3,768 inhabitants is a town in France - some 325 mi or ( 523 km ) South-West of Paris , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Marcheprime

Current time in Marcheprime is now 03:36 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Vignaud, Tagon, Salles, Saint-Jean-d'Illac, and Saintes. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Vignaud . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Marcheprime ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Bordeaux--Mérignac Airport

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EasyJet, felszállása Bordeauxba. (Készítette:Hartvig,-Túrkeve) ..

300 - France. A63 E5 - Sortie 22 - Sortie 21 [HD]

9:28 min by SZWAGIER106
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Francja. A63 E5 - Sortie 22 - Sortie 21 /// GPS - gdziejestem.pl Please rate, comment, and subscribe. Thanks. CW McCALL - Convoy ..


Marcheprime 2009 - Green Socks Touch-and-Go

6:03 min by Michael Roeterdink
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Field Trial of Green Socks Touch-and-Go in Marcheprime, France (November 2009) ..

Rallye Forêt en Twingo

0:34 min by VoodooBenUp
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Petite scéance de rallye dans la forêt landaise sur le toit de la Twingo ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Lafayette transmitter

Lafayette transmitter was a large facility used for transatlantic VLF-transmission, located at Marcheprime, Aquitaine, France. The Lafayette transmitter used an antenna, which was carried by eight free-standing lattice towers (each 250 metres tall) with triangular cross-sections, which were the second tallest free-standing towers in France. In 1944 the installations of Lafayette transmitter were destroyed by retreating German troops. The last of the towers were demolished in 1953.

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Located at 44.71 -0.81 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: 1920 establishments in France, Destroyed landmarks, Towers in France, Transmitter sites in France

CEA Cesta

CEA/Cesta or simply Cesta (French: Centre d'études scientifiques et techniques d'Aquitaine; English: Center for scientific and technical study of Aquitaine) is a French research facility (CEA, Direction of Military Applications) dedicated to the design of nuclear weapons. The center was established in 1965 on the commune of Le Barp between Bordeaux and Arcachon.

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Located at 44.65 -0.79 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: 1965 establishments, Agencies of the government of France, Buildings and structures in Aquitaine, Military research facilities, Nuclear weapons program of France, Research and development organizations

Laser Mégajoule

Laser Mégajoule (LMJ) is an experimental inertial confinement fusion (ICF) device being built near Bordeaux, in France by the French nuclear science directorate, CEA. Laser Mégajoule plans to deliver about 1.8 MJ of laser energy to its targets, making it about as powerful as its US counterpart, the National Ignition Facility (NIF). Laser Mégajoule is the largest ICF experiment to be built outside the US, where ICF research has been strongly related to nuclear weapons research.

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Located at 44.64 -0.79 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Inertial confinement fusion research lasers

Leyre (river)

The Eyre is a coastal river that flows through the Moors of Gascony, in Aquitaine, Southwest France. The river is generally presented as the confluence of: the Grande Leyre (Large Leyre), its principal course, upstream from Moustey, the Petite Leyre (Small Leyre), its main tributary. Note that Leyre is a variant of the name Eyre, affected by an agglutination of the Romance article.

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Located at 44.66 -1.02 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Aquitanian basin, Geography of Gironde, Geography of Landes (department), Rivers of Aquitaine, Rivers of France

Bordeaux-Mérignac Air Base

Bordeaux-Mérignac Air Base is a former (1951–1958) United States Air Force base in France. It is located in the Gironde département, 6 miles west of the city of Bordeaux. During the early years of the Cold War, Bordeaux-Mérignac was a front-line base for the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE).

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Located at 44.83 -0.72 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Airports in France, Closed facilities of the United States Air Force