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Landes, region, France
(Encyclopedia) LandesLandesläNd [key], region, SW France. It is a vast, flat, nearly triangular tract of sand and marshland, stretching along the Atlantic coast for more than 100 mi (160 km) between…Landes, department, France
(Encyclopedia) Landes, department (1990 pop. 313,100), SW France, in Gascony, on the Atlantic coast. Mont-de-Marsan is the capital.Lens, city, France
(Encyclopedia) LensLensläNs [key], city (1990 pop. 35,278), Pas-de-Calais dept., N France. During the 19th and 20th cent. it was one of the most important coal centers in N France, but its mines are…Laval, town, France
(Encyclopedia) Laval, town (1990 pop. 53,478), capital of Mayenne dept., NW France, in Maine. It has been noted for its linen products since the 14th cent. Among its other industrial products are…Fort-de-France
(Encyclopedia) Fort-de-France Fort-de-France fôr-də-fräNs [key], city, capital of the French overseas dept. of…Moselle, department, France
(Encyclopedia) MoselleMosellemōzĕlˈ [key], department (1990 pop. 1,011,400), NE France, bordering on Luxembourg and Germany. Metz is the capital.Montmorency, town, France
(Encyclopedia) Montmorency, town (1990 pop. 21,003), Val d'Oise dept., N France, a suburb N of Paris. J. J. Rousseau lived there (1756–62), first at the nearby “Hermitage,” a cottage on the estate of…Mendès-France, Pierre
(Encyclopedia) Mendès-France, PierreMendès-France, Pierrepyĕr măNdĕsˈ-fräNs [key], 1907–82, French statesman. A lawyer and economist, he entered (1932) the chamber of deputies as a Radical Socialist…Brest, city, France
(Encyclopedia) Brest Brest brĕst [key], city, Finistère dept., NW France, on an inlet of the…Abbeville, town, France
(Encyclopedia) Abbeville Abbeville äbvēlˈ [key], town, Somme dept., N France, in Picardy, on the Somme River. Sugar refining, brewing, iron working, and carpet…Trending
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