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In the wake of the Armistice and the Appeal of 18 June, Charles de Gaulle founded the Free French Forces ( Forces Françaises Libres, or FFL), including a naval arm, the "Free French Naval Forces" ( Les Forces Navales Françaises Libres, or FNFL). On 24 June 1940, de Gaulle made a separate call specifically to servicemen overseas to join him ...
The franc ( / fræŋk /; French: franc français, [fʁɑ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛ]; sign: F or Fr ), [n 2] also commonly distinguished as the French franc ( FF ), was a currency of France. Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money. It was reintroduced (in ...
Bordeaux ( / bɔːrˈdoʊ / bor-DOH, French: [bɔʁdo] ⓘ; Gascon Occitan: Bordèu [buɾˈðɛw]; Basque: Bordele) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture of the Gironde department. Its inhabitants are called ...
0373-0425. Website. legifrance.gouv.fr. The Official Journal of the French Republic (French: Journal officiel de la République française ), also known as the JORF or JO, is the government gazette of the French Republic. It publishes the major legal official information from the national Government of France, the French Parliament [2] [3] [4 ...
The French space program thus benefits from the best ground position for launch sites on Earth, as its position 5.3° north of the equator allows rockets to gain propulsion from the spinning of the Earth when launched eastward (+460 m/s) and save on propellant. No other governmental launch sites allow this level of physical parameters.
Properties on the World Heritage List. A series of prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements in and around the Alps. transboundary property, shared with Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland, 11 of the total 111 sites are in France. An outstanding cultural landscape of great beauty, containing historic towns and villages ...
12 November 1895. ( 1895-11-12) Headquarters. 6-8, Place de la Concorde, Paris. Leader. Robert Panhard. Website. www.automobileclubdefrance.fr. The Automobile Club of France (French: Automobile Club de France) (ACF) is a men's club founded on 12 November 1895 by Albert de Dion, Paul Meyan [ fr], and its first president, the Dutch-born Baron ...
The Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français ( French: [diksjɔnɛːʁ ilystʁe latɛ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛ]; Illustrated Latin–French Dictionary) is a dictionary of Latin, described in French. Compiled by the French philologist Félix Gaffiot (1870–1937), it is commonly eponymized « Le Gaffiot » ("The Gaffiot") by the French. For Francophone ...