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1 day ago · France, country of northwestern Europe. Historically and culturally among the most important nations in the Western world, France has also played a highly significant role in international affairs, with former colonies in every corner of the globe.
- People
Languages. French is the national language, spoken and...
- Cultural Life
Cultural life. For much of its history, France has played a...
- History
France - Revolution, Monarchy, Republic: Transalpine Gaul...
- Land
France lies near the western end of the great Eurasian...
- Midi-Pyrenees
Midi-Pyrenees, former region of France. As a region, it...
- Religion
France - Religion, Catholicism, Secularism: About...
- Resources and Power
France - Resources, Power, Economy: Compared with its...
- Revolution, Monarchy, Equality
France - Revolution, Monarchy, Equality: In an immediate...
- World War I
France - WWI, Battlefields, Armistice: Before a change in...
- The Cultural Scene
France - Art, Cuisine, History: Paris after World War II...
- People
1 day ago · Situated in the Provence region of southern France, it is located on the coast of the Gulf of Lion, part of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhône river. A resident of Marseille is a Marseillais . Marseille is the second most populous city in France, with 870,321 inhabitants in 2020 (Jan. census) [7] over a municipal territory of ...
- 240.62 km² (92.90 sq mi)
- Bouches-du-Rhône
11 hours ago · Which region in France. May 11, 2024, 6:42 AM. Planning to rent vacation home 2-3 weeks in October in France, with assorted guests coming and going. Had considered Dordogne but we’ll be carless and there are few transportation options in the region, plus with some guests only staying a few days, don’t want to be more than two hours from Paris.
1 day ago · Alsace (/ æ l ˈ s æ s /, US also / æ l ˈ s eɪ s, ˈ æ l s æ s /; French: ⓘ; Low Alemannic German/Alsatian: Elsàss; German: Elsass (German spelling before 1996: Elsaß.) ⓘ; Latin: Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland.
- 8,280 km² (3,200 sq mi)
- FR-A
- Alsatian
- France
1 day ago · Noresund, Norway. Europe, second smallest of the world’s continents, composed of the westward-projecting peninsulas of Eurasia (the great landmass that it shares with Asia) and occupying nearly one-fifteenth of the world’s total land area. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the south ...
2 days ago · Bordeaux ( / bɔːrˈdoʊ / bor-DOH, French: [bɔʁdo] ⓘ; Gascon Occitan: Bordèu [buɾˈðɛw]) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture of the Gironde department.
4 days ago · States / Regions / Districts In France. Ain. Aisne. Albi Le Sequestre. Allier. Alpes-Cote DAzur. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Alpes-Maritimes. Alsace. Aquitaine. Ardeche. Ardennes. Ariege. Aube. Aude. Auvergne. Aveyron. Bas-Rhin. Basse-Normandie. Bouches-du-Rhone. Bourgogne. Bretagne. Brittany. Burgundy. Calvados. Cantal. Cedex. Centre.
