French Names from Two Thirteenth Century Chronicles

Places Names used in Locative Surnames

by Arval Benicoeur (Josh Mittleman)
mittle@panix.com

© 1997 by Joshua D. Mittleman; all rights reserved.


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Place Names used in Locative Surnames

Place names are used as surnames with the preposition de:
Acre
Alençon
Amiens
Ancerville
Anjou
Antioch
Apremont
Araines
Arles
Artois
Arzillières
Auberive
Aubigny
Aunoi
Autrèche
Auxerre
Avallon
Avesnes
Bar
Béthune
Beaujeu
Beaulieu
Beaumetz
Beaumont
Beaurain
Beauvoir
Bergy
Blanvel
Blois
Bondies
Boon
Bourbon
Bourbonne
Bourgogne
Bousies
Boves
Bracieux
Brancion
Bretagne
Brie
Brienne
Bromont
Bussey
Canteleu
Castel
Cayeux
Châlons
Châtillon
Chalon
Champagne
Champlitte
Chapelle
Chappes
Chartain
Chartres
Chaumont
Choisi
Choisy
Clari
Cône
Colemi
Coligny
Conflans
Cormeray
Cornaut
Coucy
Courcelles
Courcy
Courtenay
Cressonsacq
Dammartin
Dampierre
Écot
Écurey
Escornai
Escot
Escraines
Estruen
Flandre
Fontaines
Forez
Fransures
Friaize
Frouville
Fuligny
Gamaches
Gaudonville
Gommeignies
Guines
Hainault
Ham
Heumont
Houdain
Ibelin
Jenlain
Joinville
Jouy
Landas
Landricourt
Longchamp
Loupey
Luxembourg
Mailly
Mancicourt
Marck
Marly
Mello
Menoncourt
Merle
Mons
Monson
Montbéliard
Montfaucon
Montferrat
Montfort
Montigny
Montmirail
Montmorency
Montreuil
Moreuil
Mussambourc
Mymeri
Nangis
Nanteuil
Nanton
Narcy
Navarre
Nêle
Neauphle
Nemours
Nesles
Neuilly
Neuville
Nevers
Nogent
Noyon
Nully
Orléans
Otricourt
Paris
Pesmes
Plessier
Poiters
Pomponne
Pontmolain
Provins
Radinghem
Rançon
Remi
Reynel
Rheims
Rochefort
Ronnay
Ronsoi
Saillenay
Sains
Saint Michel
Saint Urbain
Saint-Chéron
Saint-Denis
Saint-Menehould
Saint-Pol
Sainte-Menehould
Samois
Sancerre
Sargines
Saubruic
Senaingan
Sennec
Siverey
Soisi
Soisson
Soissons
Sorbon
Soubrenghien
Tabarie
Tenremonde
Termes
Termonde
Tombes
Toucy
Trasignies
Trichâtel
Trit
Troyes
Urboise
Valenciennes
Valery
Vaucouleurs
Verdun
Versey
Versin
Vertus
Vichiers
Vignory
Villehardouin
Villeroi
Villette
Virsin
Voysey
Wallincourt
Wanou
Yerres
l'Isle
la Horgne
la Jaille
la Roche
le Châtel
le Forez
le Frêne
le Gi
le Mez
le Perche
le Perchoi
le Quartier


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