| Gravettian The Gravettian toolmaking culture was a specific archaeological industry of the European Upper Palaeolithic era prevalent before the last glacial epoch. It is named after the type site of La Gravette in the Dordogne region of France where its characteristic tools were first found and studied. It dates from between 28,000 and 22,000 years ago and where found, succeeded the artifacts datable to the Aurignacian culture. Gravettian
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| List of ministers of the environment/Sources Talk:List_of_ministers_of_the_environment/Sources
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| Metropolitan France Metropolitan France ( or la Métropole, or colloquially l'Hexagone) is the part of France located in Europe, including Corsica. It can also be described as mainland France or as the French mainland and the island of Corsica. By contrast, Overseas France (la France d'outre-mer, or l'Outre-mer, or colloquially les DOM-TOM) is the collective name for the French overseas departments (départements d'outre-mer or DOM), territories (territoires d'outre-mer or TOM), and collectivities (collectivitiés d'outre-mer or COM). Metropolitan_France
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| List of prisons list of prisons by country. List_of_prisons
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| Compulsory voting Talk:Compulsory_voting
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| Paul Andreu Paul Andreu (born July 10, 1938 in Caudéran / Gironde) is a renowned French architect. He is best known for having planned numerous airports worldwide, notably Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Manila), Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (Jakarta), Shanghai Pudong International Airport (China) Abu Dhabi International Airport, Dubai International Airport, Cairo International Airport, Brunei International Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport (Paris) and Paris - Orly Airport). Paul_Andreu
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| Abraham Bosse Abraham Bosse (c. 1602-1604 February 14 1676) was a French artist, mainly as a printmaker in etching, but also in watercolour. Abraham_Bosse
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| Overseas departments and territories of France The French Overseas Departments and Territories (French:départements d'outre-mer and territoires d'outre-mer or DOM-TOM ) consist broadly of French-administered territories outside of the European continent. These territories have varying legal status and different levels of autonomy, although all have representation in the Parliament of France (except those with no permanent inhabitants), and the right to vote in elections to the European Parliament. Overseas_departments_and_territories_of_France
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| List of regions of Mali | Mali is divided into eight regions and one capital district. The principal city of each regions bears the name of the region, respectively. The regions are divided into 49 cercles. The cercles and the capital district are divided into arrondissements.The regions are numbered, originally west to east, with Roman numerals. List_of_regions_of_Mali
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| Tourism in France Talk:Tourism_in_France
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| Istres Air Base Istres_Air_Base
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| Burgundy wine Burgundy wine ( or Vin de Bourgogne) is wine made in the Burgundy region in eastern France. The most famous wines produced here - those commonly referred to as Burgundies - are red wines made from Pinot Noir grapes or white wines made from Chardonnay grapes. Burgundy_wine
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| Vannes Vannes () is a commune in the Morbihan department in Bretagne in northwestern France.It was founded over 2000 years ago. Vannes
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| Cadre Noir The Cadre Noir is an equestrian display team based in the city of Saumur in western France. The troop was founded in 1828, and gets its name from the black uniforms that are still used today. It is one of the most prestigious horsemanship schools in the world.In 1972, the National School of Équitation was constituted around the Cadre Noir, which form its core teaching staff. Cadre_Noir
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| La Roche-Guyon La_Roche-Guyon
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| Houat Houat (Enez Houad in Breton) is a French island off the south coast of Brittany in the department of Morbihan. It is located, along with two other major islands, in the entrance to the Baie de Quiberon. Its "twin sister" island is Hoëdic.Administratively, Île-d'Houat is a commune of the Morbihan department. Houat
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| Moret-sur-Loing Moret-sur-Loing is a commune of the Seine-et-Marne département in France.Moret-sur-Loing was a charming town with a lot of history, also a magnificent source of inspiration for Monet, Renoir and Sisley. Moret-sur-Loing
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| Abbevillian Abbevillian is a currently obsolescent name for a tool tradition that is increasingly coming to be called Olduwan. The original artifacts were collected from road construction sites on the Somme river near Abbeville by a French customs officer, Boucher de Perthes. Abbevillian
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| Pico- pico (symbol p) is a prefix in the International System of Units (SI) denoting a factor of 10−12 or .Derived from the Italian piccolo, meaning small, this was one of the original 12 prefixes defined in 1960 when the SI was established. Pico-
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| Future French aircraft carrier Future_French_aircraft_carrier
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| Tournan-en-Brie Tournan-en-Brie, or simply Tournan, is a commune of France, in the Seine-et-Marne département and Île-de-France région, in the greater Paris area. Tournan-en-Brie
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| Liberté, égalité, fraternité Liberté, égalité, fraternité, French for "Liberty, equality, fraternity (brotherhood)", is the national motto of France, and is a typical example of a tripartite motto. Although it finds its origins in the French Revolution, it was then only one motto among others and was not really institutionalized until the Third Republic at the end of the 19th century . Debates concerning the compatibility and order of the three terms began as soon as the French Revolution. Liberté,_égalité,_fraternité
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| Old European culture Not to be confused is the term "Old European" as used by Hans Krahe in connection with hydronymy. Old Europe is a term coined by archaeologist Marija Gimbutas to describe what she perceives as a relatively homogeneous and widespread pre-Indo-European Neolithic culture in Europe, particularly in Malta and the Balkans. Old_European_culture
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| Autoroute Autoroute is the French word for a major high-speed road restricted to motor vehicles without crossings and having limited access. Those are similar to a motorway or freeway in English-speaking countries.Autoroute may refer to Autoroute
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| Tuamotus The Tuamotus or the Tuamotu Archipelago (French:Îles Tuamotu officially Archipel des Tuamotu) are a chain of atolls in French Polynesia and the largest chain of atolls in the world, spanning an area of the Pacific Ocean roughly the size of Western Europe. Tuamotus
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| Auray Auray () is a is a commune located in the Morbihan department of France. Inhabitants of Auray are called Alréens. Auray
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| Emmanuel Petit Emmanuel "Manu" Laurent Petit (born 22 September 1970) is a French former football player, who played his club football for Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona, and Chelsea. He represented France at international level, and scored the third goal in France's 3-0 victory in the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final. Emmanuel_Petit
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| List of members of the European Parliament 2004–2009 This is a List of Members of the European Parliament serving in the sixth term (2004surname treating all variations of de/di/do, van/von, Ó, and so forth as part of the collation key, even if this is not the normal practice in a member's own country.This list was initially published by the Parliament at the convening on July 20, 2004, amended on July 21 when the Lega Nord affiliated to the Independence and Democracy group, and then further updated with replacements. List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_2004–2009
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| Dassault Mirage 2000N/2000D Dassault_Mirage_2000N/2000D
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| Questembert Questembert () is a commune in the Morbihan department in Bretagne in northwestern France.It is located approximately from Vannes. Questembert
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| Bixente Lizarazu Bixente Lizarazu (Basque:French:December 9, 1969 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Pays Basque, France) is a former football left defender for Bayern Munich and three other professional teams, as well as the French national team. Being such a successful French player he is now a footballing legend in France and is widely considered as one of the greatest left backs of all time. Bixente_Lizarazu
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| Rama User_talk:Rama
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| Provins Provins is a commune of France. Population (1999)Provins, a town of medieval fairs, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001. Provins
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| National Emblem of France The current emblem of France has been a symbol of France since 1953, although it does not have any legal status as an official coat of arms. It appears on the cover of French passports and was originally adopted by the French Foreign Ministry as a symbol for use by diplomatic and consular missions in 1912 using a design drawn up by the sculptor Jules-Clément Chaplain.In 1953, France received a request from the United Nations for a copy of the national coat of arms to be displayed alongside the coats of arms of other member states in its assembly chamber. National_Emblem_of_France
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| Alain-Fournier Alain-Fournier was the pseudonym of Henri Alban-Fournier (October 3, 1886 September 22, 1914), a French author and soldier. He was the author of a single novel, Le Grand Meaulnes (1913), which has been twice filmed and is considered a classic of French literature. Alain-Fournier
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| La Fayette class frigate La_Fayette_class_frigate
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| Spending Review (United Kingdom) Spending Review or occasionally Comprehensive Spending Review is a governmental process in the United Kingdom carried out by HM Treasury to set firm and fixed three-year departmental expenditure limits and, through public service agreements, define the key improvements that the public can expect from these resources.Spending Reviews typically focus upon one or several aspects of public spending while Comprehensive Spending Reviews focus upon each government department's spending requirements from a zero base (i.e. Spending_Review_(United_Kingdom)
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| Luc Montagnier Luc Antoine Montagnier (born 18 August 1932 in Chabris, France) is a French virologist and joint recipient with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine., for his co-discovery of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Luc_Montagnier
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| Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta "Sébastiani" redirects here. For other uses of the word, see Sebastiani. Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta (; 11 November 1771 – 20 July 1851) was a French soldier, diplomat, and politician, who served as Naval Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of State under the July Monarchy. Horace_François_Bastien_Sébastiani_de_La_Porta
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| Josselin Josselin () is a commune in the Morbihan department in Bretagne in northwestern France. Josselin
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| Ploërmel Ploërmel () is a commune in the Morbihan department in Bretagne in northwestern France. Ploërmel
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| List of French Jews Jews have lived in France since Roman times, and since the French Revolution (and Emancipation) have contributed to all aspects of French culture and society. A significant number perished in the Holocaust, deported to Nazi death camps by the French Vichy government. List_of_French_Jews
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| African French African_French
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| Hubert Robert Hubert Robert (22 May 1733 – 15 April 1808), French artist, was born in Paris.His father, Nicolas Robert, was in the service of François-Joseph de Choiseul, marquis de Stainville. Young Robert finished his studies with the Jesuits at the Collège de Navarre in 1751 and entered the atelier of the sculptor Michel-Ange Slodtz who taught him design and perspective but encouraged him to turn to painting. Hubert_Robert
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| Minister of National Education (France) Ministry of National Education, Advanced Instruction, and Research (, or simply "Minister of National Education," as the title has changed no small number of times in the course of the Fifth Republic) is the French government cabinet member charged with running France's public educational system and with the supervision of agreements and authorizations for private teaching organizations. Minister_of_National_Education_(France)
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| Minister of the Interior (France) Minister of the Interior (full title Ministre de l’Intérieur et de l’Aménagement du Territoire) in France is one of the most important governmental cabinet positions, responsible for the following The general interior security of the country, with respect to criminal acts or natural catastrophes including the major law-enforcement forces (see Police in France) the French National Police the French Gendarmerie for most operational purposes Civil defence and Security Directorate - Securite Civile the sub-directorate of Sapeurs-Pompiers or Firefighters the granting of identity documents (passports, identity cards) and driving licenses through the network of préfectures; relations between the central government and local governments; logistics and organization of political elections, at the national and prefectoral levels (but the results of the election Minister_of_the_Interior_(France)
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| Minister of the Economy, Industry and Employment (France) The Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment (Ministre de l'économie, de l'industrie et de l'emploi), or Minister of Finance for short, is one of the most prominent positions in the cabinet of France after the Prime Minister. Minister_of_the_Economy,_Industry_and_Employment_(France)
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| Jacques Copeau Jacques Copeau (February 4, 1879 French theatre director, producer, actor, and dramatist. Before he founded his famous Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in Paris, he wrote theater reviews for several Parisian journals, worked at the Georges Petit Gallery where he organized exhibits of artists' works and helped found the Nouvelle Revue Française in 1909, along with writer friends, such as André Gide and Jean Schlumberger. Jacques_Copeau
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| J. M. G. Le Clézio Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio born 13 April 1940 writing under the name J. M. G. Le Clézio, is a French author and Nobel laureate. The author of over forty works, he was awarded the 1963 prix Renaudot for his novel Le Procès-Verbal. J._M._G._Le_Clézio
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| Potassium cyanide Talk:Potassium_cyanide
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