Country

France

Also Known As French Republic

Western Europe

France, officially the French Republic, is a country primarily located in Western Europe. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Its capital is Paris.

Facts

Capital

Paris 2

Population

69,081,996 2

January 2026 estimate.

Population Estimate Year

2026 2

Area (sq km)

632,702.3 2

Total area including metropolitan France and overseas France.

Independence or Founding Year

843 3

Landlocked

No 4

Income Group

High 5

Government Type

Republic 4

Classification

Sovereignty Status

UN Member State 1

France

Regions

Territories

French Guiana

France

French Polynesia

France

Guadeloupe

France

Martinique

France

New Caledonia

France

Réunion

France

Wallis and Futuna

France

Cities

156 entries

Continent

Country (Contained By)

Population Band

Subregion

Capital Status

Founding Era

Founding Era (Approximate Range)

Elevation Band

Coastal or Inland

Climate Zone

Time Zone

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FAQs

Where does the name France come from?

France comes from the Latin Francia, meaning Land of the Franks.

The name France derives from the Latin name Francia, meaning Land of the Franks. The Franks were a group of Germanic tribes living along the middle and lower Rhine River in the 3rd century A.D. The origin of the tribal name itself is unclear. It may come from the Old German word franka, meaning brave, or from a personal name such as Francio or Francus.

Connections

Associated With

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes is a region of France.

Source Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes (Wikipedia)

Bocage

Bordeaux

Camargue

Grand Est

Grand Est is a region of France.

Source Grand Est (Wikipedia)

Lille

Loire Valley

Lyon

Source Lyon (Wikipedia)

Marseille

Source Marseille (Wikipedia)

Nantes

Source Nantes (Wikipedia)

Nice

Source Nice (Wikipedia)

Occitanie

Occitanie is a region of France.

Source Occitanie (Wikipedia)

Paris

Source Paris (Wikipedia)

Pays de la Loire

Pays de la Loire is a region of France.

Source Pays de la Loire (Wikipedia)

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur is a region of France.

Source Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur (Wikipedia)

Pyrenees

Strasbourg

Source Strasbourg (Wikipedia)

The Alps

Source Alps (Wikipedia)

Toulouse

Source Toulouse (Wikipedia)

Verdon Gorge

Western Europe

Source Western Europe (Wikipedia)

Bordered By Water

Andorra

Source CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Andorra

Source Lake Geneva (Wikipedia)

Ligurian Sea

Luxembourg

Source CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Luxembourg

Monaco

Source CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Monaco

North Sea

Source North Sea (Wikipedia)

Strait of Bonifacio

Strait of Dover

Tyrrhenian Sea

Has Capital

Paris

Paris is the capital of France.

Source Paris (Wikipedia)

Long-Form Articles

France's Ocean Is Almost Never Near France

Rivers Through Territory

Loire River

Rhine River

The Rhine defines much of the Franco-German border.

Source Rhine (Wikipedia)

Rhone River

Seine River

In the Other Atlases

Same As

France

Also in Divinity Atlas: the same subject.

France

Also in Political Atlas: the same subject.

Has Member

Group of Eight (G8)

Also in Economics Atlas: a member of this subject.

Participant In

Franco-Prussian War

Also in History Atlas: a participant in this subject.

Suez Crisis

Also in History Atlas: a participant in this subject.

Nationals Include

Georges Hilaire Bousquet

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Source Georges Hilaire Bousquet (Wikipedia)Lead, description

Quote, Lead, description

was a French legal scholar

Georges Ripert

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Georges Ripert (Wikipedia)tier 2

Georges Scelle

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Georges Vedel

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Georges Vedel (Wikipedia)tier 2

Gilbert Guillaume

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Gilbert Guillaume (Wikipedia)tier 2

Guillaume Durand

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Guillaume Durand (Wikipedia)tier 2

Gustave Émile Boissonade

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Guy Canivet

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Guy Canivet (Wikipedia)tier 2

Guy Ladreit de Lacharrière

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Hélène Ruiz Fabri

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Source Helene Ruiz Fabri, Wikipedia

Hélène Tigroudja

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Source Helene Tigroudja, WikipediaLead sentence 1

Quote, Lead sentence 1

Hélène Tigroudja (born 19 July 1975) is a French jurist and international law expert.

Henri Capitant

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Henri Capitant (Wikipedia)tier 2

Henri Donnedieu de Vabres

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Source Henri Donnedieu de Vabres (Wikipedia)tier 2

Henri Fromageot

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Henri Fromageot (Wikipedia)

Hugues Doneau

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Hugues Doneau (Wikipedia)tier 2

Ivo of Chartres

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Ivo of Chartres (Wikipedia)tier 2

Jacqueline Gourault

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Jacqueline Gourault (Wikipedia)tier 2

Jacques Cujas

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Jacques Cujas (Wikipedia)tier 2

Jacques de Maleville

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Jacques de MalevilleLead sentence 1tier 3

Quote, Lead sentence 1

Jacques de Maleville (19 June 1741- 22 November 1824) was a French jurist and politician and one of the main contributors to the Napoleonic Code.

Jacques de Revigny

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Jacques de Révigny (Wikipedia)tier 2

Jacques Maritain

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Source Jacques Maritain (Wikipedia)tier 2

Jacques Mezard

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Source Jacques Mézard (Wikipedia)tier 2

Jean Bodin

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Jean Bodin (Wikipedia)

Jean Domat

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1tier 2

Quote, Lead sentence 1

Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis (1 April 1746 – 25 August 1807) was a French jurist and politician in the time of the French Revolution and the First Empire.

Jean-Jacques-Regis de Cambaceres

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Jean-Jacques-Regis de CambaceresLead sentence 1tier 3

Quote, Lead sentence 1

Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, Duke of Parma (French: [ʒɑ̃ ʒak ʁeʒis də kɑ̃baseʁɛs]; 18 October 1753 – 8 March 1824), was a French lawyer and statesman active during the French Revolution and the First French Empire.

Jeanne Chauvin

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Source Jeanne Chauvin (Wikipedia)tier 2

Jean-Paul Costa

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Source Jean-Paul Costa (Wikipedia)tier 2

Jean-Pierre Cot

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Source Jean-Pierre Cot (Wikipedia)tier 2

Joseph Louis Elzéar Ortolan

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Joseph Louis Elzéar Ortolan (Wikipedia)Lead, description

Quote, Lead, description

was a French jurist

Jules Basdevant

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Jules Basdevant (Wikipedia)tier 2

Jules Liégeois

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Source Jules Liégeois (Wikipedia)Lead, description

Quote, Lead, description

was a French jurist who was also widely known

Laurence Vichnievsky

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Laurence Vichnievsky (Wikipedia)tier 2

Laurent Fabius

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Léon Duguit

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Leon Duguit (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1tier 2

Quote, Lead sentence 1

Léon Duguit (1859–1928) was a leading French scholar of public law (droit public).

Louis Ignacio-Pinto

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Louis Ignacio-Pinto (Wikipedia)tier 2

Louis Josserand

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Louis Josserand

Louis Renault (jurist)

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Louis Renault (jurist) (Wikipedia)tier 2

Marc Perrin de Brichambaut

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Marc Perrin de Brichambaut (Wikipedia)

Marcel Planiol

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Marcel Planiol (Wikipedia)tier 2

Mattias Guyomar

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Mattias Guyomar (Wikipedia)tier 2

Maurice Hauriou

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Maurice Hauriou (Wikipedia)tier 2

Michel Debré

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Michel Debré (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality

Quote, Lead, nationality

was the first Prime Minister of the French Fifth Republic

Mireille Delmas-Marty

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Mireille Delmas-Marty (Wikipedia)

Montesquieu

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Montesquieu (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1tier 2

Quote, Lead sentence 1

Charles Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (18 January 1689 – 10 February 1755), generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French jurist, historian, and political philosopher.

Nicolas Guillou

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Nicolas Guillou (Wikipedia)tier 2

Nicolas Hentz

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Nicolas Hentz (Wikipedia)tier 2

Norodom Ranariddh

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Paul Fauchille

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Source Paul Fauchille (Wikipedia)tier 2

Philippe Sands

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Philippe Sands (Wikipedia)tier 2

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Origin Of

Aubrac Cattle

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Aubrac cattle (Wikipedia)Infobox: country

Quote, Infobox: country

France

Camargue Horse

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Camargue horse (Wikipedia)Infobox: country

Quote, Infobox: country

France

Checkered Giant Rabbit

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Source Checkered Giant rabbit (Wikipedia)Lead section

Quote, Lead section

is a breed of domestic rabbit that originated in France.

Faverolles Chicken

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Source Faverolles chicken (Wikipedia)Infobox: country

Quote, Infobox: country

France

Harlequin Rabbit

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Source Harlequin rabbit (Wikipedia)Lead section

Quote, Lead section

is a colourful breed of domestic rabbit originating from France.

Houdan Chicken

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Source Wikipedia: Houdan ChickenLead sectiontier 2

Quote, Lead section

is a French breed of domestic chicken.

Lacaune Sheep

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Source Lacaune sheep (Wikipedia)Lead section

Quote, Lead section

is a breed of domestic sheep originating near Lacaune in southern France.

Limousin Cattle

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Source Limousin cattle (Wikipedia)Infobox: country

Quote, Infobox: country

France

Maine-Anjou Cattle

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Source Maine-Anjou (Wikipedia)Infobox: country

Quote, Infobox: country

France

Montbeliarde Cattle

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Source Montbéliarde (Wikipedia)Lead section

Quote, Lead section

eastern France.

Normande Cattle

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Source Normande (Wikipedia)Infobox: country

Quote, Infobox: country

France

Percheron

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Source Percheron (Wikipedia)Infobox: country

Quote, Infobox: country

France

Rambouillet

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Source Wikipedia: American Rambouillet, WikipediaLead section

Quote, Lead section

It derives from the historic Rambouillet of France.

Rouen Duck

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Source The Livestock Conservancy: Rouen Duck - Heritage Breeds, The Livestock ConservancyBreed page for Rouen Duck

Quote, Breed page for Rouen Duck

Among the domestic ducks raised by French farmers several hundred years ago were some resembling large Mallards.

Salers Cattle

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Source Salers cattle (Wikipedia)Lead section

Quote, Lead section

is a breed of cattle which originated in Cantal in the Massif Central of France.

Toulouse Goose

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Source Toulouse goose (Wikipedia)Infobox: country

Quote, Infobox: country

France

Architecture Terrible

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Source Architecture terrible (Wikipedia)Lead and history sections

Quote, Lead and history sections

was an architectural style advocated by French architect Jacques-François Blondel in his nine-volume treatise Cours d'architecture (1771–77).

Art Deco

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Source Encyclopedia Britannica

Beaux-Arts Architecture

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Source Wikipedia

Brutalism

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Source Encyclopedia Britannica

Chateauesque Architecture

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Cistercian Architecture

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Directoire Style

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Egyptian Revival Architecture

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Source Wikipedia

Empire Style

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Source Empire (style) - Wikipedia

Flamboyant Gothic Architecture

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Source Flamboyant (Wikipedia)Lead

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a lavishly decorated style of Gothic architecture that appeared in France and Spain in the 15th century

French Colonial Architecture

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French Gothic architecture

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French Provincial Architecture

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Source French Provincial architecture (Wikipedia)Lead and history sections

Quote, Lead and history sections

French Provincial architecture, also known as French Eclectic architecture, is a revivalist architectural style based on manor houses or chateaux homes which were built by French aristocrats beginning in the 1600s.

French Restoration style

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Gothic Architecture

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Source Encyclopedia Britannica

Goût Rothschild

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Source Goût Rothschild (Wikipedia)Lead and history sections

Quote, Lead and history sections

describes a detailed, elaborate style of interior decoration and living which had its origin in France, Britain, Austria, and Germany

Henry II style

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Henry IV Style

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High-Tech Architecture

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Source Encyclopedia Britannica

Louis Philippe style

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Louis XIV Style

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Louis XV style

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Louis XVI Style

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Merovingian Architecture

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Neoclassical Architecture

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Source Encyclopedia Britannica

Neo-Grec Architecture

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Norman Architecture

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Plantagenet Style

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Rayonnant Gothic Architecture

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Source Rayonnant (Wikipedia)Lead

Quote, Lead

Rayonnant was a style of Gothic Architecture which was developed in France in the 13th century.

Rococo Architecture

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Source Wikipedia

Second Empire Architecture

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Source Wikipedia

Second Empire Architecture in Europe

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Southern French Gothic

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Alfred Sisley

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Source Wikipediatier 2

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Location Of

The First Photograph

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Source View from the Window at Le Gras (Wikipedia)Lead

Quote, Lead

in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, France

Battle of the Somme

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Source Battle of the Somme (National Army Museum)

June Days uprising

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Treaty of Bretigny

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Atonement

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Source Atonement (novel) (Wikipedia)Lead

Quote, Lead

Set in three time periods, 1935 England, Second World War England and France, and present-day England, it covers an upper-class girl's half-innocent mistake that ruins lives, her adulthood in the shadow of that mistake, and a reflection on the nature of writing.

Germinal

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Source Germinal (novel) (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph, sentence naming the settingtier 2

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Often considered Zola's masterpiece and one of the most significant novels in the French tradition, the novel – an uncompromisingly harsh and realistic story of a coalminers' strike in northern France in the 1860s – has been published and translated in over one hundred countries.

The Count of Monte Cristo

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Source The Count of Monte Cristo (Wikipedia)Lead paragraphtier 2

Quote, Lead paragraph

The novel is set in France, Italy

The Red and the Black

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Source The Red and the Black (Wikipedia)Plot, Book I

Quote, Plot, Book I

the ambitious son of a carpenter in the fictional village of Verrières, in Franche-Comté, France

BOC Challenge

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Source Velux 5 Oceans Race (Wikipedia)Velux 5 Oceans 2010-11

Quote, Velux 5 Oceans 2010-11

started in La Rochelle (France), on October 17, 2010, and finished in the same port

Dakar Rally

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Source Dakar Rally (Wikipedia)Lead, original start

Quote, Lead, original start

The event began in 1978 as a rally from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal.

Rugby Europe Under-18 Championship

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Source Rugby Europe Under-18 Championship (Wikipedia)Lead, hosts

Quote, Lead, hosts

It has been held alternatingly in France and Italy, except for 2012 when it was held in Spain.

Rugby League World Cup

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Source Rugby League World Cup (Wikipedia)Lead

Quote, Lead

The inaugural tournament was held in France in 1954

Super League

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Source Super League (Wikipedia)Lead, France

Quote, Lead, France

twelve from Northern England, the sport's heartland, and two from southern France

Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc

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Source Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (Wikipedia)Lead, host country

Quote, Lead, host country

beginning and ending in Chamonix, France

World Athletics Championships

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Source World Athletics Championships (Wikipedia)History, participation

Quote, History, participation

By the 2003 competition, in Paris, it had grown to 1,679 athletes from 198 countries

World Glider Aerobatic Championships

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Source World Glider Aerobatic Championships (Wikipedia)Section edition list, host country, host country (4)

Quote, Section edition list, host country, host country (4)

6th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Fayence, Var, France

Albigensian Crusade

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Source Wikipedia: Albigensian CrusadeInfobox: locationtier 4

Quote, Infobox: location

Languedoc, France

Franco-Prussian War

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Source Wikipedia: Franco-Prussian WarInfobox: locationtier 2

Quote, Infobox: location

France and the Rhine Province, Prussia

French Wars of Religion

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Source French Wars of Religion - WikipediaInfobox: location

Quote, Infobox: location

France, particularly in the west and southwest of the country

Gallic Wars

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Source Wikipedia: Gallic WarsInfobox: locationtier 2

Quote, Infobox: location

Gaul (present-day France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany), Britain (55-54 BC)

Hundred Years' War

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Source Wikipedia: Hundred Years' WarInfobox: locationtier 2

Quote, Infobox: location

France, the Low Countries, Great Britain, the Iberian Peninsula

Italian Wars

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Source Italian Wars (Wikipedia)Infobox: location

Quote, Infobox: location

Primarily Italian Peninsula, also County of Flanders, the Rhineland, France, Spain and the Mediterranean Sea

Mad War

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Source Mad War (Wikipedia)Lead, French monarchy

Quote, Lead, French monarchy

The Mad War (French: la Guerre folle) was a late medieval conflict between a coalition of feudal lords and the French monarchy.

War of the First Coalition

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Source War of the First Coalition (Wikipedia)Infobox: location

Quote, Infobox: location

France, Central Europe, Italy, the Low Countries, Spain, West Indies