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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Angoulême ( French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ɡulɛːm] ⓘ ; Poitevin-Saintongeais : Engoulaeme ; Occitan : Engoleime ) is a small city in the southwestern French department of Charente , of which it is the prefecture .
A city centre is the commercial, cultural and often the historical, political, and geographic heart of a city. The term "city centre" is primarily used in British English, and closely equivalent terms that exist in other languages, such as "centre-ville" in French, Stadtzentrum in German, or shìzhōngxīn (市中心) in Chinese.
Indre is a department in central France and is part of the region of Centre-Val de Loire. The capital and largest town in the department is Châteauroux . To the north of Indre lies Loir-et-Cher , to the east Cher , to the south lies Creuse and Haute-Vienne , to the southwest lies Vienne , and to the northwest lies Indre-et-Loire .
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.
Located in the western suburbs of the French capital, 17.1 km (10.6 mi) from the centre of Paris, Versailles is a wealthy suburb of Paris with a service-based economy and is a major tourist destination. According to the 2017 census, the population of the city is 85,862 inhabitants, down from a peak of 94,145 in 1975.
Orsay (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.It is located in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France, 20.7 km (12.9 mi) from the centre of Paris.
CityVille has reached 100 million monthly active players, Mashable reports. Though, it is still staggering to see one Facebook game reach nearly half of all social gamers in just about 40 days when.
Rodez (French pronunciation: ⓘ, ⓘ, locally:; Occitan: Rodés, ) is a small city and commune in the South of France, about 150 km northeast of Toulouse.It is the prefecture of the department of Aveyron, region of Occitania (formerly Midi-Pyrénées).