Étoile
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- Place de l'ÉtoilePlace de l'ÉtoileThe Place Charles de Gaulle, , historically known as the Place de l'Étoile , is a large road junction in Paris, France, the meeting point of twelve straight avenues including the Champs-Élysées which continues to the east. It was renamed in 1970 following the death of General and President Charles...
, a.k.a. Place Charles de Gaulle, a large road junction in Paris, where the Arc de Triomphe is located - Charles de Gaulle - Étoile, a station of the Paris Métro
- Massif de l'Étoile, a mountain range north of Marseille
- Étoile Cay, a small island in the Amirante IslandsAmirante IslandsThe Amirante Islands , a group of coral islands and atolls, belong to the Outer Islands of the Seychelles. They stretch about 155 km from the African Banks in the north to Île Desnœufs in the south, all on the shallow Amirantes Bank , except the main island Île Desroches in...
, SeychellesSeychellesSeychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....
Étoile is part of the name of several communes
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in France:
- Étoile-Saint-CyriceÉtoile-Saint-CyriceÉtoile-Saint-Cyrice is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.-References:*...
, a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in France - Étoile-sur-RhôneÉtoile-sur-RhôneÉtoile-sur-Rhône is a commune in the Drôme department in the Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.-Population:-References:*...
, a commune in the Drôme department in France - L'Étoile, JuraL'Étoile, JuraL'Étoile is a commune in the Jura department in Franche-Comté in eastern France.-References:*...
, a commune in the Jura department in France - L'Étoile, SommeL'Étoile, SommeL'Étoile is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:The commune is situated on the D216 road, on the banks of the river Somme, some northwest of Amiens.-Population:-External links:* *...
, a commune in the Somme department in France - Marcy-l'ÉtoileMarcy-l'ÉtoileMarcy-l'Étoile is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.-References:*...
, a commune in the Rhône department in France - Montceaux-l'ÉtoileMontceaux-l'ÉtoileMontceaux-l'Étoile is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France.-References:*...
, a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in France
Other
- Étoile is the highest rank of dancer in the Paris Opera BalletParis Opera BalletThe Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it...
- L'étoile (opera), an operetta by Emmanuel Chabrier
- L'Étoile AOC, an appellation for wines made in the Jura wine region of France
- L'Etoile du DeseretL'Etoile du DeseretL'Étoile du Déséret was a monthly French language newspaper published in France by LDS Church Apostle John Taylor beginning in May 1851 and was printed in Paris. It continued until April 1852...
, a French periodical of LDS Church, later named L'Etoile - L'ÉtoileFrench fluyt Étoile (1767)The Étoile was a fluyt famous for being one of Louis Antoine de Bougainville's ships in his circumnavigation between 1766 and 1769, along with La Boudeuse. She was commanded by Francois Chenard de la Giraudais, and was the storeship of the expedition.She carried naturalist and physician Philibert...
is the name of a French fluyt, convoying ship of Bougainville's La Boudeuse - Étoile Sportive du SahelÉtoile Sportive du SahelThe Étoile Sportive du Sahel is a sports club from Sousse in the Sahel region of Tunisia, known primarily for its football team. The club also has sections for handball, volleyball, basketball, judo and wrestling...
, a Tunisian association football club - ÉtoiléÉtoiléÉtoilé is a GNUstep-based free software desktop environment built from the ground up on highly modular and light components with project and document orientation in mind, in order to allow users to create their own workflow by reshaping or recombining provided services , and other...
, a desktop environmentDesktop environmentIn graphical computing, a desktop environment commonly refers to a style of graphical user interface derived from the desktop metaphor that is seen on most modern personal computers. These GUIs help the user in easily accessing, configuring, and modifying many important and frequently accessed...
for personal computers - ÉtoileÉtoile (film)Étoile, also known as Ballet or Star, is a 1989 film starring Jennifer Connelly and Gary McCleery.-Plot:The American ballerina Claire Hamilton travels to Hungary to join a prestigious ballet school...
, a 1989 film starring Jennifer ConnellyJennifer ConnellyJennifer Lynn Connelly is an American film actress, who began her career as a child model. She appeared in magazine, newspaper and television advertising, before making her motion picture debut in the 1984 crime film Once Upon a Time in America...