Menier

Menier

Menier may refer to:

Places:

  • Port-Menier, Quebec, a small fishing town located in Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada
  • Port-Menier Airport, (IATA: YPN, ICAO: CYPN), located 2.7 NM (5.0 km; 3.1 mi) east of Port-Menier, Quebec, Canada

Chocolate:

  • Menier Chocolate, a French chocolate manufacturing business founded in 1816
  • Menier family of Noisiel, France, was a prominent family of chocolatiers who began as pharmaceutical manufacturers in Paris in 1816
  • Émile-Justin Menier (1826–1881), French pharmaceutical manufacturer, chocolatier, and politician, born in Paris
  • Antoine Brutus Menier (1795–1853), a French entrepreneur and founder of the Menier family of chocolatiers
  • Antoine Gilles Menier (1904–1967), a French businessman and municipal politician, member of the Menier family of chocolatiers
  • Henri Menier (1853–1913), a French businessman and adventurer, member of the Menier family of chocolatiers
  • Menier Chocolate Factory, a 180-seat fringe studio theatre, restaurant and gallery in a former 1870s Menier Chocolate Company factory in Southwark, London

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  • Menier — (spr. menjē), Emile Iustin, franz. Industrieller und Volkswirt, geb. 18. Mai 1826 in Paris, gest. 17. Febr. 1881 in Noisiel sur Marne, schwang sich durch Fleiß und Tüchtigkeit zum mehrfachen Millionär empor. In seiner Fabrik in Noisiel führte er… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Menier — Patronyme rencontré le plus souvent en Bretagne (22, 56), où il s agit d un nom de personne d origine germanique, Maginhari (magan = force + hari = armée). En pays occitan, où on le rencontre parfois aussi, c est un toponyme désignant une mine …   Noms de famille

  • Menier — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Menier peut désigne différentes : Menier (entreprise), une ancienne chocolaterie, propriété de Nestlé ; Antoine Brutus Menier (1795 1853), le… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Menier — This most interesting and unusual surname is of early medieval English origin, and is a topographical name for a dweller by the long stone or menhir . The derivation of the name is from the Breton men , stone, and hir , long. A menhir is a single …   Surnames reference

  • Menier Island — (64°59′S 63°37′W / 64.983°S 63.617°W / 64.983; 63.617) is an island, largest in a small island group lying in the mouth of Flandres Bay, 4 nautical miles (7 km) northeast of Ca …   Wikipedia

  • Menier Chocolate — 1893 poster by Firmin Bouisset The Menier Chocolate company (French: Chocolat Menier) was a chocolate manufacturing business founded in 1816 as a pharmaceutical manufacturer in Paris, France at a time when chocolate was used as a medicinal… …   Wikipedia

  • Menier (entreprise) — 48° 51′ 27″ N 2° 37′ 22″ E / 48.857445, 2.622825 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Menier Chocolate Factory — Coordinates: 51°30′18″N 0°05′50″W / 51.5051°N 0.0972°W / 51.5051; 0.0972 …   Wikipedia

  • Menier family — The Menier family of Noisiel, France, was a prominent family of chocolatiers who began as pharmaceutical manufacturers in Paris in 1816. They would build a highly successful enterprise, expanding to London, England, and New York City, New York,… …   Wikipedia

  • menier — menié m. minerai ; mine …   Diccionari Personau e Evolutiu

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