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Housing Units (2000): 8574
Land area (2000): 7.136925 sq. miles (18.484550 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.068011 sq. miles (0.176147 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 7.204936 sq. miles (18.660697 sq. km)
FIPS code: 79208
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 38.678329 N, 87.516067 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 47591
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Vincennes
Wikipedia
Vincennes is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe.
Vincennes may refer to:
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Vincennes, a commune in the Val-de-Marne département, Paris, France
- Bois de Vincennes, a park in Paris
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Vincennes, Indiana, United States
- Vincennes University
- Siege of Fort Vincennes during the American Revolutionary War
- Forts of Vincennes, Indiana, 18th century military outposts of the French province of Louisiana
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, any of a number of U.S. Navy ships
- Jean Baptiste Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes (1668–1719), Canadian soldier and explorer of North America
- François-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes (1700–1736), Canadian soldier and explorer of North America
Vincennes is a station on line A of the RER in Paris, serving the community of Vincennes.
Usage examples of "vincennes".
In November '73, by letters issued at Gergeaule, we appointed you keeper of the wood of Vincennes, in the room of Gilbert Acle, esquire.
Bo Gritz, a highly decorated Vietnam veteran and Special Forces commander, who reported in June that the Army and Navy were conducting final acceptance tests of the AEGIS-CEC (Cooperative Engagement Capability) system, in the wake of the tragic shootdown of an Iranian airbus by the USS Vincennes.
Vincennes said Jones and Fontaine appeared to be inebriated or under the influence of narcotics--they slept through gunfire and the general ruckus of Coates resisting arrest.
Vincennes stated that all three suspects' hands and arms reeked of perfume--a paraffin test would be inconclusive.
Vincennes turned them over to prowl car officers responding to shots fired and searched their rooms for evidence.
We came to a sugar camp, and beyond it, stretching between us and Vincennes, was a sea of water.