Fort-de-France 3rd Canton Fort-de-France 4th Canton Fort-de-France 5th Canton Fort-de-France 6th Canton Fort-de-France 7th Canton Fort-de-France 8th Canton Fort-de-France...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Chillon Castle (redirect from Chateau de chillon)
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...
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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...
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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...
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Cayenne (redirect from Cayenne, France)
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Valais (redirect from Wallis (canton))
/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...
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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,...
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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...
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Paris (redirect from Paris, Île-de-France, France)
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Municipal history of Quebec (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
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...
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Chambly, Quebec (redirect from Chambly-Canton, Quebec)
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...
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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...
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The demography of France is monitored by the Institut national d'études démographiques (INED) and the Institut national de la statistique et des études...
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Versailles, Yvelines (redirect from Versailles, Ile-de-France)
Versailles (French pronunciation: [vɛʁsɑj] ) is a commune in the department of the Yvelines, Île-de-France, renowned worldwide for the Château de Versailles...
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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...
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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...
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Cambrai, an arrondissement of France, located in the Nord department, in the Nord-Pas de Calais region. It has 7 cantons and 116 communes. Cambrai, a commune...
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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...
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Îles des Saintes (redirect from Pain de sucre (Les Saintes))
overseas department of France. It is part of the Canton of Trois-Rivières and is divided into two communes: Terre-de-Haut and Terre-de-Bas. It is in the arrondissement...
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