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6 days ago · The turnout rate in mainland France was estimated at 65.5%, according to pollster Ipsos Talan, significantly higher than the 47.5% turnout recorded in 2022. Read more How does France's lower house ...
5 days ago · Bordeaux, city and port, capital of Gironde département, Nouvelle-Aquitaine région, southwestern France. It lies along the Garonne River 15 miles (24 km) above its junction with the Dordogne and 60 miles (96 km) from its mouth, in a plain east of the wine-growing district of Médoc. The dry soil of Médoc attracted settlement as early as the ...
5 days ago · The maps show where a party’s candidate finished in the elections, as well as if they qualified for the second round there. BFMTV has a series of interactive maps showing the difference in votes for each party in the first round of the 2012, 2017, 2022, and 2024 legislative elections. This page also has an interactive map at the bottom ...
4 days ago · Full stage-by-stage guide to the 2024 Tour de France. Start time. The stage is set to begin at 12.15am BST, and is expected to conclude at around 4pm.
3 days ago · Economically, Strasbourg is an important centre of manufacturing and engineering, as well as a hub of road, rail, and river transportation. The port of Strasbourg is the second-largest on the Rhine after Duisburg in Germany, and the second-largest river port in France after Paris.
2 days ago · The cultural map of France remains firmly centred on Paris, despite increased expenditure by local authorities on cultural activities following the decentralization legislation of the early 1980s. Yet, while serving, often self-consciously, the interests of the whole nation, the capital is aware of its own internal differences.
1 day ago · Topographic map of Alsace. Alsace has an area of 8,283 km 2, making it the smallest région of metropolitan France. It is almost four times longer than it is wide, corresponding to a plain between the Rhine in the east and the Vosges mountains in the west. It includes the départements of Haut-Rhin and Bas-Rhin (known previously as Sundgau and ...
