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The adjective particulier means "personal" or "private". The English word hotel developed a more specific meaning as a commercial building accommodating travellers; modern French also uses hôtel in this sense. For example, the Hôtel de Crillon on the Place de la Concorde was built as an hôtel particulier and is today a public hotel.
Palais de la Légion d'Honneur, also known as the Hôtel de Salm, 64 rue de Lille, Paris.. In French contexts, an hôtel particulier is a townhouse of a grand sort. Whereas an ordinary maison (house) was built as part of a row, sharing party walls with the houses on either side and directly fronting on a street, an hôtel particulier was often free-standing, and by the 18th century it would ...
France has a long tradition of social and state intervention in the provision of housing. In 1775, the Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans was built with a part dedicated to house workers. [ 1 ] In the 19th century the cités ouvrières (company towns) appeared, inspired by the Phalanstère of Charles Fourier . [ 2 ]
Americans in France consists of immigrants and expatriates from the United States as well as French people of American ancestry. Immigration to France from the United States dates back to the 19th century and according to the American embassy in Paris, as of 2015, there are about 100,000 American citizens residing in France.
[3] [4] The publisher of Le Particulier is Le Particulier Editions SA, [5] which was also acquired by the Figaro Group on 18 May 2009. [6] The former publisher of the magazine was the Group Express-Expansion. [7] Le Particulier was published monthly [5] [7] before its frequency was switched to weekly basis. [8] The magazine has its headquarters ...
French people living outside France (French: Français établis hors de France) are French citizens living outside the current territory of the French Republic. At the end of 2019, the French presence abroad was estimated at more than 2.5 million people. [1] They had the right to vote in the 2021 French consular elections. [2]
Paris (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of France.With an estimated population of 2,102,650 residents in January 2023 [2] in an area of more than 105 km 2 (41 sq mi), [5] Paris is the fourth-most populous city in the European Union, the ninth-most populous city in Europe and the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. [6]
France Info was founded in 1987 by Roland Faure and Jérôme Bellay. [1] [2] Year on year its audience has grown, notably after the social conflicts of 1995, 2003, and 2006.. It is frequently estimated to be the fourth largest French radio network in terms of listener numbers, after RTL, NRJ and France Int