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Loir-et-Cher 
 In 1961, Romorantin was merged with Lanthenay and the name, of the commune and of the arrondissement, was changed to Romorantin-Lanthenay.
Loir-et-Cher 
 The highest point of the department is in the Bois des Vallèes (), in the commune of Bouffry, and that is  above sea level.
Loir-et-Cher 
 The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Vendôme is an "Oceanic climate" (also known as Marine West Coast Climate) and of the subtype Cfb.
Loir-et-Cher 
 There are 3 arrondissements (districts), 15 cantons and 276 communes (municipalities) in Loir-et-Cher.
Loir-et-Cher 
 The following is a list of the 13 cantons of the Loir-et-Cher department, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
Loir-et-Cher 
 The inhabitants of Loir-et-Cher are known, in French, as Loir-et-Chériens (women: Loir-et-Chériennes).
Loire 
 Loire () is a French department in the east-central part of France in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and named after the Loire river.
Loire 
 With the creation of the arrondissements, the three districts became three arrondissements: Montbrison, Roanne and Saint-Étienne.
Loire 
 After the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, the department was occupied by troops from Austria from June 1815 to November 1818.
Loire 
 The department is in eastern Massif Central and there are several mountain chains; some of the chains and mountains are:
Loire 
 Here is the highest mountain of the department: Pierre-sur-Haute (); it is  high, and is on the border with the Puy-de-Dôme department.
Loire 
 Monts de la Madeleine, to the north of the Monts du Forez and form the limit between the Loire and the Allier departments.
Loire 
 Pilat, a short chain that is in the Loire department but borders with other 4 departments: Rhône, Isère, Ardèche and Haute-Loire.
Loire 
 Loire, that gives its name to the department and flows through the department from southwest to northeast for a distance of .
Loire 
 The climate of the Loire department, in the city of Andrézieux-Bouthéon (near Saint-Étienne and where is the Saint-Étienne-Loire Airport), is an oceanic climate, Cfb (Marine West Coast Climate) in the Köppen climate classification.
Loire 
 The following is a list of the 21 cantons of the Loire department (with their INSEE codes), in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
Haute-Loire 
 The department of Haute-Loire was created on 4 March 1790 with three districts: Le Puy, Brioude and Yssingeaux.
Haute-Loire 
 The new department was formed with territories of three historic provinces: the Languedoc, the Auvergne and the Lyonnais.
Haute-Loire 
 In 1800, with the creation of the arrondissements in France, the three districts were changed into three arrondissements: Le Puy, Brioude and Yssingeaux.
Haute-Loire 
 On 10 September 1926, the arrondissement of Yssingeaux was eliminated but became again an arrondissement in 1942.
Haute-Loire 
 The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Le Puy-en-Velay is an "Oceanic climate" (also known as Maritime Temperate climate) and of the subtype Cfb.
Haute-Loire 
 There are 3 arrondissements (districts), 19 cantons and 257 communes (municipalities) in Haute-Loire.
Haute-Loire 
 The following is a list of the 19 cantons of the Haute-Loire department (with their INSEE codes), following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
Haute-Loire 
 The arrondissement of Le Puy-en-Velay, with 96,041 inhabitants, is the arrondissement with more inhabitants.
Loiret 
 The department is one of the 83 French departments made during the French revolution, on 4 March 1790.
Loiret 
 The new department had seven districts: Orléans, Beaugency, Neuville, Pithiviers, Montargis, Gien and Boiscommun.
Loiret 
 In 1800, with the creation of the arrondissements in France, the seven districts were changed into four arrondissements: Orléans, Gien, Montargis and Pithiviers.
Loiret 
 After the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815), the department was occupied by the Bavarian army from June 1815 to November 1818.
Loiret 
 On 10 September 1926, the arrondissement of Gien and Pithiviers were eliminated but in 1942 Pithiviers became again an arrondissement of the department.
Loiret 
 The highest point of the department is in the place called Col des Étourneaux (), in the commune of Pierrefitte-ès-Bois, and that is  above sea level; it is in northwestern Massif Central.
Loiret 
 Beauce, to the northwest of the department; it is a limestone plateau and an important farming region where wheat is grown.
Loiret 
 The Forêt d'Orléans ("Forest of Orléans"), the largest national forest of France; it is to the north of the Loire river and to the south of the Beauce region.
Loiret 
 The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Orléans is an "Oceanic climate" (also known as Marine West Coast Climate) and of the subtype Cfb.
Loiret 
 The following is a list of the 21 cantons of the Loir-et-Cher department, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
Lot (department) 
 In 1808, some of the original southeastern cantons were separated from it to form the department of Tarn-et-Garonne.
Lot (department) 
 It is the part of the Massif Central that gets into the department and here is found the highest point of the Lot department in Labastide-du-Haut-Mont, with  high.
Lot (department) 
 The Causses of Quency are several limestone plateaus crossed by the valleys of the Dordogne, Lot and Aveyron rivers.
Lot (department) 
 This area is covered with an abundant vegetation and is very different from the near arid plateaus of the Causses.
Lot (department) 
 The Quercy Blanc (south) is formed by small white limestone plateaus along valleys where cereals, oilseeds (plants grown to produce vegetable oils), melons, plums and tobacco are grown.
Lot (department) 
 The climate in Gourdon, in the north of the department at an altitude of  above sea level, is an oceanic climate with relatively hot summers, mild winters and abundant rainfall, Cfb in the Köppen climate classification.
Lot (department) 
 There are an average of 168.0 days of precipitation, with the most precipitation occurring in January with 17.0 days and the least precipitation occurring in July with 10.0 days.
Lot (department) 
 The following is a list of the 17 cantons of the Lot department, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
Lot-et-Garonne 
 Lot-et-Garonne () is a department in the southwest of France named after the Lot and Garonne rivers.
Lot-et-Garonne 
 Lot-et-Garonne was formed during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790 with parts of the old provinces of Guyenne and Gascony.
Lot-et-Garonne 
 It was divided into nine districts: Agen, Nérac, Marmande, Tonneins, Villeneuve, Lauzun, Monflanquin, Casteljaloux and Valence.
Lot-et-Garonne 
 Agen and Aiguillon were alternatively the capital of the department but in 1791 it was decided that only Agen would be the capital.
Lot-et-Garonne 
 Several of the original southeastern cantons in the arrondissements of Agen and Villeneuve-sur-Lot were separated from it in 1808 to become a part of the newly created department of Tarn-et-Garonne.
Lot-et-Garonne 
 The main rivers in the Lot-et-Garonne are the Garonne river that flows through the south central part of the department, and the Lot river that flows through the northern regions of the department before joining, as a right tributary, the Garonne near the Aiguillon commune.
Lot-et-Garonne 
 In the west of the department, mainly in the arrondissement of Nérac, there is a forest of maritime pine like in the Landes department.
Lot-et-Garonne 
 The climate of Estillac, where is the Agen La Garenne Airport, is Marine West Coast Climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb), with mild winters and warm summers.
Lot-et-Garonne 
 There are 4 arrondissements (districts), 21 cantons and 319 communes (municipalities) in Lot-et-Garonne.
Lot-et-Garonne 
 The following is a list of the 21 cantons of the Lot-et-Garonne department (with their INSEE codes), following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
Lot-et-Garonne 
 The inhabitants of Lot-et-Garonne are known, in French, as Lot-et-Garonnais (women: Lot-et-Garonnaises).
Lot-et-Garonne 
 The department of Lot-et-Garonne has a population, in 2014, of 333,234, for a population density of  inhabitants/km2.
Lot-et-Garonne 
 The other three, Marmande, Villeneuve-sur-Lot and Nérac, have respectively 83,245, 90,527 and 39,227 inhabitants.
Lozère 
 Lozère was created in 1790 during the French Revolution, when the whole of France was divided into departments, replacing the old provinces.
Lozère 
 Les Sources and Hautes-Cèvennes were two other names proposed for this department but they were not accepted.
Lozère 
 It is a plateau in the northwest of the department that rises between  and , with a cold humid climate.
Lozère 
 The Cévennes, a southern part of the Massif Central and that is found in the south-east of the department.
Lozère 
 The following is a list of the 13 cantons of the Lozère department (with their INSEE codes), following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
Marne 
 Marne is a department in northeastern France named after the river Marne which flows through the department.
Marne 
 Marne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790 with Châlons-sur-Marne as is capital.
Marne 
 It was divided in six districts: Châlons-sur-Marne, Reims, Épernay, Sézanne, Sainte-Menehould and Vitry-le-François.
Marne 
 In 1800, with the creation of the arrondissements in France, the six districts were changed into five arrondissements: Châlons-sur-Marne, Épernay, Reims, Sainte-Menehould and Vitry-le-François.
Marne 
 After the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815), the department was occupied by the Austrian army from June 1815 to November 1818.
Marne 
 On 10 September 1926, the arrondissement of Sainte-Menehould was eliminated but in 1940 Sainte-Menehould was made again an arrondissement.
Marne 
 In 1995, the name of Châlons-sur-Marne was changed to Châlons-en-Champagne but it was rejected in 1997.
Marne 
 The Marne department is in the Grand Est region after being part of the Champagne-Ardenne region till 2016.
Marne 
 The department is  long from Villeneuve-la-Lionne to Trois-Fontaines-l'Abbaye, and  wide from Cormicy to Clesles.
Marne 
 Here is the Montagne de Reims ("Mountain of Reims") where are the highest points of the department in the forests of the Verzey commune; several hills are  high ().
Marne 
 The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Châlons-en-Champagne is a "Marine West Coast Climate" and of the subtype "Cfb".
Marne 
 The following is a list of the 23 cantons of the Marne department (with their INSEE codes), following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
Haute-Marne 
 Haute-Marne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790 with Chaumont as is capital.
Haute-Marne 
 It was formed with parts of the former provinces of Champagne,  Burgundy, Lorraine and Franche-Comté.
Haute-Marne 
 It was divided in six districts: Bourbonne, Bourmont, Chaumont, Joinville, Langres and Saint-Dizier.
Haute-Marne 
 In 1800, with the creation of the arrondissements in France, the six districts were changed into three arrondissements: Chaumont, Langres and Wassy.
Haute-Marne 
 After the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815), the department was occupied by the Austrian army from June 1815 to November 1818.
Haute-Marne 
 On 10 September 1926, the arrondissement of Wassy was eliminated but in 1940 Wassy was made again an arrondissement but the subprefecture was moved to Saint-Dizier.
Haute-Marne 
 Haute-Marne has an area of , and its highest point is in the Bois de Baissey in the commune Baissey in the southern part of the department; it is  high (), and is in the Langres plateau.
Haute-Marne 
 The main river is the Marne river; it starts in the Langres plateau and flows through  in the department.
Haute-Marne 
 The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Saint-Dizier is a "Marine West Coast Climate" and of the subtype "Cfb".
Haute-Marne 
 There are 5 arrondissements (districts), 23 cantons and 427 communes (municipalities) in Haute-Marne.
Haute-Marne 
 The following is a list of the 17 cantons of the Haute-Marne department (with their INSEE codes), following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
Haute-Marne 
 The inhabitants of the Haute-Marne department are known, in French, as Haut-Marnais (women: Haut-Marnaises),
Haute-Marne 
 The arrondissement of Saint-Dizier, with 71,371 inhabitants, is the arrondissement with more inhabitants.
Meurthe-et-Moselle 
 Meurthe-et-Moselle is a department in the Grand Est region of France, named after the Meurthe and Moselle rivers.
Meurthe-et-Moselle 
 Meurthe-et-Moselle was created in 1871 at the end of the Franco-Prussian War from the parts of the former departments of Moselle and Meurthe that were left to France with Nancy as is capital.
Meurthe-et-Moselle 
 The current boundary between Meurthe-et-Moselle and Moselle was the border between France and Germany from 1871 to 1919 and again between 1940 and 1944.
Meurthe-et-Moselle 
 On 10 September 1926, the arrondissements of Toul were eliminated but it was made again, in 1943, an arrondissement.
Meurthe-et-Moselle 
 Meurthe-et-Moselle has an area of ; it is  from north to south and is  wide, forming a panhandle in the north of the department.
Meurthe-et-Moselle 
 Its highest point is in the Roc de Taurupt () between the communes Bionville and Raon-sur-Plaine (Vosges) in the western part of the department; it is  high.
Meurthe-et-Moselle 
 The main rivers in the department are the Meurthe and the Moselle; the department is named after this two rivers.
Meurthe-et-Moselle 
 The area around Nancy, at an altitude of about , is characterized by climates with few extremes of temperature.
Meurthe-et-Moselle 
 The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Troyes is a "Marine West Coast Climate" and of the subtype "Cfb".
Meurthe-et-Moselle 
 There are 4 arrondissements (districts), 23 cantons and 594 communes (municipalities) in Meurthe-et-Moselle.
Meurthe-et-Moselle 
 The following is a list of the 23 cantons of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
Meurthe-et-Moselle 
 The inhabitants of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department are known, in French, as Meurthois or Meurthe-et-Mosellans (women: Meurthoises or Meurthe-et-Mosellanes),
Meurthe-et-Moselle 
 Meurthe-et-Moselle had a population, in 2013, of 731,004, for a population density of  inhabitants/km2.
Meurthe-et-Moselle 
 The urban area around Nancy has a very active economy based largely on services, research, and higher education.
Nièvre 
 Nièvre is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790 with Nevers as its capital.
Nièvre 
 It was formed from part of the old province of Nivernais and its name was written at first as Nyèvre.
Nièvre 
 It was divided in nine districts: Nevers, Saint-Pierre-le-Moutier, Decize, Moulins-Engilbert, Château-Chinon, Corbigny, Clamecy, Cosne and La Charité.
Nièvre 
 In 1800, with the creation of the arrondissements in France, the nine districts were changed into four arrondissements: Nevers, Château-Chinon, Clamecy and Cosne.
Nièvre 
 On 10 September 1926, the arrondissement of Cosne was eliminated but in 1943 it became again an arrondissement of the department.
Nièvre 
 The highest point of the department is Mont Préneley (),  high; it is in the commune Glux-en-Glenne.
Nièvre 
 Eastern zone, with small hills covered with forests; here is the Parc Naturel Régional du Morvan ("Morvan regional natural park").
Nièvre 
 Western zone, a zone organised along a north-south line formed by the valley of the Loire river; it is the zone of the department with higher population.
Nièvre 
 The main rivers in the department are the Loire, that makes most of the western border, with its tributaries Allier and Aron; and the Yonne, with its tributary Cure.
Nièvre 
 The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Nevers is an "Oceanic climate" (also known as Maritime Temperate climate) and of the subtype "Cfb".
Nièvre 
 It rains in all seasons but precipitations are more important in the eastern zone, in the Morvan, and weaker in the Loire valley.
Nièvre 
 The following is a list of the 17 cantons of the Nièvre department (with their INSEE codes), following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
Nièvre 
 The arrondissement of Nevers, with 118,087 inhabitants, is the arrondissement with more inhabitants.
Nord (French department) 
 Nord is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790 with Douai as is capital.
Nord (French department) 
 It was divided in eight districts: Avesnes, Bergues, Cambrai, Douai, Hazebrouck, Lille, Le Quesnoy and Valenciennes.
Nord (French department) 
 In 1800, with the creation of the arrondissements in France, the eight districts were changed into six arrondissements: Avesnes, Bergues, Cambrai, Cassel, Douai and Lille.
Nord (French department) 
 In 1803, the capital of the department was moved from Douai to Lille and the subprefecture of Bergues was moved to Dunkirk.
Nord (French department) 
 The department is surrounded by the North Sea, Belgium (West Flanders and Hainaut provinces) and 3 other departments of the Hauts-de-France region:
Nord (French department) 
 The highest point in the department is in the commune of Anor () near the border with Belgium; it is  high.
Nord (French department) 
 Several rivers flow through the department; the main rivers are the Scheldt/Escaut, the Yser, the Lys, the Scarpe, and the Sambre.
Nord (French department) 
 The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Lille is an "Oceanic climate" (also known as Marine West Coast Climate) and of the subtype "Cfb".
Nord (French department) 
 The following is a list of the 41 cantons of the Nord department, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
Nord (French department) 
 The arrondissement of Lille, with 1,232,513 inhabitants, is the arrondissement with more inhabitants.
Pas-de-Calais 
 Pas-de-Calais (Picard: Pas-Calés; Dutch: Nauw van Kales) is a department found in the north of France in the Hauts-de-France region.
Puy-de-Dôme 
 Puy-de-Dôme is a French department in the centre of France in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and named after the dormant volcano the Puy de Dôme.
Puy-de-Dôme 
 Puy-de-Dôme was created in 1790 during the French Revolution, when the whole of France was divided into departments, replacing the old provinces.
Puy-de-Dôme 
 It was divided in eight districts: Ambert, Besse, Billom, Clermont-Ferrand, Issoire, Montaigu, Riom and Thiers, with Clermont-Ferrand as is capital.
Puy-de-Dôme 
 In 1800, with the creation of the arrondissements in France, the eight districts were changed into five arrondissements: Ambert, Clermont-Ferrand, Issoire, Riom and Thiers.
Puy-de-Dôme 
 On 10 September 1926, the arrondissement of  Ambert was eliminated but, in 1942 Ambert became again an arrondissement of the department.
Puy-de-Dôme 
 The department is in the Massif Central and there are several mountain chains; some of the chains and mountains are:
Puy-de-Dôme 
 Here is the highest mountain of the department and of the Massif Central: Puy de Sancy, an extinct volcano (); it is  high.
Puy-de-Dôme 
 The climate of the Puy-de-Dôme department, in the city of Clermont-Ferrand, is an oceanic climate, Cfb (Marine West Coast Climate) in the Köppen climate classification.
Puy-de-Dôme 
 There are 5 arrondissements (districts), 31 cantons and 467 communes (municipalities) in Puy-de-Dôme.
Puy-de-Dôme 
 The following is a list of the 31 cantons of the Puy-de-Dôme department (with their INSEE codes), in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 
 Pyrénées-Atlantiques (Gascon: Pirenèus-Atlantics;  or ) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France.
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 
 Pyrénées-Atlantiques is one of the 83 French departments made during the French revolution, on 4 March 1790, with the name of Basses-Pyrénées.
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 
 The first prefecture was Navarrenx but then it was moved to Pau; in 1795, the prefecture was moved to Saint-Palais but in 1796 it was returned to Pau.
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 
 On 10 October 1969, the name of the department was changed from Basses-Pyrénées to Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 
 Pyrénées-Atlantiques is part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, southwestern France, and is the 10th French department in area with .
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 
 There are two small territorial enclaves—a remnant from the Middle Ages— that are part of the neighboring Hautes-Pyrénées department.
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 
 The Pyrenees mountain range is found in the southern part of the department and goes, east to west, from the Col d'Aubisque, a mountain pass  south of Tarbes and Pau, to the mouth of the river Bidasoa.
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 
 The Pic Palas (), at , is the highest point of the department and also the highest of the Aquitaine region; it is on the border with Spain.
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 
 The main river of the department is the Adour and all rivers in the department, except for some coastal small rivers, flow into this river.
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 
 Other important rivers are the Gaves réunis, formed by the rivers Gave d'Oloron and Gave de Pau, and the Nive.
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 
 The climate of Pau is Marine West Coast Climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb), with mild winters and warm summers.
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 
 There are 3 arrondissements (districts), 27 cantons and 546 communes (municipalities) in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 
 The following is a list of the 27 cantons of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 
 The inhabitants of Pyrénées-Atlantiques are known, in French, as Basques et Béarnais (women: Basques et Béarnaises).
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 
 From 1790 to 1969, before the change of the name of the department, the inhabitants of this departmente were known as Bas-Pyrénéens.
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 
 The Pyrénées-Atlantiques has a population, in 2014, of 667,249, for a population density of  inhabitants/km2.
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 
 The city with more people living in it is the capital, Pau, with 77,489 inhabitants, the  of the total population of the department.
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 
 The subprefectures of Bayonne and Oloron-Sainte-Marie have, respectively, 48,178 inhabitants () and 10,824 inhabitants ().
Hautes-Pyrénées 
 Hautes-Pyrénées is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790.
Hautes-Pyrénées 
 It was created with parts of the former province of Gascony; these parts were the old province of Bigorre and the Pays des Quatre-Vallées.
Hautes-Pyrénées 
 It is part of the Occitanie region and has two small territorial exclaves—a remnant from the Middle Ages—located within the neighboring département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Hautes-Pyrénées 
 The Pyrénées, along the border with Spain, cover the southern half of the department, with 66% of the department.
Hautes-Pyrénées 
 The third region, in the northern part of the department, is the plain of the Adour river and consists of largely flat agricultural land.
Hautes-Pyrénées 
 The main river of the department is the Adour river that flows through the cities of Tarbes and Bagnères-de-Bigorre.
Hautes-Pyrénées 
 Hautes-Pyrénées has two small territorial exclaves—a remnant from the Middle Ages—within the neighboring département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Hautes-Pyrénées 
 The climate of the department is an oceanic climate with relatively hot summers, mild winters and abundant rainfall, Cfb in the Köppen climate classification.
Hautes-Pyrénées 
 There are 3 arrondissements (districts), 17 cantons and 470 communes (municipalities) in the Hautes-Pyrénées.