Champagne, a province in the Kingdom of France, is better known as the Champagne wine region for sparkling white wine. In the High Middle Ages, the province was famous for the Champagne fairs, which were very important in the economy of Western societies. The County of Champagne descended from the early medieval kingdom of Austrasia and was passed to the French crown in 1314. ","The French province of Limousin was divided into three departments, Correze, Creuse, and Upper Vienne, with the capital being Lioges. Limousin corresponds to the ancient provinces of La Marche and Limousin together.","Ancient Brittany was inhabited by the Celtic Tribes of Veneti, Curiovolitae, and the Asismii in the 3rd century BC. At this time, Brittany was known as Armorica. It was the Romans that renamed the region Britannia Minor.","England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It occupies more than half of the land of the area. It shares its borders with Wales to the West and Scotland the to its north. Laced by great rivers and small streams, England is a fertile land which has supported a thriving agricultural economy for millenia.","Local names, which are also referred to as toponymic surnames, were given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. They were also sometimes used to denote a person's nationality.",null],"lnksHoverSummaryImgURL":[null,"","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/castle1.webp","","","","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books2.webp",null],"mode":"f","s":"Campeau","sU":"CAMPEAU","oC":"FR","o":"French","o2":null,"cOk":true,"c":"/dpreview/CAMPEAU/FR/Campeau/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","c2":"/dpreview/ANDERSON/SC/Anderson/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","v":"1","sections":["","SettlersUS","SettlersCA","SettlersAU","SettlersNZ","SettlersZA","SettlersWI","Settlers","ContemporaryNotable","ContemporaryNotables","HistoricEvents","RelatedStories","Motto","SuggestedReading","Citations",""]}
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