The Thumb

The Thumb
Page d'aide sur l'homonymie Pour les articles homonymes, voir Pouce.

The Thumb (« Le pouce » en anglais) est une région de l'État américain du Michigan, ainsi appelée parce que dans la péninsule inférieure qui a la forme d'une moufle (ou mitaine), celle-ci occupe la petite péninsule s'avançant dans le lac Huron, représentant le pouce de la moufle. Le « creux du pouce » constituant la Baie de Saginaw.

Le Thumb comprend les trois comtés de Huron, de Sanilac et de Tuscola.

Les habitants du Thumb sont majoritairement ruraux. Selon le recensement de 2000, sa population est de 138 892 habitants.

On place également le Thumb dans la région plus vaste de Flint/Tri-Cities.

Drapeau du Michigan
État du Michigan
Lansing (capitale)
Matières

Histoire | Gouverneurs | Législature | Cour Suprême | Michiganais |

Régions
Grandes villes

Ann Arbor | Battle Creek | Canton | Clinton | Dearborn | Dearborn Heights | Détroit | Farmington Hills | Flint | Grand Rapids | Jackson | Kalamazoo | Lansing | Livonia | Novi | Pontiac | Redford | Rochester Hills | Royal Oak | Saginaw | St. Clair Shores | Shelby | Southfield | Sterling Heights | Taylor | Troy | Warren | West Bloomfield | Westland | Wyoming

Comtés

Alcona | Alger | Allegan | Alpena | Antrim | Arenac | Baraga | Barry | Bay | Benzie | Berrien | Branch | Calhoun | Cass | Charlevoix | Cheboygan | Chippewa | Clare | Clinton | Crawford | Delta | Dickinson | Eaton | Emmet | Genesee | Gladwin | Gogebic | Grand Traverse | Gratiot | Hillsdale | Houghton | Huron | Ingham | Ionia | Iosco | Iron | Isabella | Jackson | Kalamazoo | Kalkaska | Kent | Keweenaw | Lake | Lapeer | Leelanau | Lenawee | Livingston | Luce | Mackinac | Macomb | Manistee | Marquette | Mason | Mecosta | Menominee | Midland | Missaukee | Monroe | Montcalm | Montmorency | Muskegon | Newaygo | Oakland | Oceana | Ogemaw | Ontonagon | Osceola | Oscoda | Otsego | Ottawa | Presque Isle | Roscommon | Saginaw | Saint Clair | Saint-Joseph | Sanilac | Schoolcraft | Shiawassee | Tuscola | Van Buren | Washtenaw | Wayne | Wexford |


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Contenu soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA. Source : Article The Thumb de Wikipédia en français (auteurs)

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Regardez d'autres dictionnaires:

  • The Thumb — This article is about a geographical region in Michigan. For the body part, see Thumb. For other uses, see Thumb (disambiguation). The Thumb Mid Michigan Country United States …   Wikipedia

  • the ball of the thumb — the rounded protuberant part of the hand at the base of the thumb. → ball …   English new terms dictionary

  • The Thumb (Omineca) — This article is for the officially named summit in the Omineca Country of northern British Columbia. For the unofficially named summit near Vancouver, British Columbia, see The Thumb (mountain). For other uses see Thumb (disambiguation). Infobox… …   Wikipedia

  • The Thumb (mountain) — This article is for the unofficially named mountain near Vancouver, British Columbia. For the officially named mountain in the Omineca region of British Columbia, see The Thumb (Omineca). For other uses see Thumb (disambiguation).Infobox Mountain …   Wikipedia

  • The One with the Thumb — «Друзья» первый сезон (сентябрь 1994 май 1995) список эпизодов сериала Пилотный эпизод Эпизод с сонограммой в конце Эпизод с большим пальцем Эпизод с Джорджем Стефанопоулосом Эпизод с восточногерманским стиральным порошком Эпизод с задом Эпизод,… …   Википедия

  • Under the Thumb — Infobox Single Name = Under the Thumb Artist = Amy Studt from Album = False Smiles B side = Released = flagicon|UK September 29, 2003 Format = CD single Digital download Genre = Pop, Rock Length = 3:45 Label = Polydor Last single = Misfit (2003)… …   Wikipedia

  • under the thumb — • under one s thumb • under the thumb obedient to someone, controlled by someone He is only an assistant salesman but he has his boss under his thumb. Digest 22/2002 under someone s control Don t ask Margie to make a change in our work schedule.… …   Idioms and examples

  • under\ the\ thumb — • under (some)one s thumb • under the thumb adj or adv. phr. Obedient to you; controlled by you; under your power. The Jones family is under the thumb of the mother. Jack is a bully. He keeps all the younger children under his thumb. The mayor is …   Словарь американских идиом

  • Tip of The Thumb Heritage Water Trail — Water trails are routes on navigable waterways such as rivers, lakes, and canals for people using small non motorized boats such as kayaks, canoes, rafts, or rowboats. The trails are designed and implemented to foster an interactive historical… …   Wikipedia

  • Ball of the thumb — may be: * Thenar eminence, most fleshy portion of the palm of the human hand, located adjacent to the second joint of the thumb * Fleshy portion (opposite the nail), of the first segment (first phalange) of the human thumb …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”