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être supérieur - translation to English
FORMER FRENCH DEPARTMENT (1811-1814)
Ems-Superieur; Département de l’Ems-Supérieur
être supérieur
rank above
Definition
raison d'etre
also raison d'etre
A person's or organization's raison d'etre is the most important reason for them existing in the way that they do.
...a debate about the raison d'etre of the armed forces.
N-SING: usu with poss
Wikipedia
Ems-Supérieur
Ems-Supérieur ([ɛms sy.pe.ʁjœʁ], "Upper Ems"; German: Ober-Ems) was a department of the First French Empire in present-day Germany. It was formed in 1811, when the region was annexed by France. Its territory was part of the present-day German lands Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. Its capital was Osnabrück.
The department was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons (situation in 1812):
- Osnabrück, cantons: Bramsche, Dissen, Bad Essen, Bad Iburg, Lengerich, Melle, Osnabrück (3 cantons), Ostbevern, Ostercappeln, Tecklenburg and Versmold.
- Minden, cantons: Petershagen, Bünde, Enger, Levern, Lübbecke, Minden, Quernheim, Rahden, Uchte and Werther.
- Quakenbrück, cantons: Ankum, Cloppenburg, Diepholz, Dinklage, Friesoythe, Löningen, Quakenbrück, Vechta, Vörden and Wildeshausen.
- Lingen, cantons: Bevergern, Freren, Fürstenau, Haselünne, Ibbenbüren, Lingen, Meppen, Papenburg and Sögel.
Its population in 1812 was 415,018.
After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, most of the department became part of the Kingdom of Hanover.
Examples of use of être supérieur
1. Ils prévoient notamment un exercice des droits de vote qui ne peut être supérieur à 5%, quelle que soit la hauteur des participations de l‘actionnaire.
2. Son immaturité talentueuse déstabilisait le lecteur, elle ne faisait pas de l‘écrivain un être supérieur mais faillible, dont les textes obligent à penser contre soi.
3. D‘après des analystes, le bénéfice par action d‘Hexagon devrait être supérieur à 50% en 2007», souligne Ola Rollén, patron de Hexagon.
4. Andy Trotter, de la police des transports britannique, a déclaré qu‘il ignorait le nombre de corps toujours prisonniers du métro à cet endroit mais, selon une source policière, il pourrait être supérieur à dix.