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6,207 Articles of interest in France

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  • Castles in Gers

    There are numerous castles in the Gers département of France. Many are little more than ruins and some are barely discernible, while others have been converted into modern homes.

  • Carentan Airfield

    Carentan Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Carentan in the Basse-Normandie region of northern France.

  • Canton of Roisel

    The Canton of Roisel is a former canton situated in the department of the Somme and in the Picardie region of northern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 22 commu…

  • Givors canal

    The Givors canal (French: Canal de Givors) was built between 1761 and 1781 to carry coal, other goods and passengers from Rive-de-Gier to Givors on the Rhone, running beside the Gier river.

  • Cambrai Memorial to the Missing

    The Cambrai Memorial to the Missing (sometimes referred to as the Louverval Memorial) is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) memorial for the missing soldiers of World War I who fought in the Battle of Cambrai on the Western Front.

  • Calvi Cathedral

    Calvi Cathedral (Pro-cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Calvi) is a former Roman Catholic cathedral in Calvi on the island of Corsica, and a national monument of France.

  • Calavon

    The Calavon (French: le Calavon, also called le Coulon) is an 88.3-kilometre (54.9 mi) long river in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Vaucluse départements, southeastern France. Its source is near Banon. It flows generally west-southwest.

  • Buzenval (Paris Métro)

    Buzenval is a station on line 9 of the Paris Métro, on the Rue de Buzenval. The station was opened on 10 December 1933 with the extension of the line from Richelieu - Drouot to Porte de Montreuil. The street is named after the commune of Buzenval, w…

  • Brasserie Thiriez

    Brasserie Thiriez is a small craft brewery located in Esquelbecq, a town in the Arrondissement of Dunkirk in the Nord département, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais région of France, quite close to the Belgian border.

  • Brague

    The Brague is a river in the département of Alpes-Maritimes and the région of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in France.

  • Boutonne

    The Boutonne (French: la Boutonne) is a 98.8 km (61.4 mi) long river in the Deux-Sèvres and Charente-Maritime départements, western France. Its source is in the village of Chef-Boutonne (French: head of the Boutonne). It flows generally southwest.

  • Bourg – Ceyzériat Airport

    Bourg – Ceyzériat Airport (French: Aéroport de Bourg - Ceyzériat) (ICAO: LFHS) is an airport located 5 km (3 NM) east of Bourg-en-Bresse and northwest of Ceyzériat, both communes of the Ain department in the Rhône-Alpes region of France.

  • Bourbre

    The Bourbre (French: la Bourbre) is a 72.2 km (44.9 mi) long river in the Isère and Rhône départements, central eastern France. Its source is in Burcin. It flows generally north-northwest.

  • Bernard Lyot Telescope

    The Bernard Lyot Telescope (Téléscope Bernard Lyot, or TBL) is a 2 m Cassegrain telescope operating in the visible domain, since 1980. It is located at 2877 m elevation on the Pic du Midi in the French Pyrenees.

  • Belfort Cathedral

    Belfort Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Christophe de Belfort) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Belfort, and has been a national monument of France since 1930.

  • Beaulieu-en-Rouergue Abbey

    Beaulieu-en-Rouergue Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in south-west France, founded in 1144. Today, the abbey houses a museum of contemporary art. It is located in the commune of Ginals in the north-east of the Tarn-et-Garonne department, Midi…

  • Bassin de Saint-Ferréol

    The Bassin de Saint-Ferréol was created as the result of a large earth dam across the mouth of the valley of Laudot stream at St. Ferréol in the Montagne Noire. It was originally proposed by Chevalier de Clerville and accepted by Pierre Paul Riquet …

  • Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc, Paris

    The Basilica of Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc is located on the Rue de Torcy and the Rue de la Chapelle in the quartier de la Chapelle of the 18th arrondissement of Paris. Its design was the subject of a contentious design competetition.

  • Bar (river)

    The Bar is a river in the Ardennes department, northern France, left tributary of the river Meuse. Its source is near Buzancy, in the southern part of the Ardennes department. It flows through Brieulles-sur-Bar, Tannay, Chémery-sur-Bar and Cheveuges…

  • Baie des Trépassés

    Baie des Trépassés (Breton: Bae an Anaon, French: Baie des Trépassés), or the Bay of the Dead, is a bay on Cap Sizun on the west coast of Finistère, in Brittany, France. The bay is located between Pointe du Raz and Pointe du Van, on the territory of…

  • Baie de Douarnenez

    The Baie de Douarnenez is a bay in Finistère, France, between the Crozon peninsula to the north and the cap Sizun to the south. It is formed of a vast semi-circular basin over 16 km wide and 20 km from its entrance to the opposite shore. Although ha…