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Fort de Joux (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ də ʒu]) or Château de Joux (French pronunciation: [ʃato də ʒu]) is a castle, later transformed into a fort,...

government and parliament is in the city of Geneva. Geneva is the French-speaking westernmost canton of Switzerland. It lies at the western end of Lake Geneva...

The canton of Bern, or Berne (German: Kanton Bern; French: canton de Berne; Romansh: Chantun Berna; Italian: Canton Berna), is one of the 26 cantons forming...

Fort Vaux (French: Fort de Vaux), in Vaux-Devant-Damloup, Meuse, France, was a polygonal fort forming part of the ring of 19 large defensive works intended...

together with the Fort du Scex and the Grotte aux Fées. "Position de barrage de Saint-Maurice" (PDF). Monuments militaires dans le canton du Valais. Swiss...

Chillon Castle (French: Château de Chillon) is an island medieval castle located on Lake Geneva, south of Veytaux in the canton of Vaud. It is situated...

Martinique. Fort-de-France 1st Canton Fort-de-France 2nd Canton Fort-de-France 3rd Canton Fort-de-France 4th Canton Fort-de-France 5th Canton Fort-de-France 6th...

The Fort de Maulde, also known as Fort de Beurnonville and the Ensemble de Maulde, is located to the south of Maulde, France. It is part of the Fortified...

merger of the former Communauté de communes Authie-Maye, the Communauté de communes du Canton de Nouvion and the Communauté de communes du Haut Clocher. It...

kilometres (4,400 mi). Fort-de-France, capital of Martinique: 1,500 kilometres (930 mi). Nouméa, capital of New Caledonia (France) : 15,427 kilometres (9...

1°40′7″E / 50.27306°N 1.66861°E / 50.27306; 1.66861 The Canton of Rue is a canton situated in the department of the Somme and in the Hauts-de-France region...

The Fort de Seclin, also known as Fort Duhoux, is located near the commune of Seclin, France, about 9.5 kilometres (5.9 mi) south of Lille. Built from...

fleur-de-lis, also spelled fleur-de-lys (plural fleurs-de-lis or fleurs-de-lys), is a common heraldic charge in the (stylized) shape of a lily (in French,...

belt of fortifications around Lyon, which also includes Fort de Vancia, Fort de Feyzin and Fort du Mont Verdun. Its history is linked to the Franco-Prussian...

/ˈvæleɪ/ VAL-ay, US: /væˈleɪ/ val-AY; French: [valɛ] ), more formally, the Canton of Valais, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It...

Washington and his men reached Fort Le Boeuf. Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre succeeded Marin as commander of the French forces after Marin died on October...

known as the City of Light. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271...

included as part of the municipality. Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste was the capital of the eponymous former canton. It forms part of the historical comarca of...

The Fort de la Pompelle, also known as Fort Herbillon, is one of a number of forts built around Reims after 1870 as part of a fortification belt in the...

Saint-Eugène-de-Grantham changed its name to Saint-Eugène. The Municipality of Sud-Ouest-du-Canton-de-Ham changed its name to Saint-Adrien. 7 June: The Indian...

Lawrence River. It was formed from the merger in 1965 of Fort-Chambly (formerly Chambly-Canton prior to 1952) and the old city of Chambly (formerly Chambly-Basin...

subdivisions, and some cantons have bilingual status: for example, cities such as Biel/Bienne and cantons such as Valais, Fribourg and Bern. French is the native...

The demography of France is monitored by the Institut national d'études démographiques (INED) and the Institut national de la statistique et des études...

Versailles (French pronunciation: [vɛʁsɑj] ) is a commune in the department of the Yvelines, Île-de-France, renowned worldwide for the Château de Versailles...

The Banque de l'Indochine (French: [bɑ̃k də lɛ̃dɔʃin]), originally Banque de l'Indo-Chine ("Bank of Indochina"), was a bank created in 1875 in Paris to...

48°46′7″N 2°31′54″E / 48.76861°N 2.53167°E / 48.76861; 2.53167 Fort de Sucy was built following the Franco-Prussian War to defend Paris. Located to...

located in the Jura Mountains near the Swiss border with France. The fort defended the Col de Jougne at Vallorbe, one of the few points in the Jura that...

British subjects led in 1847 to the Expedition to Canton which assaulted and took, by a coup de main, the forts of the Bocca Tigris resulting in the spiking...

The Third Battle of Taku Forts (Chinese: 第三次大沽口之戰) was an engagement of the Second Opium War, part of the British and French 1860 expedition to China...