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The parish of Franca was founded on December 03, 1805, being part of the territory of Vila de Mogi Mirim until 1824, when it was emancipated by João VI and named Vila Franca do Imperador in honor of the Emperor Pedro I of Brazil. It received the status of city on April 24, 1856.
Franca, Brazil. Franca, city, in the highlands of northeastern São Paulo estado (state), southern Brazil. It lies at 3,314 feet (1,010 metres) above sea level. Known variously as Vila Franca del Rei and Vila Franca do Imperador, it was given town status in 1824 and was made the seat of a municipality in 1856.
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2 days ago · France is among the globe’s oldest nations, the product of an alliance of duchies and principalities under a single ruler in the Middle Ages. Today, as in that era, central authority is vested in the state, even though a measure of autonomy has been granted to the country’s régions in recent decades. The French people look to the state as ...
French imports from Brazil (2018): €3 billion (+2%) - Brazil is France’s 31st largest supplier Trade balance (2018): €1.5 billion (+24%) - France’s 11th largest global surplus The dynamic of economic relations is based both on trade and investment in a country which French companies no longer regard merely as a market but as a component ...
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This is also the origin of its name in English, "France", which derived from Old French. In most of the Germanic languages (though notably not in English), France is known as the historical "Land of the Franks", for example Frankreich ( Reich of the Franks) in German, Frankrijk ( Rijk of the Franks) in Dutch, Frankrike ( Rike of the Franks) in ...
French Colonization in Brazil. Brazil was the first region in the Americas frequented by the French, who competed with the Portuguese from 1504 to 1615. Brazil was a port of call en route to the East Indies, and it abounded in profitable resources, including logwood (used to dye Rouen cloth).
1555 French map of Guanabara Bay. France Antarctique (formerly also spelled France antartique) was a French colony in Rio de Janeiro, in modern-day Brazil, which existed between 1555 and 1567, and had control over the coast from Rio de Janeiro to Cabo Frio.
