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Valence is a commune in south-eastern France, the capital of the Drôme department and within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. By its geographical location, Valence is one of the points of compulsory passage between Paris and the Mediterranean Sea. Its position…

Vienne (Fr. Vienne) is a commune in southeastern France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region), located 35 kilometres south of Lyon, at the confluence of the Gère river and the Rhône. Today, it is only the fourth largest city in the Isère department, of which it is…

Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region). The city is located about 50 minutes by car from Lyon. The town was formerly named Châtillon-les-Dombes. Tourism and main attractions The old castle…

Mâcon (Fr. Mâcon), historically anglicised as Mascon, is a city in east-central France. It is the prefecture of the department of Saône-et-Loire in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city gave its name to the nearby vineyards and wine ‘appellation’. It borders…

Lyon (Fr. Lyon) is the third-largest city and second-largest urban area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, northeast of Saint-Étienne. Inhabitants of the city are called Lyonnais. Lyon is the prefecture of the Rhône…

Trévoux is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. It is a suburb of Lyon, built on the steeply sloping left bank of the river Saône. From the end of the 19th century until the 1950s, Trévoux was the global capital of the manufacture of synthetic…

La Baule-Escoublac (Fr. La Baule-Escoublac) is a town in the Loire-Atlantique department of France, Pays de la Loire, Atlantic Ocean. It’s a popular stop on the Atlantic resorts of France. It’s part of the Côte d’Amour between Le Pouliguen and Pornichet resorts.…

Mirepoix (Fr. Mirepoix) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France (Occitania, foothills of the Pyrenees). The city is famous as one of the finest survived arcaded market squares – Les Couverts – in France. The square is bordered by half…

Saint-Nazaire (Fr. Saint-Nazaire) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department of France, Pays de la Loire, Atlantic Ocean. Historically the city is part of Brittany. Before the creation of the departments, Saint-Nazaire came under the Duchy of Brittany…

Guérande (Fr. Guérande) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in historic Brittany in France, Pays de la Loire, Atlantic Ocean. It’s a popular stop on the Atlantic resorts of France. Its urban part occupies the top of a hill which dominates a territory…

Arcachon (Fr. Arcachon) is a town in the southwest of France and a sub-prefecture of the Gironde department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It was created in 1857 by a detachment of part of the municipality of La Teste-de-Buch. It’s a popular stop on the…

Cognac (Fr. Cognac) is a commune in southwestern France, a sub-prefecture of the Charente department (Nouvelle-Aquitaine region). Its inhabitants are the Cognacais and the Cognacaises. Cognac was a small village until the mid-tenth century. The oldest known…

Pornichet (Fr. Pornichet) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department of France, Pays de la Loire, Atlantic Ocean. It’s a popular stop on the Atlantic resorts of France. Pornichet became a municipality in 1900 made from the territories of Saint-Nazaire…

Saintes (Fr. Saintes) is a commune and historic town in western France, in the Charente-Maritime department of which it is a sub-prefecture, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine on the Charente river. Because of its noteworthy Gallo-Roman, medieval and classical heritage…

Soulac-sur-Mer (Fr. Soulac-sur-Mer) is a town in the southwest of France, in the department of Gironde, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It’s a popular stop on the Atlantic resorts of France. An integral part of the former province of Guyenne (north of Gascony)…