Choiseul
Choiseul may refer to:
People
- Choiseul (surname). Holders include:-
- Caesar, duc de Choiseul (1602-1675), French marshal and diplomat, generally known for the best part of his life as marshal du Plessis-Praslin
- Claude de Choiseul (1632-1711), marshal of France in 1693
- César Gabriel de Choiseul (1712-1785), duc de Praslin, French officer, diplomat and statesman
- François Joseph de Choiseul, marquis de Stainville (1700-1770), French diplomat and statesman
- Étienne François, duc de Choiseul (1719-1785), French officer, diplomat and statesman
- Jacques Philippe de Choiseul, marquis de Choiseul-Stainville (1727-1789), French officer and statesman
- Claude Antoine Gabriel, duc de Choiseul-Stainville (1760-1838), French royalist
Places
- Choiseul, Haute-Marne, a commune in the Haute-Marne département in France
- Choiseul Camp, a French concentration camp in the commune of Châteaubriant in Brittany, open from 1941 to 1942
- Choiseul Province, a province of the Solomon Islands
- Choiseul Island, the largest island of Choiseul Province, named after Étienne François de Choiseul
- Choiseul Bay, a bay in Choiseul Island
- Choiseul constituency, a former constituency in the Solomon Islands
- Choiseul Quarter, a quarter of Saint Lucia
- Choiseul, Saint Lucia, the main city of Choiseul Quarter
- Choiseul Sound, a strait in the Falkland Islands
Other uses
- Choiseul languages, a group of Northwest Solomonic languages
- Institut Choiseul for International Politics and Geoeconomics, a French, non-partisan think tank
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