Brécourt
Brécourt was a Nazi Germany bunker started inside an underground French Naval oil storage facility. On July 7, 1943, the site was ordered to be completed as a V-2 rocket launch facility.
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6,207 Articles of interest in France
Click on them to get its location and coordinatesBrive–La Roche Airport
Brive–La Roche Airport or Aérodrome de Brive – La Roche (IATA:
BVE, ICAO: LFBV) was an airport located 3.5 kilometres (1.9 NM) west of Brive-la-Gaillarde, a commune of the Corrèze department in the Limousin region of France.Brame
The Brame (Occitan: Brama, French: la Brame) is a 60.4 km (37.5 mi) long river in the Creuse and Haute-Vienne départements, central France. Its source is at La Souterraine. It flows generally west.
Boulogne – Pont de Saint-Cloud (Paris Métro)
Boulogne – Pont de Saint-Cloud is a station on Line 10 of the Paris Métro. The station lies under the Rond-Point Rhin et Danube, near the Pont de Saint-Cloud bridge over the Seine, in the commune of Boulogne-Billancourt.
Boulogne – Jean Jaurès (Paris Métro)
Boulogne - Jean Jaurès is a station on Line 10 of the Paris Métro in the 16th arrondissement. It lies under the Boulevard Jean Jaurès in the commune of Boulogne-Billancourt.
Bolesław Biegas
Bolesław Biegas (1877–1954) was a Polish surrealist artist (painter and sculptor), best known for his "vampire-as-femme fatale" style of painting.
Boissy-Saint-Léger (Paris RER)
Boissy-Saint-Léger is a railway station serving Boissy-Saint-Léger, an eastern suburb of Paris, France.
Boissière (Paris Métro)
Boissière is a station of the Paris Métro serving line 6 at the intersection of the Rue Boissière and the Avenue Kleber in the 16th arrondissement.
Blies
The Blies is a right tributary of the Saar in southwestern Germany (Saarland) and northeastern France (Moselle). The Blies flows from three springs in the Hunsrück near Selbach, Germany. It is approximately 100 km long, ending in the French city of …
Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg
The Prince-Bishopric of Strassburg was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire from the 13th century until 1803. During the late 17th century, most of its territory was annexed by France; this consisted of the areas on the left bank …
Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet
Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) and Grand Cru vineyard for white wine from Chardonnay in the Côte de Beaune subregion of Burgundy. It is located within the commune of Puligny-Montrachet. Bienvenues-Bâtard-Mon…
Bibliothèque municipale de Besançon
Bibliothèque municipale de Besançon is the most important library in Besançon, but also the first French building which was constructed to be the public library.
Beauséjour, Marne
Beauséjour was a village in France that was largely destroyed in World War I.
Baïse
The Baïse (pronounced: [baiːz]) (Occitan: Baïsa) is a 188-kilometre (117 mi) long river in south-western France, left tributary of the Garonne. Its source is in the foothills of the Pyrenees, near Lannemezan.
Bazas Cathedral
Bazas Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Bazas) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, located in Bazas, Gironde.
Baume Abbey
Baume Abbey, in its village of Baume-les-Messieurs, Jura, France, was founded as a Benedictine abbey not far from the still-travelled Roman road linking Besançon and Lyon. It stands near the source of the Dard in the Jura, France. Around it the pict…
Battle of Blain
The Battle of Blain, also called the Battle of Messac, was fought on 24 May 843 by the forces of Lambert II of Nantes and Erispoe, prince of Brittany, against Renaud, Frankish Count of Nantes. It arose from Breton resistance to Frankish power within…
Battant (Besançon)
Battant is one of the oldest parts of Besançon, Doubs, France, and has been under architectural protection since 1964. It is situated on the right bank of the river Doubs, north of the ox-bow that encircles the center of the city.
Basque Roads
Basque Roads is a sheltered bay on the Biscay shore of the Charente-Maritime département of France, bounded by the Île d'Oléron to the west and the Île de Ré to the north.
Basilique de Saint-Denis (Paris Métro)
Basilique de Saint-Denis is a Paris Métro station on line 13 in the town centre of Saint-Denis, north of Paris.
Azergues
The Azergues is a river in the Rhône department, in eastern France. It is a right tributary of the Saône, which it joins in Anse. Its source is in the Beaujolais hills, near Chénelette.
Avron (Paris Métro)
Avron is a station on Paris Métro Line 2, on the border of the 11th and 20th arrondissements.
Avre (Somme)
The Avre is a river in Picardie and is the principal tributary, from the left side, of the Somme.
Aven Armand
Aven Armand is a cave located in the Cévennes National Park, in the Lozère département, between Meyrueis and Sainte-Enimie.
Authie (river)
The Authie is a river in northern France whose 103-kilometre (64 mi) course crosses the departement of the Pas-de-Calais and the Somme. Its source is near the village of Coigneux. It flows through the towns of Doullens, Auxi-le-Château, Nempont-Sain…
Atxondo
Atxondo (in Basque and officially, in Spanish Axpe Achondo) is a municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain.
Assemblée Nationale (Paris Métro)
Assemblée Nationale is a station on Line 12 of the Paris Métro in the 7th arrondissement, named after the nearby French National Assembly.
Arènes de Metz
The Palais omnisport Les Arènes, often abbreviated as Les Arènes, is an indoor sports arena in Metz, France. It is the home venue of the Metz Handball team and the Open de Moselle men's tennis tournament, part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the…
Ardre
The Ardre is a fifth order river in France which flows into the Vesle (left tributary) thence into the Aisne, Oise and Seine.
Archives department of Seine-Maritime
The Archives of Seine-Maritime is an archival repository in the department of Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France.
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Wladimir-Le-Grand de Paris
The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Wladimir-Le-Grand de Paris (French: Éparchie Saint Vladimir le Grand de Paris des Ukrainiens) is an eparchy for Ukrainian Greek Catholics in France. The eparchy was erected on 22 July 1960 as apostolic exarcha…
Antibes Cathedral
Antibes Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Platea d'Antibes) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and national monument of France, located in the town of Antibes on the French Riviera. From the 5th or 6th century a cathedral was built on the site wher…
Antarès
Antarès is an indoor sporting arena located in Le Mans, France. The seating capacity of the arena, which was inaugurated in 1995, is 6,003 people when configured for Basketball.
Angoulême – Cognac International Airport
Angoulême – Cognac International Airport (French: Aéroport international d'Angoulême - Cognac), also known as Angoulême – Brie – Champniers Airport (French: Aéroport d'Angoulême - Brie - Champniers), (IATA: ANG, ICAO: LFBU) is an airport located 15 …
Anglin
The Anglin is a 91 km (57 mi) long river in the Creuse, Indre and Vienne départements in central France. Its source is near Azerables. It flows generally northwest.
Albert – Picardie Airport
Albert – Picardie Airport (French: Aéroport d'Albert - Picardie) (IATA: BYF, ICAO: LFAQ), sometimes referred to as Albert - Picardy Airport, is an airport serving Albert, a commune of the Somme department in the Picardy (Picardie) region of northern…