Lagrange
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La Grange literally means the barn
Barn
A barn is an agricultural building used for storage and as a covered workplace. It may sometimes be used to house livestock or to store farming vehicles and equipment...

in French. Lagrange may refer to:

People

  • Charles Varlet de La Grange (1639–1692), French actor
  • Georges Lagrange
    Georges Lagrange
    Georges Lagrange, was a French esperanto writer, member of Academy of Esperanto...

     (1928–2004), translator to and writer in Esperanto
  • Henry-Louis de La Grange
    Henry-Louis de La Grange
    Henry-Louis de La Grange is a musicologist and biographer of Gustav Mahler.-Biography:Henry-Louis de La Grange was born in Paris of an American mother and a French father, , who was a senator, one-time government minister, and Vice-President of the International Aviation Federation...

     (born 1924), French musicologist
  • Joseph Louis Lagrange
    Joseph Louis Lagrange
    Joseph-Louis Lagrange , born Giuseppe Lodovico Lagrangia, was a mathematician and astronomer, who was born in Turin, Piedmont, lived part of his life in Prussia and part in France, making significant contributions to all fields of analysis, to number theory, and to classical and celestial mechanics...

     (1736–1813), mathematician and mathematical physicist
  • Léo Lagrange
    Léo Lagrange
    Léo Lagrange was a French Under-Secretary of State for Sports and for the Organisation of Leisure during the Popular Front...

     (1900–1940), French minister
  • Magdelaine de La Grange
    Magdelaine de La Grange
    Magdelaine de La Grange was a French fortune-teller involved in the Affair of the Poisons. Her arrest in 1677 marked the opening of the official investigation. She appealed to François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois claiming that she had information about other crimes of high importance...

     (c.1641–1679), French fortune-teller involved in the Affair of the Poisons
  • Marie-Joseph Lagrange
    Marie-Joseph Lagrange
    Marie-Joseph Lagrange was a Catholic priest in the Dominican Order and founder of the École Biblique in Jerusalem...

     (1855–1938), Catholic priest in the Dominican Order
  • Nicolas La Grange
    Nicolas La Grange
    Nicolas La Grange was a French playwright and translator, notable for his 1768 translation of Lucretius' De Rerum Natura and for several plays....

     (1707–1767), French playwright and translator
  • Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
    Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
    Réginald Marie Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P. was a Catholic theologian and, among Thomists of the scholastic tradition, is generally thought to be the greatest Catholic Thomist of the 20th century. Outside the ranks of Thomists of that sort, his reputation is somewhat more mixed. He taught at the...

     (1877–1964), Dominican Thomist theologian and philosopher

Mathematics and physics

  • The Lagrange multiplier mathematical technique
  • Lagrange's theorem (group theory)
    Lagrange's theorem (group theory)
    Lagrange's theorem, in the mathematics of group theory, states that for any finite group G, the order of every subgroup H of G divides the order of G. The theorem is named after Joseph Lagrange....

     or Lagrange's lemma is an important result in Group theory
  • Lagrange's theorem (number theory)
    Lagrange's theorem (number theory)
    In number theory, Lagrange's theorem states that:If the modulus is not prime, then it is possible for there to be more than n solutions. The exact number of solutions can be determined by finding the prime factorization of n...

    , about prime numbers
  • A Lagrange point in physics and astronomy
  • Lagrange polynomial
    Lagrange polynomial
    In numerical analysis, Lagrange polynomials are used for polynomial interpolation. For a given set of distinct points x_j and numbers y_j, the Lagrange polynomial is the polynomial of the least degree that at each point x_j assumes the corresponding value y_j...

  • Lagrangian mechanics
    Lagrangian mechanics
    Lagrangian mechanics is a re-formulation of classical mechanics that combines conservation of momentum with conservation of energy. It was introduced by the Italian-French mathematician Joseph-Louis Lagrange in 1788....


Places

Note: The precise spelling of these placenames is variable — the same place may be spelled differently in different sources.

In Australia:
  • La Grange Bay, Western Australia
    La Grange Bay, Western Australia
    Lagrange Bay is located south of Broome, Western Australia in the Kimberley region. It is the site of the Catholic Pallotine ‘’’La Grange Mission’’, and the Aboriginal community of Bidyadanga...



In Haiti
  • La Grange, Haiti


In France:
  • La Grange, Doubs
    La Grange, Doubs
    La Grange is a commune in the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France.-Population:-References:*...

  • Lagrange, Hautes-Pyrénées
    Lagrange, Hautes-Pyrénées
    Lagrange is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.-References:*...

  • Lagrange, Landes
    Lagrange, Landes
    Lagrange is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France....

  • Lagrange, Territoire de Belfort
    Lagrange, Territoire de Belfort
    Lagrange is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Franche-Comté in northeastern France.-References:*...



In the United States:
  • LaGrange, Arkansas
    LaGrange, Arkansas
    LaGrange is a town in Lee County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 122 at the 2000 census.-Geography:LaGrange is located at ....

  • La Grange, California
    La Grange, California
    La Grange is a small unincorporated community in rural Stanislaus County, California, United States. Its altitude is 249 feet. As of 2008 it has a population of 345. , and it is located at .-History:...

  • La Grange (Glasgow, Delaware)
    La Grange (Glasgow, Delaware)
    La Grange, also known as Samuel Henry Black House, is a property near Glasgow, Delaware dating from 1815. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, and included 3 contributing buildings....

    , listed on the NRHP in New Castle County, Delaware
  • LaGrange, Georgia
    LaGrange, Georgia
    LaGrange is a city in Troup County, Georgia, United States. It is named after the country estate near Paris of the Marquis de La Fayette, who visited the area in 1825. The population was 24,998 at the 2000 census...

    • La Grange Commercial Historic District, LaGrange, Georgia, listed on the NRHP
  • La Grange, Illinois
    La Grange, Illinois
    La Grange, a suburb of Chicago, is a village in Cook County, in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 15,608 at the 2000 census.-History:...

    , village in Cook County
  • LaGrange, Indiana
    LaGrange, Indiana
    LaGrange is a town in LaGrange County, Indiana, United States. The population was 2,625 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of LaGrange County.-Geography:LaGrange is located at...

  • La Grange, Kentucky
    La Grange, Kentucky
    As of the census of 2000, there were 5,676 people, 2,216 households, and 1,502 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,514.8 people per square mile . There were 2,330 housing units at an average density of 621.8 per square mile...

  • Lagrange, Maine
    Lagrange, Maine
    LaGrange is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 747 at the 2000 census.-Notable people:* Abiather Knowles , awarded the Medal of Honor as at the First Battle of Bull Run.-Geography:...

  • La Grange (La Plata, Maryland)
    La Grange (La Plata, Maryland)
    La Grange is a historic home located at La Plata, Charles County, Maryland, United States. It is a house built in the Georgian neoclassic style, and was the home of Dr. James Craik from 1765 to 1783....

    , listed on the NRHP in Maryland
  • LaGrange (Cambridge, Maryland)
    LaGrange (Cambridge, Maryland)
    LaGrange, also known as La Grange Plantation or Meredith House, is a historic home located at Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. It was built about 1760. The house is a -story Flemish bond brick house and is one of the few remaining Georgian houses in the town. Sun porches and...

    , listed on the NRHP in Maryland
  • La Grange, Missouri
    La Grange, Missouri
    La Grange is a city in Lewis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,000 at the 2000 census. Since the 2000 census the population has been dwindling. It is part of the Quincy, IL–MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Police Scandal:...

  • LaGrange, New York
    LaGrange, New York
    LaGrange is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 14,928 at the 2000 census. The town was named after the ancestral estate of the Marquis de Lafayette.-History:...

  • La Grange, North Carolina
    La Grange, North Carolina
    La Grange is a town in Lenoir County, North Carolina, United States. The population is estimated to be 2,757 in 2008...

    • La Grange Historic District (La Grange, North Carolina), listed on the NRHP
  • LaGrange (Harris Crossroads, North Carolina)
    LaGrange (Harris Crossroads, North Carolina)
    LaGrange in or near Harris Crossroads, North Carolina is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982....

    , another historic district listed on the NRHP in North Carolina
  • LaGrange, Ohio
    LaGrange, Ohio
    LaGrange is a village in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,815 at the 2000 census.-Geography:LaGrange is located at ....

  • La Grange, Tennessee
    La Grange, Tennessee
    La Grange is a town in Fayette County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 136 at the 2000 census. The town is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as La Grange Historic District.-Geography:...

  • La Grange, Texas
    La Grange, Texas
    La Grange is a city in Fayette County, Texas, near the Colorado River. The population was 4,478 at the 2000 census. The 2006 estimated population was 4,645. But a 2010 census estimated that the city had a population of 4,923...

  • Lagrange, Virginia
  • La Grange, Monroe County, Wisconsin
    La Grange, Monroe County, Wisconsin
    La Grange is a town in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,761 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 31.5 square miles , of which, 29.9 square miles of it is land and 1.6 square miles of it...

  • La Grange, Walworth County, Wisconsin
    La Grange, Walworth County, Wisconsin
    La Grange is a town in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,444 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Lauderdale Lakes is located in the town.-Geography:...

  • La Grange, Wyoming
    La Grange, Wyoming
    La Grange is a town in Goshen County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 332 at the 2000 census.-Geography:La Grange is located at ....

  • Lagrange County, Indiana
    LaGrange County, Indiana
    LaGrange County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana and in the Northern Indiana region known as Michiana. As of 2010, the population was 37,128. The county is located about east of South Bend, west of Toledo, Ohio, and northeast of Indianapolis. The area is well known for its large...

  • Lagrange Township, Bond County, Illinois
    Lagrange Township, Bond County, Illinois
    Lagrange Township is one of nine townships in Bond County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 942.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Lagrange Township covers an area of ; of this, or 1.86 percent is water....

  • LaGrange Township, Michigan
  • LaGrange Township, Lorain County, Ohio
    LaGrange Township, Lorain County, Ohio
    LaGrange Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,972 people in the township, 4,157 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...


Other uses

Buildings
  • Château de la Grange-Bléneau
    Château de la Grange-Bléneau
    The Château de la Grange-Bléneau is a castle in the commune of Courpalay in the Seine-et-Marne département of France.-History:Recorded since the 13th century, the castle has belonged to several families: Courtenay, Aubusson-La Feuillade and d'Aguesseau. Ownership passed from Henriette d'Aguesseau...

    , home of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, and Adrienne de La Fayette


Events
  • the La Grange expedition
    La Grange expedition
    The La Grange expedition was a search expedition carried out in the vicinity of Lagrange Bay in the Kimberley region of Western Australia in 1865. Led by Maitland Brown, the expedition searched for three settlers who had failed to return from an earlier exploring expedition...



Music
  • La Grange (song)
    La Grange (song)
    "La Grange" is a song by the rock group ZZ Top from their album Tres Hombres, released in 1973. One of their most successful songs, it was released in 1973 and received extensive radio play, rising to #41 in the Billboard Pop Singles list in 1974. The song refers to a bordello on the outskirts of...

    , released on the 1973 ZZ Top album Tres Hombres


Wine
  • Château Lagrange
    Château Lagrange
    Château Lagrange is a winery in the Saint-Julien appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. Château Lagrange is also the name of the red wine produced by this property...

    , the wine from Bordeaux, France

See also

  • Grange (disambiguation)
  • La Grange Historic District (disambiguation)
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