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By August 2011, French Wikipedia was the 7th most visited site in France, with nearly 16 million unique visitors a month (according to Médiamétrie). In April 2012, it had 20 million unique visitors per month, or 2.4 million per day [ 10 ] with over 700 million page views.
The Gros-Horloge (English: Great-Clock) is a 14th century astronomical clock in Rouen, Normandy. [citation needed] The clock is installed in a Renaissance arch crossing the Rue du Gros-Horloge. The mechanism is one of the oldest in France, the movement having been made in 1389.
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It is possible that the street is located on the axis corresponding to the decumanus of the Gallo-Roman city of Rotomagus, the former name of Rouen.. In 1527, the street was spanned by a stone arch, which then led to the old town hall.
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France, [X] officially the French Republic, [XI] is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world.
In the early 19th century, a clock (French: horloge) was placed on the attic level, giving the pavilion its current name. The western façade was comprehensively remodeled by Hector-Martin Lefuel in the 1850s during the Second Empire. that is when the name of Pavillon Sully (after Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully) was given to it.
In 1942, 1943, and 1944 the whole of Metropolitan France thus used GMT+2 during the summer, and GMT+1 during the winter. [6] At the Liberation of France in the summer of 1944, Metropolitan France kept GMT+2 as it was the time then used by the Allies (British Double Summer Time). In the winter of 1944–1945, Metropolitan France switched to GMT+ ...