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France is bordered by the United Kingdom (with a land border inside the Channel Tunnel), Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra, and Spain.
Metropolitan France possesses a wide variety of landscapes, from coastal plains in the north and west to mountain ranges in the south-east (the Alps) and the south-west (the Pyrenees).
France`s ultimate victory in World War I and World War II after initially being invaded and partly occupied by German forces did not prevent the loss of the empire, the comparative economic status, population and status as a dominant nation state.
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  France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine River to the Atlantic Ocean.
Metropolitan France possesses a large variety of landscapes, ranging from coastal plains in the north and west, where France borders the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, to the Pyrenees mountains in the south-west and the Alps in the south-east, the latter containing the highest point in western Europe, Mont Blanc at 4810 m.
In 2003, France's natural population growth (excluding immigration) was responsible for almost all the natural growth in European population: the population of the European Union increased by 216,000 inhabitants (without immigration), of which 211,000 was the increase in France's population alone, and 5,000 was the increase in all the other countries of the EU combined.
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Although the French monarchy is often dated to the 5th century, France's continuous existence as a separate entity begins with the 9th-century division of Charlemagne's Frankish empire into an eastern and a western part.
In recent decades, France's reconciliation and cooperation with Germany have proved central to the economic integration of Europe, including the introduction of the Euro in January 1999.
Today, France is at the forefront of European states seeking to exploit the momentum of monetary union to advance the creation of a more unified and capable European political, defense and security apparatus.
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Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean.
France uses a civil legal system; that is, law arises primarily from written statutes; judges are not to make law, but merely to interpret it (though the amount of judge interpretation in certain areas makes it equivalent to case law).
Metropolitan France covers 551,695 km² (213,010 sq mi) and possesses a wide variety of landscapes, from coastal plains in the north and west to mountain ranges of the Alps in the south-east, the Massif Central in the south-central and Pyrenees in the south-west.
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 France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the North Sea, and from the Rhine River to the Atlantic Ocean; it is bordered by the United Kingdom, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra, and Spain.
France possesses a large variety of landscapes, ranging from coastal plains in the north and west, where France borders the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, to the mountain ranges in the south (the Pyrenees) and the south-east (the Alps), the latter containing the highest point in western Europe, Mont Blanc at 4810 m.
Its historic main town is Saint-Denis, where the first gothic cathedral in the world was built in the 12th century, and inside which the kings of France are buried.
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 France
Though the French monarchy is often dated to the 5th century, France's continuous existence as a separate entity begins with the 9th-century division of Charlemagne's Frankish empire into an eastern and a western part.
Charlemagne's descendants ruled France until 987, when Hugh Capet, Duke of France and Count of Paris, was crowned King of France.
The foundation of France may be dated to 486 (unified by Clovis I).
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France is also a member of the United Nations, the WTO, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), the Indian Ocean Commission (COI), and is a partial member of NATO where it contributes troops and arms but has withdrawn from the joint military command.
Metropolitan France covers 551,695 Square kilometres (213,010 sq mi) and possesses a wide variety of landscapes, from coastal plains in the north and west to mountain ranges of the Alps in the south-east, the Massif Central in the south-central and Pyrenees in the south-west.
France's total land area, with its overseas departments and territories (excluding Adélie Land), is 674,843 square kilometres (260,558 sq mi), 0.45% of the total land area on Earth.
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 France - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
France is a democracy organised as a unitary semi-presidential republic.
Metropolitan France possesses a large variety of landscapes, ranging from coastal plains in the north and west, where France borders the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, to the Pyrenees mountains in the south-west and the Alps in the south-east, the latter containing the highest point in western Europe, Mont Blanc at 4810 m.
France was then the most populous state in Europe and the third in the World after China and India (see Demographics of France).
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 France - Gurupedia
Hugh Capet, Duke of France and Count of Paris, was crowned King of France.
France Telecom, in Air France, and in the insurance, banking, and defense industries.
France joined 10 other EU members to launch the euro on January 1, 1999, with euro coins and banknotes completely replacing the French franc in early
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 France
According to the WTO, in 2003 France was the fifth-largest exporter in merchandise trade in the world (behind the United States, Germany, Japan, and China, but ahead of the United Kingdom), and the fourth-largest importer (behind the United States, Germany, and China, but ahead of the United Kingdom and of Japan).
With over 77 million tourists a year, far ahead Spain (51.7 million) and United States (41.9 million) France is ranked as the major tourist destination in the world, featuring cities of high cultural interest (Paris being the foremost), beaches and seaside resorts, ski resorts and rural regions that many enjoy for their calm.
France is also a leading member or the International Organization of Francophonie (OIF) which gathers 51 fully or partly French-speaking countries.
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 France
On the left side of the map is a list of famous people such as Cominius and Divitaeus and on the right side is a list of tribes in Gallia as described by Caesar.
Rivers, lakes, mountains, forests, towns, and important cities are carefully detailed on the map.
The map is beautifully detailed and includes important cities and towns, lakes, rivers, oceans, forests and mountains.
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 France in History and French Historic Events in the Arkansas Encyclopedia Encyclopedia of Arkansas Arkansas History ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Though the French monarchy is often dated to the 5th century, France's continuous existence as a separate entity begins with the 9th-century division of Charlemagne's Frankish empire into an eastern and a western part.
I and II, France suffered extensive losses in its empire, wealth, manpower, and rank as a dominant nation-state.
France joined 11 other EU members to launch the euro on January 1, 1999, with euro coins and banknotes completely replacing the French franc in early 2002.
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 FRANCE FACTS AND INFORMATION
The French Republic or France (: ''République française'' or ''France'') is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western_Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents.France is a democracy organised as a unitary semi-presidential republic.
France has 26 ''régions'': 21 of these are in the continental part of metropolitan_France, one is Corse on the island of Corsica (although strictly speaking Corse is in fact a "territorial collectivity", not a ''région'', but is referred to as a ''région'' in common speech), 4 are overseas.
In reality, however, the legal founding of France is 843, date of the Treaty_of_Verdun, which divided the Frankish_Empire and created the kingdom of Francia Occidentalis (“Western Frankland”), from which France is descended.
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 France Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In between are found other elevated regions such as the Massif Central or the Vosges mountains and extensive river basins such as those of the Loire River, the Rhône River, the Garonne and Seine.
The borders of modern France closely align with those of the ancient territory of Gaul, inhabited by Celts known as Gauls.
His descendants (which formed the Capetian, Valois and Bourbon dynasties) ruled France until 1792, when the French Revolution established a republic (see also First Republic), in a period of increasingly radical change that began in 1789.
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 CNN.com - French ministers battle 'mad cow psychosis' - November 9, 2000
The ministers spoke as the list of towns around France banning beef from school cafeteria menus grew by two dozen.
Among them were Rennes, in Brittany, which issued a temporary ban, and Perigueux, which became the fourth town in the Dordogne region to ban beef.
"I don't see France as an isolated case," he said, adding the recent higher incidence of the disease were the consequence of improved surveillance and random testing.
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 List of towns in France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of towns or cities in France.
There is no difference between cities and towns, because such statuses do not exist in France.
Choosing city, town or village to name a French place is a statistical issue, not a status issue, since all places have the same status.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_towns_in_France   (335 words)

  
 Beyond's Online Towns/Villages List
Beyond brings you first-hand descriptions of towns and villages of the Provence, Alpes, Côte d'Azur region of France.
We describe the towns and villages to give you a true feel of what they're like, to help you decide on visiting or imagine a virtual visit.
Lists of all towns/village in Provence, Alpes, Cote d'Azur (PACA)
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 Study Abroad in France
France is world-renowned for its rich history and spectacular cuisine.
France’s beautiful countryside is abundant with vineyards and farms.
Cosmopolitan cities and quaint towns make France a diverse country ripe in culture and charm.
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The economy of France, a highly diversified market economy with now only a handful of state-owned companies, is among the most developed ones, with large input of high technologies.
France also has a leading aerospace industry and is the only European power to have its own national space centre.
Conversely, it experienced a much stronger growth in the second half of the 20th century than the rest of Europe or indeed its own growth in the previous centuries.
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 CNN.com - French ministers battle 'mad cow psychosis' - November 9, 2000
The ministers spoke as the list of towns around France banning beef from school cafeteria menus grew by two dozen.
Among them were Rennes, in Brittany, which issued a temporary ban, and Perigueux, which became the fourth town in the Dordogne region to ban beef.
"I don't see France as an isolated case," he said, adding the recent higher incidence of the disease were the consequence of improved surveillance and random testing.
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Cedras is now in Panama, the only rival to France as the favorite haven for former dictators -- Juan Domingo Peron of Argentina and the Shah of Iran once took refuge there, and Guatemala's Jorge Serrano is a great success as a racehorse owner.
Paratroopers would arrive in a region with a list of "subversives" and provide it to local vigilante groups.
Entire populations of towns and villages were herded to central locations and massacred.
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 Cyndi's List - France
A "moderated" mailing list, gatewayed with the soc.culture.basque "moderated" newsgroup, that provides Basques the world over with a virtual place to discuss social, political, cultural or any other issues related to Basques, or to request information and discuss matters related to the Basque people and/or their culture.
The language for the list is French and you must be a member of the Cercle Genealogical de la Manche society to participate in the list.
A multilingual English-French-German mailing list for anyone with a genealogical, cultural or historical interest in the city of Rosheim and surrounding areas at the foot of Mount Sainte-Odile, Alsace, nowadays France.
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 France web design & development firms on The Firm List France
France web design & development firms on The Firm List France
Your source for finding web design & development firms as well as individual web designers, developers, programmers and other multimedia & new media professionals from all over the world, including France.
The site has been growing since 1998 and now features more than 15,000 firms in over 175 countries.
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 UK-GolfGuide.com: A Guide To the Golf Courses and Golf Clubs of France (Towns A to F)
Presented on these pages is an A to Z list of towns in France having golf clubs in or near to them.
If you know that any of the information presented on this page is inaccurate or out of date, please send us a message and let us know.
Mention the actual page address or the name and town of the club or course concerned.
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 Hotels in France - accommodation in France - French Holiday homes Gites
Click from the list on the left or on the map for the region you are visiting, or see the list of TOWNS for
For a list of major / popular towns in the UK go here >>>> Accommodation in the UK or Main site
For a list of towns in Holland go here >>>> Accommodation in Holland or Main site
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 France Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
White Pages - Residential Phonenumbers from France Telecom (does not include other operators)
Yellow Pages - Business Phonenumbers from France Telecom
*List Your Site Here for Free: Simply link to this page from your website and a reciprocal link back to your referring page will automatically appear above.
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 tourist information for France - a guide to France
France tourist information - French towns to see- hotels in France - attractions to visit - and French gites to book online
brings you tourist information for visitors to France, from attractions to visit, countryside to explore and much more....
For French holidays, vacation or business trips, choose a French region or French department area to visit for a tourist guide with information on attractions and hotel accommodation - as well as details on tourist offices in France.
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 Hotels accommodation UK France Spain Holland Italy.. holiday homes gites villas hotels cottages accommodation Europe
Hotels, BandB's and self catering accommodation in the UK Ireland France Holland Germany Belgium Italy.
The list has been drawn up in good faith against the instructions and photos supplied.
Any complaints arising should be directed to the proprietors.
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 Beyond's Online Towns/Villages List
Beyond brings you first-hand descriptions of towns and villages of the Provence, Alpes, Côte d'Azur region of France.
We describe the towns and villages to give you a true feel of what they're like, to help you decide on visiting or imagine a virtual visit.
We feel ours are the best comprehensive population figures available to
www.beyond.fr /villages/index.html   (171 words)

  
 The Firm List France
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