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  2. Category:Villages in France by region - Wikipedia

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  3. List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants

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    Map of metropolitan France. As of January 2019, there were 473 communes in France (metropolitan territory and overseas departments and regions) with population over 20,000, 280 communes with population over 30,000, 129 communes with population over 50,000 and 42 communes with population over 100,000. [1]

  4. Category:Villages in France - Wikipedia

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    Villages, hamlets and other settlements in France, that are not independent communes. For communes, see Category:Communes in France by department . See also: Category:Former communes of France .

  5. Communes of France - Wikipedia

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    A parish was essentially a church, the houses around it (known as the village), and the cultivated land around the village. France was the most populous country in Europe at this time, with a population of approximately 25 million inhabitants in the late 18th century (England in contrast had only 6 million inhabitants), which accounts for the ...

  6. Les Plus Beaux Villages de France - Wikipedia

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    The idea of an association to gather the most beautiful villages of France was born in Collonges-la-Rouge, Corrèze in 1981. Charles Ceyrac, mayor of the village, was inspired by a Reader's Digest book entitled Les Plus Beaux Villages de France which included pictures of Collonges. He decided to launch an association that would unite villages ...

  7. List of satellite map images with missing or unclear data

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    Some locations on free, publicly viewable satellite map services have such issues due to having been intentionally digitally obscured or blurred for various reasons of this. [1] For example, Westchester County, New York asked Google to blur potential terrorism targets (such as an amusement park, a beach, and parking lots) from its satellite ...

  8. List of ghost towns by country - Wikipedia

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    Gavros, Kranionas and Ano Kraniounas are all abandoned villages located near Kastoria and Lake Prespa. The castle of Kato Chora is located near the village of Mylopotamos, Kythera. Old Perithia (or Palea Perithia) is a ghost village on the northern side of Corfu on the slopes of Mount Pantokrator. The village was originally established in the ...

  9. Regions of France - Wikipedia

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    France is divided into eighteen administrative regions (French: régions, singular région), of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France (in Europe), while the other five are overseas regions (not to be confused with the overseas collectivities, which have a semi-autonomous status).