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Villefranche-sur-Mer (US: / ˌ v iː l (ə) ˈ f r ɒ̃ ʃ s ʊər ˈ m ɛər /, [3] French: [vilfʁɑ̃ʃ syʁ mɛʁ]; Occitan: Vilafranca de Mar [ˌvilɔˈfʀaŋkɔ de ˈmaʀ]; Italian: Villafranca Marittima [ˌvillaˈfraŋka maˈrittima]) is a resort town in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera and is located south-west of the ...
Each overseas department is the sole department in its own overseas region (French: région d'outre-mer) with powers identical to the regions of metropolitan France. Because of the one-to-one correspondence, informal usage does not distinguish the two, and the French media use the term département d'outre-mer (DOM) almost exclusively.
The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial ( French: Cimetière américain de Colleville-sur-Mer) is a World War II cemetery and memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, that honors American troops who died in Europe during World War II. It is located on the site of the former temporary battlefield cemetery of Saint Laurent, covers ...
Rochefort(French pronunciation:[ʁɔʃfɔʁ]ⓘ; Occitan: Ròchafòrt), unofficially Rochefort-sur-Mer(French pronunciation:[ʁɔʃfɔʁsyʁmɛʁ]; Occitan: Ròchafòrt de Mar) for disambiguation, is a city and communein Southwestern France, a porton the Charente estuary. It is a subprefectureof the Charente-Maritimedepartment, located in the ...
Dives-sur-Mer. 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Dives-sur-Mer ( French pronunciation: [div syʁ mɛʁ] ⓘ, literally Dives on Sea; Norman: Dives sus Mé) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in northwestern France .
Boulogne-sur-Mer is in Northern France, at the edge of the Channel and in the mouth of the river Liane. In a direct line, Boulogne is approximately at 30 kilometres (19 miles) from Calais , 50 kilometres (31 miles) from Folkestone , 100 kilometres (62 miles) from Lille and Amiens , 150 kilometres (93 miles) from Rouen and London and 215 ...
Courseulles-sur-Mer ( French pronunciation: [kuʁsœl syʁ mɛʁ] ⓘ, lit.'Courseulles on Sea' ), commonly known as Courseulles, is a commune in the Calvados department, Normandy, northwestern France. Until 1957, the town's name was simply Courseulles. [ 3 ] It lies 3 km west of Bernières-sur-Mer and 18 km north of Caen.
The following is a list of border crossing points in France (French: points de passages frontaliers, or "PPF") forming the external border of the Schengen Area.By contrast, the term points de passages autorisés ("PPA") refers to the crossing points at the border between France and other Schengen countries (i.e. internal borders of the Schengen Area).