Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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]
This page was last edited on 27 February 2016, at 12:18 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
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 .
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 ...
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 ...
Twin towns of Montigny-le-Bretonneux Map of France. This is a list of municipalities in France which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
The village categories for some countries are combined with categories for other types of settlements because no official distinction is made locally. See also: Category:Populated places by country Subcategories
List of villages in China; E. List of villages in Estonia; H. List of villages in Hong Kong; J. List of villages in Japan; L. List of populated places in Luxembourg; M.