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Condom is a town and commune in the French département of Gers, of which it is a sous-préfecture. Population (1999): 7,251. A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A town is usually an urban area which is not considered to rank as a city. ...
The commune (in French: commune, word appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin communia, gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common) is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ...
The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties. ...
Gers is a département in the southwest of France named after the Gers River. ...
Subprefecture is an administrative level that is below prefecture or province. ...
Miscellaneous Given the more widespread social use, in the English language, of the word Condom, it is interesting to note that the town is located on the river Baïse; baise (without the diaeresis), which is a French vulgarism for a sex act. A condom sealed in typical packaging A condom is a device, usually made of latex, that covers a mans penis during sexual intercourse to reduce the risk of pregnancy and/or sexually transmitted diseases (STD) such as gonorrhea, syphilis and HIV. Condoms do not protect against all forms of...
The Baïse is a 190 km long river in south-western France. ...
Known for the production of Armagnac, an international music festival of "bandas", an international chess tournament and an international chess marathon. Armagnac, the region of France, has given its name to its distinctive kind of brandy or eau de vie, made of the same grapes as Cognac and undergoing the same aging in oak barrels, but without double distillation. ...
Tourism with farm campings and boating on waterways.
On one of the medieval pilgrimage routes of Compostelle (the Via Podensis). Santiago de Compostela (2003 pop. ...
The town was featured in the French film, "Le Bonheur est dans le Pré" or Happiness is in the Field. The movie features a man leaving his job as a manager of a toilet lid factory and his erstwhile family after he was mistaken for another man on a TV show. He moves to live in Condom with his 'old-new' family who own a foie de canard (duck liver) farm. The film features many ducks and happy people drinking armagnac and eating foie de canard.
See also The city of Condom, France was a bishopric from 1317 to 1792. ...
The following international geographical names are either interesting or unusual. ...
External link - City council website (in French)
- Le bonheur est dans le pré (Internet Movie Database)
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