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Capital (and largest city) |
Paris | ||||
Language official |
French | ||||
others | Basque, Breton,Catalan | ||||
Monarch | Louis XXII | ||||
Prime Minister | name of chief of government | ||||
Area | area km² | ||||
Population | population | ||||
Established | 843 (Treaty of Verdun) | ||||
Currency | Livre |
History[]
Government and Politics[]
Subdivisions[]
Province | Capital |
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Angoumois | Angoulême |
Anjou | Angers |
Artois | Arras |
Aunis | La Rochelle |
Auvergne | Clermont-Ferrand |
Béarn | Pau |
Berry | Bourges |
Bourbonnais | Moulins |
Burgundy | Dijon |
Brittany | Rennes |
Champagne | Troyes |
Comtat Venaissin | Avignon |
Corsica | Ajaccio |
Dauphiné | Grenoble |
Flanders and Hainaut | Lille |
Foix | Foix |
Franche-Comté | Besançon |
Guyenne and Gascony | Bordeaux |
Île-de-France | Paris |
Languedoc | Toulouse |
Limousin | Limoges |
Lyonnais | Lyon |
Maine | Le Mans |
Marche | Guéret |
Nivernais | Nevers |
Normandy | Rouen |
Orléanais | Orléans |
Picardy | Amiens |
Poitou | Poitiers |
Provence | Aix-en-Provence |
Roussillon | Perpignan |
Saintonge | Saintes |
Touraine | Tours |