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Poitou Charentes, Limousin, Brittany, Ile de France, Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur, Burgundy, Nord Pas de Calais, Haute Normandie, Basse Normandie, Rhone Alps, Midi Pyrenees, Franche Comte, Auvergne, Pays de la Loire, Languedoc Roussillon, Centre Val de Loire, Aquitaine, Picardy, Champagne, Lorraine, Alsace French tourist missing in Australian outback: police22-year-old French woman has been reported missing in the Australian outback after she failed to return two days ago. Read more | Comments
EU: Barroso challenges Sarkozy to ensure emissions targets adoptedEuropean Commission President Barroso challenged French President Sarkozy to ensure that targets to combat climate change are adopted. Ailing Frenchwoman appeals for right to die52-year-old French mother of three, disfigured by a rare incurable disease, launched an impassioned appeal seeking the right to euthanasia. Sarkozy, Bruni make first foreign trip to Chad and South AfricaNicolas Sarkozy and first lady Carla Bruni leave Wednesday on their first foreign trip together, travelling to France's crisis-hit ex-colony Chad and on to South Africa. French man convicted for death threats to Sarkozy's sonFrench court convicted a man for issuing death threats by phone to President Nicolas Sarkozy's 10-year-old son. Slow Food guru rubbishes French cuisine's heritage bidSlow Food movement for sustainable cuisine rejected a call for French gastronomy to be added to UNESCO's world heritage list. Palestinian writers urge Paris Book Fair boycottPalestinian Writers' Union urged Arabic publishers to boycott next month's book fair in Paris because Israel will be the guest of honour. Supporters defend Sarkozy over farm show clashNicolas Sarkozy's supporters lined up to defend him after he was caught on video swearing at a member of the public Sarkozy outburst rings bells in PolandNicolas Sarkozy's slanging match with a man who refused to shake his hand rings bells for Poles Sarkozy admits insulting member of public was errorNicolas Sarkozy said in an interview Tuesday that he should have ignored a man who refused to shake his hand. British war heroine Pearl Cornioley diesWartime secret service agent Pearl Cornioley, who helped the French resistance movement, died on Sunday at a hospital in the French Loire Valley Sarkozy, new first lady meet hostage Betancourt's familyFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy and his new wife Carla Bruni met late Saturday with the family of Franco-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt Sarkozy's clash at farm show an Internet hitFootage of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's sharp exchange with a man who refused to shake his hand at an agriculture show collected hundreds of thousands of hits China urges Paris store boycottChina warned its citizens against shopping at a leading Paris department store that wrongly accused a young Chinese couple of trying to pay with a fake banknote France's Cotillard stunned by Oscars triumphCotillard became only the second woman to win the best actress award for a non-English speaking performance. Not just an Indian summerNew Delhi-based fashion designer Manish Arora summed it up succinctly: "It's great to be an Indian right now. And I can tell you, Indians have a lot of money." Important changes French healthcare systemImportant changes to the French healthcare system by www.siddalls.fr / www.siddalls.net EU - France to hold Afghanistan aid conference in JuneFrance will host an international conference on development aid for Afghanistan in late June to Societe Generale reveals depths of rogue trader fiascoRogue trader scandal at Societe Generale led to a 3.35-billion-euro loss in the fourth quarter of 2007, the French bank revealed France returns stolen art to Czech RepublicFrance returned 15 paintings to the Czech Republic that were seized last year from the car of suspected art traffickers en route to Paris |
Quick linksAbout FranceAdministrative divisions: France is divided into 26 administrative regions. 22 are in metropolitan France (21 are on the continental part of metropolitan France; one is the territorial collectivity of Corsica) , and four are overseas regions. The regions are further subdivided into 100 departments which are numbered (mainly alphabetically). This number is used in postal codes and vehicle number plates amongst others. The 100 departments are subdivided into 341 arrondissements which are, in turn, subdivided into 4,032 cantons. These cantons are then divided into 36,680 communes, which are municipalities with an elected municipal council. Demography: With an estimated population of 64.5 million people, France is the 19th most populous country in the world. France's largest cities are Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Toulouse, Nice, and Nantes. Popular searchesNew added properties |
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