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The Crédit Commercial de France ( CCF, "Commercial Credit [Company] of France") is a commercial bank in France, founded in 1894 as the Banque Suisse et Française and renamed to CCF in 1917. By the end of the 1920s, it had grown to be the sixth-largest bank in France. Its brand was eclipsed between 2005 and 2022 under HSBC ownership, but is ...
Libération ( French pronunciation: [libeʁasjɔ̃] ⓘ, liberation ), popularly known as Libé ( pronounced [libe] ), is a daily newspaper in France, founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. Initially positioned on the far left of France's political spectrum, the editorial line evolved towards a more centre-left stance at ...
France 2. France 2 ( French: [fʁɑ̃s dø]) is a French public national television channel. It is part of the state-owned France Télévisions group, along with France 3, France 4, France 5 and France Info. France Télévisions also participates in Arte and Euronews . Since 3:20 CET on 7 April 2008, all France 2 programming has been broadcast ...
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 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 ...
France Info (stylised as franceinfo:) is a French public broadcasting service produced in collaboration with France Télévisions, Radio France, France Médias Monde and the Institut national de l'audiovisuel.
This is a list of World Heritage Sites in France with properties of cultural and natural heritage in France as inscribed on UNESCO 's World Heritage List or as on the country's tentative list. [1] France accepted the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage on 27 June 1975, after which it could nominate properties on their territory to be considered for ...
Naturism has been active in France since 1920. France has 150 member clubs offering holiday accommodations, 50 holiday centers, official naturist beaches, unofficial beaches, and many homes where naturist swimming and sunbathing is normal. Naturism employs more than 3000 people, and is estimated to be worth €250 million to the French economy.