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4 days ago · Map showing the language borders in Belgium today, declared in 1962. Green denotes the Flemish region and the Dutch-speaking area. In its heart, in grey, lies bilingual Brussels. The French-speaking area is in blue and the German-speaking area in yellow, together forming the Wallonian region.
4 days ago · New Caledonia is a group of islands in the south-west Pacific Ocean, lying between Australia and New Zealand, with a population of 270,000 people. It has been a French colony since the...
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3 days ago · The right-wing has been divided into three broad families by historian René Rémond. Legitimists. Counter-revolutionaries who opposed all change since the French Revolution. Today, they are located on the far-right of the French political spectrum. These included: The ultra-royalists during the Bourbon Restoration
May 10, 2024 · The legion headquarters is at Aubagne, a suburb of Marseille, where the primarily administrative 1st Foreign Regiment is stationed. Prospective recruits are sent from recruitment depots in France’s major cities (it is impossible to enlist abroad) to Aubagne, where they undergo the selection process.
6 days ago · Philip was thus given the dynastic title Count of Flanders in 1840. This was a reference to the old County of Flanders, which emerged in 865 when a knight who eloped with a French king’s daughter was given the title of count and a plot of swampy land.
May 15, 2024 · French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France consisting of five archipelagoes in the south-central Pacific Ocean. It includes some 130 islands scattered across part of the Pacific. The capital, Papeete, is on the island of Tahiti. Read more about French Polynesia here.
May 11, 2024 · Palace of Versailles, former French royal residence and center of government, now a national landmark. It is located in the city of Versailles in northern France, 10 miles (16 km) west-southwest of Paris.
