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Ville is a French word meaning "city" or "town", but its meaning in the Middle Ages was "farm" (from Gallo-Romance VILLA < Latin villa rustica) and then "village".The derivative suffix-ville is commonly used in names of cities, towns and villages, particularly throughout France, Canada and the United States.
Ville is a Finnish and Swedish male given name. Its name day is celebrated on the 6th of April. In Finland , it reached its peak of popularity in the last two decades of the 20th century.
Paris (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of France.With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 [3] in an area of more than 105 km 2 (41 sq mi), [4] 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. [5]
Ville, Oise, a commune in northern France; Villé, a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in north-eastern France; Ville (Germany), a range of hills in the Lower Rhine Bay in western Germany; The Ville, St. Louis, a historic neighborhood in North St. Louis; The Ville, a nickname for Somerville College, Oxford, United Kingdom
Aix-en-Provence: Hôtel de Ville, Aix-en-Provence: More images. Bouches-du-Rhône: 1668 Base Mérimée: PA00081058, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French).
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]
The suffix "-ville," from the French word for "city" is common for town and city names throughout the United States. Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock ...
Rennes (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Breton: Roazhon [ˈrwɑːõn]; Gallo: Resnn; Latin: Condate Redonum) is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine.