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Panchala (IAST: Pañcāla) was an ancient kingdom of northern India, located in the Ganges-Yamuna Doab of the Upper Gangetic plain which is identified as Kanyakubja or region around Kannauj. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] During Late Vedic times (c. 1100–500 BCE), it was one of the most powerful states of ancient India , closely allied with the Kuru Kingdom . [ 3 ]
Founded c. 600 BC by Greek settlers from Phocaea, Marseille is the oldest city in France, as well as one of Europe's oldest continuously inhabited settlements. [9] It was known to the ancient Greeks as Massalia and to Romans as Massilia. [9] [10] Marseille has been a trading port since ancient times. In particular, it experienced a considerable ...
Lille (/ ˈ l iː l /, LEEL; French: ⓘ; Dutch: Rijsel; Picard: Lile; West Flemish: Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders.Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the Nord department, and the main city of the European Metropolis of Lille.
The Hôtel de Ville (city hall) was completed in 1851. [11] When Savoy was annexed to France in 1860 with the Treaty of Turin, it became the capital of the new department of Haute-Savoie. Annecy was the site of the second round of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) talks in 1949. In 2012, a multiple murder occurred in the Annecy area ...
Bitche (English pronunciation: / b iː t ʃ / BEECH, French:; German and Lorraine Franconian: Bitsch) is a commune in Moselle department, in the region of Grand Est in northeastern France. It is the Pays de Bitche 's capital city, and the seat of the Canton of Bitche and the Pays de Bitche community of communes .
Chartres (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is the prefecture of the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region in France. It is located about 90 km (56 mi) [4] southwest of Paris.
This led to the expansion of the city into an important industrial center as part of the Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin. [7] The Lens Mining Company was founded in 1852 and experienced large profits. [8] The city, occupied from 1914 to 1918, was largely destroyed in the First World War and its population of 18,000 fell by half. [9]
Mulhouse is a commune with a population of 108,312 in 2019. [5] This commune is part of an urban unit also named Mulhouse with 247,065 inhabitants in 2018. [3]Additionally Mulhouse commune is the principal commune of the 39 communes which make up the communauté d'agglomération of Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération (m2A, population 280,000 in 2020).