Italian language
Italian (''italiano'' or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. Together with Sardinian, Italian is the least divergent language from Latin. Spoken by about ...
exonyms for places in non-Italian-speaking areas of the world''
Albania
Algeria
Australia
Austria
Bangladesh
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Canada
Chile
China
Comoros
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Croatia
*''For Italian language exonyms in Istria, see : Italian exonyms (Istria)''
*''For Italian language exonyms in Dalmatia, see : Italian exonyms (Dalmatia)''
These Italian names are not full exonyms, since they are used by the autochthonous Italian population.
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
France
''Italian was the official language of Corsica, the
County of Nice
The County of Nice (french: Comté de Nice / Pays Niçois, it, Contea di Nizza/Paese Nizzardo, Niçard oc, Contèa de Niça/País Niçard) is a historical region of France located around the southeastern city of Nice and roughly equivalent t ...
Bapaume
Bapaume (original Dutch name Batpalmen) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.
The inhabitants of this commune are known as ''Bapalmois'' or ''Bapalmoises''.
Geography
Bapaume is a far ...
Bapalma
*Bar Bar, Bario
*
Bar-le-Duc
Bar-le-Duc (), formerly known as Bar, is a Communes of France, commune in the Meuse (department), Meuse Departments of France, département, of which it is the capital. The department is in Grand Est in northeastern France.
The lower, more moder ...
Bazas
Bazas (; oc-gsc, Vasats) is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France.
Geography
Bazas stands on a narrow promontory above the Beuve valley 60 km/37 mi southeast of Bordeaux and 40 km/25 mi southwest of ...
Beaujolais
Beaujolais ( , ) is a French ''Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée'' (AOC) wine generally made of the Gamay grape, which has a thin skin and is low in tannins. Like most AOC wines they are not labeled varietally. Whites from the region, which mak ...
Belloiese
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Beaune
Beaune () is the wine capital of Burgundy in the Côte d'Or department in eastern France. It is located between Lyon and Dijon. Beaune is one of the key wine centers in France, and the center of Burgundy wine production and business. The annua ...
Belgodère
Belgodère (; it, Belgodere; co, Bargudè) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
Population
See also
* Torra di Lozari
*Communes of the Haute-Corse department
The following is a list of the 236 ...
Belgodere (the Italian form being the original)
*
Belley
Belley () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
History
Belley is of Roman origin, and in the 5th century became an episcopal see. It was the capital of the province of Bugey, which was a dependency of Savoy till 1601, whe ...
Besançon
Besançon (, , , ; archaic german: Bisanz; la, Vesontio) is the prefecture of the department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzer ...
Besanzone, Bisanzone
* Béziers Besiera
* Bigorre Bigorra
* Bouches de Bonifacio Bocche di Bonifacio (the Italian form being the original)
*
Blaye
Blaye (; oc, Blaia ) is a commune and subprefecture in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. For centuries, Blaye was a particularly convenient crossing point for those who came from the north and went to Bordea ...
Blaia, Blavia
*
Blois
Blois ( ; ) is a commune and the capital city of Loir-et-Cher department, in Centre-Val de Loire, France, on the banks of the lower Loire river between Orléans and Tours.
With 45,898 inhabitants by 2019, Blois is the most populated city of the ...
Blesa
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Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefect ...
Bordò / Bordea, Bordeo, Bordella (old)
*
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Boulogne-sur-Mer (; pcd, Boulonne-su-Mér; nl, Bonen; la, Gesoriacum or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne lies on the C ...
Bologna di mare, Bologna a mare, Bulogna
*
Bourbonnais
Bourbonnais () was a historic province in the centre of France that corresponds to the modern ''département'' of Allier, along with part of the ''département'' of Cher. Its capital was Moulins.
History
The title of the ruler of Bourbonnais ...
Bourg-en-Bresse
Bourg-en-Bresse (; frp, Bôrg) is the prefecture of the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Located northeast of Lyon, it is the capital of the ancient province of Bresse ( frp, Brêsse, links=no). In 2018, ...
Borgo in Bressia / Borgonbrescia (very old)
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Bresse
Bresse () is a former French province. It is located in the regions of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté of eastern France. The geographical term ''Bresse'' has two meanings: ''Bresse bourguignonne'' (or ''louhannaise''), whi ...
Brest
Brest may refer to:
Places
*Brest, Belarus
**Brest Region
**Brest Airport
**Brest Fortress
* Brest, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria
* Břest, Czech Republic
*Brest, France
** Arrondissement of Brest
**Brest Bretagne Airport
** Château de Brest
*Br ...
Briançon
Briançon (, ) is the sole subprefecture of the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. It is the highest city in France at an altitude of , based on the national definition as a community cont ...
Brie
Brie (; ) is a soft cow's-milk cheese named after Brie, the French region from which it originated (roughly corresponding to the modern ''département'' of Seine-et-Marne). It is pale in color with a slight grayish tinge under a rind of white mo ...
Brigia, Bregia
*
Brignoles
Brignoles (; oc, Brinhòla) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. Alongside Draguignan, it is one of two subprefectures in Var.
It was the summer residence of the counts of Pro ...
Brignolle
*
Brioude
Brioude (; Auvergnat: ''Briude'') is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-central France. It lies on the banks of the river Allier, a tributary of the Loire.
History
At Brioude, the ancient ''Bri ...
Cahors
Cahors (; oc, Caors ) is a commune in the western part of Southern France. It is the smallest prefecture among the 13 departments that constitute the Occitanie Region. The main city of the Lot department and the historical center of the Que ...
Cannes
Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. T ...
Canna
* Cap Corse Capo Corso (the Italian form being the original)
*
Carcassonne
Carcassonne (, also , , ; ; la, Carcaso) is a French fortified city in the department of Aude, in the region of Occitanie. It is the prefecture of the department.
Inhabited since the Neolithic, Carcassonne is located in the plain of the Au ...
Carcassona (old), Carcassone, Carcasciona, Carcassonne (Italian pronunciation)
* Cargèse Cargese (the Italian form being the original)
*
Carpentras
Carpentras (, formerly ; Provençal Occitan: ''Carpentràs'' in classical norm or ''Carpentras'' in Mistralian norm; la, Carpentoracte) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. ...
Carpentrasso or Carpentorato
*
Castelsarrasin
Castelsarrasin (; oc, Los Sarrasins) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in Occitanie region of France. The inhabitants are called ''Castelsarrasinois''. It is the second most populous commune in Tarn-et-Garonne after Montauban. I ...
Castel Sarassino
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Castres
Castres (; ''Castras'' in the Languedocian dialect of Occitan) is the sole subprefecture of the Tarn department in the Occitanie region in Southern France. It lies in the former province of Languedoc, although not in the former region of Lan ...
Castro
*Caudebec (
Caudebec-en-Caux
Caudebec-en-Caux (, literally ''Caudebec in Caux'') is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Rives-en-Seine.
Geography
Caudebec-en- ...
Cavaillon
Cavaillon (; Provençal: ''Cavalhon'') is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France.Cévennes
The Cévennes ( , ; oc, Cevenas) is a cultural region and range of mountains in south-central France, on the south-east edge of the Massif Central. It covers parts of the ''départements'' of Ardèche, Gard, Hérault and Lozère. Rich in geogra ...
Châlons-en-Champagne
Châlons-en-Champagne () is a city in the Grand Est region of France. It is the capital of the department of Marne, despite being only a quarter the size of the city of Reims.
Formerly called Châlons-sur-Marne, the city was officially renam ...
Chambéry
Chambéry (, , ; Arpitan: ''Chambèri'') is the prefecture of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. The population of the commune of Chambéry was 58,917 as of 2019, while the population of the Chamb ...
Sciamberì or Ciamberì (hist.)
*
Champagne
Champagne (, ) is a sparkling wine originated and produced in the Champagne wine region of France under the rules of the appellation, that demand specific vineyard practices, sourcing of grapes exclusively from designated places within it, ...
Charolles
Charolles (; Burgundian: ''Tsarolles'') is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Since 2004 is Charolles part of the Charolais-Brionnais Country.
Geography
Charolles is located ...
Chinon
Chinon () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
The traditional province around Chinon, Touraine, became a favorite resort of French kings and their nobles beginning in the late 15th and early 16th centur ...
Chinone, Scinon
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Cholet
Cholet (, , probably from Latin language, Latin ''cauletum'', "cabbage") is a Communes of France, commune of western France in the Maine-et-Loire Departments of France, department. With 54,307 inhabitants (2019), it is the second most populous c ...
Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand (, ; ; oc, label=Auvergnat, Clarmont-Ferrand or Clharmou ; la, Augustonemetum) is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, with a population of 146,734 (2018). Its metropolitan area (''aire d'attract ...
Cognac
Cognac ( , also , ) is a variety of brandy named after the commune of Cognac, France. It is produced in the surrounding wine-growing region in the departments of Charente and Charente-Maritime.
Cognac production falls under French appella ...
Compiègne
Compiègne (; pcd, Compiène) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. It is located on the river Oise. Its inhabitants are called ''Compiégnois''.
Administration
Compiègne is the seat of two cantons:
* Compiègne-1 (with 19 ...
Compigno / Compendio (old)
*
Comtat Venaissin
The Comtat Venaissin (; Provençal: , Mistralian norm: , classical norm: ; 'County of Venaissin'), often called the for short, was a part of the Papal States (1274‒1791) in what is now the region of France.
The entire region was an enclav ...
Coutances
Coutances () is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.
History
Capital of the Unelli, a Gaulish tribe, the town was given the name of ''Constantia'' in 298 during the reign of Roman emperor Constantius Chloru ...
Dauphiné
The Dauphiné (, ) is a former province in Southeastern France, whose area roughly corresponded to that of the present departments of Isère, Drôme and Hautes-Alpes. The Dauphiné was originally the Dauphiné of Viennois.
In the 12th centu ...
Delfinato
* Dax Acque / Dacia / Acquense (old)
* Die Dia
*
Dieppe
Dieppe (; Norman: ''Dgieppe'') is a coastal commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France.
Dieppe is a seaport on the English Channel at the mouth of the river Arques. A regular ferry service runs to N ...
Dieppa
*
Digne-les-Bains
Digne-les-Bains (; Occitan: ''Dinha dei Banhs''), or simply and historically Digne (''Dinha'' in the classical norm or ''Digno'' in the Mistralian norm), is the prefecture of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Cô ...
Digno delle Terme / Digna
*
Dijon
Dijon (, , ) (dated)
* it, Digione
* la, Diviō or
* lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920.
The earlies ...
Digione
*
Dinan
Dinan (; ) is a walled Breton town and a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in northwestern France. On 1 January 2018, the former commune of Léhon was merged into Dinan.
Geography
Its geographical setting is exceptional. Instead o ...
Dinante
*
Dole
Dole may refer to:
Places
* Dole, Ceredigion, Wales
* Dole, Idrija, Slovenia
* Dole, Jura, France
** Arrondissement of Dole
* Dole (Kladanj), a village at the entity line of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina-Republika Srpska
* Dole, Ljubušk ...
Dola
*
Dombes
The Dombes (; Arpitan: Domba) is an area in eastern France, once an independent municipality, formerly part of the province of Burgundy, and now a district comprised in the department of Ain, and bounded on the west by the Saône River, on th ...
Dombe
*
Donzère
Donzère (; oc, Donzèra) is a commune of the Drôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.
It is a town located in the south of Drôme and on the left bank of the Rhône river, next to Montélimar.
Geography
T ...
Donzera
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Dordogne
Dordogne ( , or ; ; oc, Dordonha ) is a large rural department in Southwestern France, with its prefecture in Périgueux. Located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region roughly half-way between the Loire Valley and the Pyrenees, it is name ...
Dordogna
*
Douai
Douai (, , ,; pcd, Doï; nl, Dowaai; formerly spelled Douay or Doway in English) is a city in the Nord département in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Located on the river Scarpe some from Lille and from Arras, Dou ...
Drôme
Drôme (; Occitan: ''Droma''; Arpitan: ''Drôma'') is the southernmost department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. Named after the river Drôme, it had a population of 516,762 as of 2019.
Épinal
Épinal (; german: Spinal) is a commune in northeastern France and the prefecture of the Vosges department.
Geography
The commune has a land area of . It is situated on the river Moselle, south of Nancy. Épinal station has rail connecti ...
Essonne
Essonne () is a department of France in the southern Île-de-France region. It is named after the river Essonne. In 2019, it had a population of 1,301,659 across 194 communes.Étampes Stampa (old)
* Eure Eura, Ebura
*
Évreux
Évreux () is a commune in and the capital of the department of Eure, in the French region of Normandy.
Geography
The city is on the Iton river.
Climate
History
In late Antiquity, the town, attested in the fourth century CE, was named ...
Faucigny
Faucigny ( it, Fossigni) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Historically, Faucigny was a region in Savoy which included the area of the modern ''département'' of Haute Sav ...
Foix
Foix (; oc, Fois ; ca, Foix ) is a commune, the former capital of the County of Foix. It is the capital of the department of Ariège as it is the seat of the Préfecture of that department. Foix is located in the Occitanie region of south ...
Forcalquier
Forcalquier (; oc, Forcauquier, ) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.
Forcalquier is located between the Lure and Luberon mountain ranges, about south of Sisteron and west of the Durance river. D ...
Forcalcario, Forcalchieri
*
Forez
Forez is a former province of France, corresponding approximately to the central part of the modern Loire ''département'' and a part of the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme ''départements''.
The final "z" in Forez () is not pronounced in the Loire ...
Forese
*
Fougères
Fougères (; br, Felger; Gallo: ''Foujerr'') is a commune and a sub-prefecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine department in the region of Brittany in northwestern France.
As of 2017, Fougères had 20,418 inhabitants. The Fougères area comprises appr ...
Fogera (old)
* Franche-Comté Franca Contea
* Fréjus Frejo, Frejulo, Foro di Giulio are/ Fregiù (old)
*
Frontignan
Frontignan (; ) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.
Frontignan is renowned for its AOC wine, the Muscat de Frontignan, a sweet wine made solely from the Muscat grape variety.
Geography
Frontignan is located in the ...
Frontignano
* Galéria Galeria
* Gap Gape, Gapo
* Gard Gardo, Vardo
*
Garonne
The Garonne (, also , ; Occitan, Catalan, Basque, and es, Garona, ; la, Garumna
or ) is a river of southwest France and northern Spain. It flows from the central Spanish Pyrenees to the Gironde estuary at the French port of Bordeaux – ...
Gâtinais
Gâtinais () or Gâtine () was a province of France, containing the area around the valley of the Loing, corresponding roughly to the northeastern part of the département of Loiret, and the south of the present department of Seine-et-Marne. Unde ...
Gévaudan
Gévaudan (; oc, Gavaudan, Gevaudan) is a historical area of France in Lozère ''département''. It took its name from the Gabali, a Gallic tribe subordinate to the Arverni.
History
After the conquest of Gaul, the Romans preserved the c ...
Gevodano, Gabalitano (old)
* Gex Gesio
* Gironde Gironda
*
Gisors
Gisors () is a commune of Normandy, France. It is located northwest from the centre of Paris.
Gisors, together with the neighbouring communes of Trie-Château and Trie-la-Ville, form an urban area of 13,915 inhabitants (2018). This urban are ...
Grasse
Grasse (; Provençal oc, Grassa in classical norm or in Mistralian norm ; traditional it, Grassa) is the only subprefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region on the French Riviera. In 2017, the c ...
Grassa
*
Grenoble
lat, Gratianopolis
, commune status = Prefecture and commune
, image = Panorama grenoble.png
, image size =
, caption = From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble’s cable cars, place Saint- ...
Guyenne
Guyenne or Guienne (, ; oc, Guiana ) was an old French province which corresponded roughly to the Roman province of '' Aquitania Secunda'' and the archdiocese of Bordeaux.
The name "Guyenne" comes from ''Aguyenne'', a popular transformation o ...
Hyères
Hyères (), Provençal Occitan: ''Ieras'' in classical norm, or ''Iero'' in Mistralian norm) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
The old town lies from the sea clustered arou ...
Iera
*
Île-de-France
The Île-de-France (, ; literally "Isle of France") is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France. Centred on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the country and often called the ''Région parisienne'' (; en, Pa ...
Isola di Francia
*
Ille-et-Vilaine
Ille-et-Vilaine (; br, Il-ha-Gwilen) is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country. It is named after the two rivers of the Ille and the Vilaine. It had a population of 1,079,498 in 2019.
Issoudun
Issoudun () is a commune in the Indre department, administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is also referred to as ''Issoundun'', which is the ancient name.
Geography Location
Issoudun is a sub-prefecture, located in the east ...
Issolduno
*
Joinville
Joinville () is the largest city in Santa Catarina, in the Southern Region of Brazil. It is the third largest municipality in the southern region of Brazil, after the much larger state capitals of Curitiba and Porto Alegre. Joinville is also a ...
Langeac
Langeac (; oc, Lanjac) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. It is located about 30 km west of Le Puy-en-Velay, and about 100 km southwest of Lyon.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Haute-Loire d ...
Langiaco
*
Langres
Langres () is a commune in northeastern France. It is a subprefecture of the department of Haute-Marne, in the region of Grand Est.
History
As the capital of the Romanized Gallic tribe known as the Lingones, it was called Andematunnum, then ...
Langra, Lingone (old)
*
Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc-Roussillon (; oc, Lengadòc-Rosselhon ; ca, Llenguadoc-Rosselló) is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, it joined with the region of Midi-Pyrénées to become Occitania. It comprised five departments, and b ...
Linguadoca-Rossiglione
*
Laon
Laon () is a city in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
History
Early history
The holy district of Laon, which rises a hundred metres above the otherwise flat Picardy plain, has always held strategic importance. ...
Laone
*
La Rochelle
La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle''; oc, La Rochèla ) is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department. Wi ...
La Roccella, La Roccelle
* Laval Lavalle
* Lavaur Lavauro
*
Lectoure
Lectoure (; Gascon: ''Leitora'' ) is a commune in the Gers department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France.
It is located north of Auch, the capital of the department, south of Agen and approximately northwest of Toulouse.
Geogr ...
Lettora (old)
*
Le Havre
Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very ...
Avro di Grazia (old)
* Le Mans Mansa, Cenomano, Mano are*
Lens
A lens is a transmissive optical device which focuses or disperses a light beam by means of refraction. A simple lens consists of a single piece of transparent material, while a compound lens consists of several simple lenses (''elements ...
Libourne
Libourne (; oc, label= Gascon, Liborna ) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
It is the wine-making capital of northern Gironde and lies near Saint-Ém ...
Liborno / Liburno / Linborno (old)
*
Lille
Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the N ...
Limousin
Limousin (; oc, Lemosin ) is a former administrative region of southwest-central France. On 1 January 2016, it became part of the new administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It comprised three departments: Corrèze, Creuse, and Haute-Vienn ...
Limosino
* L'Île-Rousse Isolarossa (the Italian form being the original)
*
Lisieux
Lisieux () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is the capital of the Pays d'Auge area, which is characterised by valleys and hedged farmland.
Name
The name of the town derives from the ...
Lisobia, Lesovio (old)
*
Lodève
Lodève (; oc, Lodeva ) is a commune in the département of Hérault, in the Occitanie region in southern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. The derivation of the city's name is from Gaulish ''Luteva'', composed of lut-, swamp, ...
Lodeva
*
Loire
The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône ...
Loira, Lora
*
Longwy
Longwy (; older german: Langich, ; lb, label= Luxemburgish, Lonkech) is a commune in the French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, administrative region of Grand Est, northeastern France.
The inhabitants are known as ''Longoviciens'' ...
Lorraine
Lorraine , also , , ; Lorrain: ''Louréne''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lottringe''; german: Lothringen ; lb, Loutrengen; nl, Lotharingen is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of Gra ...
Lozère
Lozère (; oc, Losera ) is a landlocked department in the region of Occitanie in Southern France, located near the Massif Central, bounded to the northeast by Haute-Loire, to the east by Ardèche, to the south by Gard, to the west by Aveyron, ...
Lozera
*
Luberon
The Luberon ( or ; Provençal: ''Leberon'' or ''Leberoun'' ) is a massif in central Provence in Southern France, part of the French Prealps. It has a maximum elevation of and an area of about . It is composed of three mountain ranges (from w ...
Luxeuil
Luxeuil-les-Bains () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
History
Luxeuil (sometimes rendered Luxeu in older texts) was the Roman Luxovium and contained many fine buildings ...
Lussovio (old)
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Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...
Lione
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Lyonnais
The Lyonnais () is a historical province of France which owes its name to the city of Lyon.
The geographical area known as the ''Lyonnais'' became part of the Kingdom of Burgundy after the division of the Carolingian Empire. The disintegratio ...
Lionese
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Mâcon
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. Mâcon is home to near 34,000 residents, who are referred to in French as ...
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and ...
Manche
Manche (, ) is a coastal French département in Normandy, on the English Channel, which is known as ''La Manche'', literally "the sleeve", in French. It had a population of 495,045 in 2019.Manosque
Manosque (; Provençal Occitan: ''Manòsca'' in classical norm or ''Manosco'' in Mistralian norm) is the largest town and commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. However, it is not the ''préfecture'' (capital ...
Manosca, Manesco or Manosco
* Mantes Manta or Mante
* Marche Marca
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Marmande
Marmande (; in Occitan, ''Marmanda'') is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne ''département'' in south-western France.
Geography
Marmande is located 35 km north-west of Agen, on the southern railway from Bordeaux to Sète. The town is situa ...
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fra ...
Marsiglia
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Martinique
Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in ...
Massif Central
The (; oc, Massís Central, ; literally ''"Central Massif"'') is a highland region in south-central France, consisting of mountains and plateaus. It covers about 15% of mainland France.
Subject to volcanism that has subsided in the last 10,0 ...
Mayenne
Mayenne () is a landlocked department in northwest France named after the river Mayenne. Mayenne is part of the administrative region of Pays de la Loire and is surrounded by the departments of Manche, Orne, Sarthe, Maine-et-Loire, and Ill ...
Maienna
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Meaux
Meaux () is a Communes of France, commune on the river Marne (river), Marne in the Seine-et-Marne Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in the Functional area (France), metropolitan area of Paris, Franc ...
Melun
Melun () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region, north-central France. It is located on the southeastern outskirts of Paris, about from the centre of the capital. Melun is the prefecture of the Seine-et-Ma ...
Menton
Menton (; , written ''Menton'' in classical norm or ''Mentan'' in Mistralian norm; it, Mentone ) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera, close to the Italian border.
Me ...
Mentone (the Italian form being the original)
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Metz
Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand ...
Mirande
Mirande (; oc, Miranda) is a commune in the Gers department, Occitania, southwestern France.
Geography
Population
Sites of interest
* Town Hall
* St. Mary's Cathedral
* Astarac Square
* Clock Tower
* Rohan Tower
Image:Hôtel de ville d ...
Miranda or Meranda
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Mirebeau
Mirebeau (; Poitevin: ''Mirebea'') is a commune in the Vienne department, in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, western France.
History
Fulk Nerra (970-1040), Count of Anjou conquered Mirebeau and built a castle there. His son, Geoffrey of An ...
Mirabella
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Mirecourt
Mirecourt () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Mirecourt is known for lace-making and the manufacture of musical instruments, particularly those of the Violin family. Inhabitants are called Mirecurtiens.
...
Miracorte
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Mirepoix
A mirepoix ( ; ) is a flavor base made from diced vegetables cooked—usually with butter, oil, or other fat—for a long time on low heat without coloring or browning, as further cooking, often with the addition of tomato purée, creates a dar ...
Mirapinca (old)
* Moïta Moita (the Italian form being the original)
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Montargis
Montargis () is a commune in the Loiret department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
Montargis is the seventh most populous commune in the Loiret, after Orléans and its suburbs. It is near a large forest, and contains light industry and farming, ...
Montargì (old)
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Montauban
Montauban (, ; oc, Montalban ) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department, region of Occitania, Southern France. It is the capital of the department and lies north of Toulouse. Montauban is the most populated town in Tarn-et-Garonne, ...
Montalbano / Montealbano / Montelbano
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Montbard
Montbard () is a commune and subprefecture of the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Montbard is a small industrial town on the river Brenne. The ''Forges de Buffon'', ironworks established by Buff ...
Monte Bardo (old)
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Montbéliard
Montbéliard (; traditional ) is a town in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France, about from the border with Switzerland. It is one of the two subprefectures of the department.
History
Montbéliard is ...
Monbeliardo, Monte Belicardo (old)
* Mont-de-Marsan Monte Marsano
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Montélimar
Montélimar (; Vivaro-Alpine: ''Montelaimar'' ; la, Acumum) is a town in the Drôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in north Provence, Southeastern France. It is the second-largest city in the department after Valence. In 2018 ...
Montelimare / Montiglio a mare (old)
* Montereau Monasteriolo (old)
* Montluçon Monte Lussone / Monlussone
* Montmirail Montemiraglio
* Montpellier Monpellieri, Monpeglieri / Monpolieri, Monpegliere / Mompeglieri (old)
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Mont Ventoux
Mont Ventoux (; oc, Ventor, label= Provençal ) is a mountain in the Provence region of southern France, located some northeast of Carpentras, Vaucluse. On the north side, the mountain borders the department of Drôme. At , it is the highest ...
Monte Ventoso
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Morbihan
Morbihan ( , ; br, Mor-Bihan ) is a department in the administrative region of Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton), the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastl ...
Morbiano
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Morlaix
Morlaix (; br, Montroulez) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
Leisure and tourism
The old quarter of the town has winding streets of cobbled stones and overha ...
Morlasso (old)
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Morvan
The Morvan (historically Morvand from the Latin ''Murvinnum'' 590)Pierre-Henri Billy, ''Dictionnaire des noms de lieux de la France'', éditions Errance, 640 pages, 2011 , is a mountainous massif lying just to the west of the Côte d'Or escar ...
Narbonne
Narbonne (, also , ; oc, Narbona ; la, Narbo ; Late Latin:) is a commune in Southern France in the Occitanie region. It lies from Paris in the Aude department, of which it is a sub-prefecture. It is located about from the shores of the ...
Narbona
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Navarrenx
Navarrenx (; oc, Navarrencs, ; eu, Nabarrengose, eu, label=Zuberoan dialect, Zuberoan, Nabarrenkoxe) is a town and communes of France, commune in the departments of France, French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (Béarn) and the region of ...
Navarrino
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Nemours
Nemours () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Geography
Nemours is located on the Loing and its canal, c. south of Melun, on the Moret–Lyon railway. Nemours – Saint-Pierre ...
Nemosio
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Nevers
Nevers ( , ; la, Noviodunum, later ''Nevirnum'' and ''Nebirnum'') is the prefecture of the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in central France. It was the principal city of the former province of Nivernais. It is sou ...
Niverno
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Nice
Nice ( , ; Niçard dialect, Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department in France. The Nice urban unit, agg ...
Nizza, Nizza Marittima (the Italian form being the original)
* Niçois Nizzardo
* Nievre Niva
* Nîmes Nimme, Nisma / Nimissi / Nimese / Nemauso (old)
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Niort
Niort (; Poitevin: ''Niàu''; oc, Niòrt; la, Novioritum) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department, western France. It is the prefecture of Deux-Sèvres.
The population of Niort is 58,707 (2017) and more than 177,000 people live in the ...
Noyon
Noyon (; pcd, Noéyon; la, Noviomagus Veromanduorum, Noviomagus of the Veromandui, then ) is a commune in the Oise department, northern France.
Geography
Noyon lies on the river Oise, about northeast of Paris. The Oise Canal and the Cana ...
Nyons
Nyons (; See mistralian norm, and classical norm of Provençal.) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.
History
Nyons was settled in the 6th century BC as ''Nyrax'' by a Gallic tribe, probably the Segusiavi or the Se ...
Nione (old)
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Oise
Oise ( ; ; pcd, Oése) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,41 ...
Oisa
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Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Oloron-Sainte-Marie (; oc, Auloron e Senta Maria; eu, Oloroe-Donamaria) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2015: Aquitaine), southwestern France.
History
The town was founded by the ...
Olerone
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Orange
Orange most often refers to:
*Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis''
** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower
*Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum
* ...
Orléans
Orléans (;"Orleans" (US) and Orléanais Orleanese
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Orthez
Orthez (; eu, Ortheze; oc, Ortès, ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, and region of New Aquitaine, southwestern France.
It lies 40 km NW of Pau on the Southern railway to Bayonne. The town also encompasses the sm ...
Pamiers
Pamiers (; oc, Pàmias ) is a commune and largest city in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It is the most populous commune in the Ariège department, although i ...
Pamiero / Apamea (old)
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Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
Périgord
Périgord ( , ; ; oc, Peiregòrd / ) is a natural region and former province of France, which corresponds roughly to the current Dordogne department, now forming the northern part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It is div ...
Perigordia, Petrocoria
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Périgueux
Périgueux (, ; oc, Peireguers or ) is a commune in the Dordogne department, in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France.
Périgueux is the prefecture of Dordogne, and the capital city of Périgord. It is al ...
Picardie
Picardy (; Picard and french: Picardie, , ) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Hauts-de-France. It is located in the northern part of France.
Hi ...
Poissy
Poissy () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris. Inhabitants are called ''Pisciacais'' in French.
Poissy is one ...
Poitou
Poitou (, , ; ; Poitevin: ''Poetou'') was a province of west-central France whose capital city was Poitiers. Both Poitou and Poitiers are named after the Pictones Gallic tribe.
Geography
The main historical cities are Poitiers (historical c ...
Poatù, / Poitù, Pittavia
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Pons
The pons (from Latin , "bridge") is part of the brainstem that in humans and other bipeds lies inferior to the midbrain, superior to the medulla oblongata and anterior to the cerebellum.
The pons is also called the pons Varolii ("bridge of Va ...
Ponte
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Pont-de-l'Arche
Pont-de-l'Arche () is a commune of the Eure ''département'' in France. Notable monuments include the parish church of Notre-Dame-des-Arts, which was built in the late Flamboyant style.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Eure department
T ...
Ponte dell'Arca
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Ponthieu
Ponthieu (, ) was one of six feudal counties that eventually merged to become part of the Province of Picardy, in northern France.Dunbabin.France in the Making. Ch.4. The Principalities 888-987 Its chief town is Abbeville.
History
Ponthieu play ...
Pontivia
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Pontoise
Pontoise () is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise.
Administration
Pontoise is the official ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-d'Oise ''dép ...
Provence
Provence (, , , , ; oc, Provença or ''Prouvènço'' , ) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bor ...
Provenza
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Provins
Provins () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Known for its well-preserved medieval architecture and importance throughout the Middle Ages as an economic center and a host of annu ...
Pyrenees
The Pyrenees (; es, Pirineos ; french: Pyrénées ; ca, Pirineu ; eu, Pirinioak ; oc, Pirenèus ; an, Pirineus) is a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. It extends nearly from its union with the Cantabrian Mountains to ...
Pirenei
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Quercy
Quercy (; oc, Carcin , locally ) is a former province of France located in the country's southwest, bounded on the north by Limousin, on the west by Périgord and Agenais, on the south by Gascony and Languedoc, and on the east by Rouergue and ...
Quimper
Quimper (, ; br, Kemper ; la, Civitas Aquilonia or ) is a commune and prefecture of the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Administration
Quimper is the prefecture (capital) of the Finistère department.
Geography
Th ...
Rhône
The Rhône ( , ; wae, Rotten ; frp, Rôno ; oc, Ròse ) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Ar ...
Roanne
Roanne (; frp, Rouana; oc, Roana) is a commune in the Loire department, central France.
It is located northwest of Lyon on the river Loire. It has an important Museum, the ''Musée des Beaux-arts et d'Archéologie Joseph-Déchelette'' (Fre ...
Roana, Rodone (old)
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Romans
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
* Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
Romano
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Romorantin-Lanthenay
Romorantin-Lanthenay (), commonly known as Romorantin, is a commune and town in the Loir-et-Cher department, administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.
It is the capital city of the natural region of Sologne.
History
The current ...
Castel Romorantino (old)
* Roquebrune Roccabruna (the Italian form being the original)
*
Roubaix
Roubaix ( or ; nl, Robaais; vls, Roboais) is a city in northern France, located in the Lille metropolitan area on the Belgian border. It is a historically mono-industrial commune in the Nord department, which grew rapidly in the 19th century ...
Rouergue
Rouergue (; ) is a former province of France, corresponding roughly with the modern department of Aveyron. Its historical capital is Rodez. It is bounded on the north by Auvergne, on the south and southwest by Languedoc, on the east by Gévaudan ...
Saint-Lô
Saint-Lô (, ; br, Sant Lo) is a commune in northwest France, the capital of the Manche department in the region of Normandy.
San Lo, Santo Lo
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Saint-Malo
Saint-Malo (, , ; Gallo: ; ) is a historic French port in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, on the English Channel coast.
The walled city had a long history of piracy, earning much wealth from local extortion and overseas adventures. In 1944, the Alli ...
Saint-Omer
Saint-Omer (; vls, Sint-Omaars) is a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department in France.
It is west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais, and is located in the Artois province. The town is named after Saint Audoma ...
Sartène
Sartène (; co, Sartè ; it, Sartena or ) is a commune in the department of Corse-du-Sud on the island of Corsica, France.
Its history dates back to medieval times and granite buildings from the early 16th century still line some of the ...
Sartena (the Italian form being the original)
* Seine Senna
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Saône
The Saône ( , ; frp, Sona; lat, Arar) is a river in eastern France. It is a right tributary of the Rhône, rising at Vioménil in the Vosges department and joining the Rhône in Lyon, at the southern end of the Presqu'île.
The name ...
Saona
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Saulieu
Saulieu () is a rural commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Its 2,413 inhabitants (in 2017) call themselves Sédélociens.
Capital of the Morvan, situated within the Morvan Regional Na ...
Savoie
Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè'' or ''Savouè-d'Avâl''; English: ''Savoy'' ) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Southeastern France. Located in the French Alps, its prefecture is Chambéry. In 2019, Savoie had a population ...
Savoia
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Senlis
Senlis () is a commune in the northern French department of Oise, Hautes de France.
The monarchs of the early French dynasties lived in Senlis, attracted by the proximity of the Chantilly forest. It is known for its Gothic cathedral and other ...
Silvanetto (old)
* Sens Senone, Seno
* Sisteron Sisterone
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Soissons
Soissons () is a commune in the northern French department of Aisne, in the region of Hauts-de-France. Located on the river Aisne, about northeast of Paris, it is one of the most ancient towns of France, and is probably the ancient capital o ...
Soassone, Suassone / Soissone (old)
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Sologne
Sologne (; ) is a natural region in Centre-Val de Loire, France, extending over portions of the departements of Loiret, Loir-et-Cher and Cher. Its area is about . To its north is the river Loire, to its south the river Cher, while the distr ...
Tarascon
Tarascon (; ), sometimes referred to as Tarascon-sur-Rhône, is a commune situated at the extreme west of the Bouches-du-Rhône department of France in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Inhabitants are referred to as Tarasconnais or Taras ...
Tarbes
Tarbes (; Gascon: ''Tarba'') is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France. It is the capital of Bigorre and of the Hautes-Pyrénées. It has been a commune since 1790. It was known as ''Turba ...
Tarba, Tarbe, Turba / Turbia (old)
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Territoire de Belfort
The Territoire de Belfort () is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, eastern France. It had a population of 141,318 in 2019.Therouanne Teruana, Tarvenna (old)
* Thierache Tiraccia
*
Thouars
Thouars () is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. On 1 January 2019, the former communes Mauzé-Thouarsais, Missé and Sainte-Radegonde were merged into Thouars.
It is on the River Thouet. Its inhabitants are known ...
Toul
Toul () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.
It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
Geography
Toul is between Commercy and Nancy, and the river Moselle and Canal de la Marne au Rhin.
Climate
Toul ...
Tulo
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Toulon
Toulon (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Tolon , , ) is a city on the French Riviera and a large port on the Mediterranean coast, with a major naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, and the Provence province, Toulon is th ...
Tolone
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Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Pa ...
Tolosa
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Touraine
Touraine (; ) is one of the traditional provinces of France. Its capital was Tours. During the political reorganization of French territory in 1790, Touraine was divided between the departments of Indre-et-Loire, :Loir-et-Cher, Indre and Vien ...
Tours
Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the prefecture of the department of Indre-et-Loire. The commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabitants as of 2018 while the population of the whole metro ...
Tulle
Tulle (; ) is a commune in central France. It is the third-largest town in the former region of Limousin and is the capital of the department of Corrèze, in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Tulle is also the episcopal see of the Roman Cat ...
Tulla / Tutela (old)
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Vaison-la-Romaine
Vaison-la-Romaine (; oc, Vaison) is a town in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Vaison-la-Romaine is famous for its rich Roman ruins and mediaeval town and cathedral. It is also unusual in ...
Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a ...
Vannes
Vannes (; br, Gwened) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It was founded over 2,000 years ago.
History Celtic Era
The name ''Vannes'' comes from the Veneti, a seafaring Celtic people who live ...
Vaucluse
Vaucluse (; oc, Vauclusa, label= Provençal or ) is a department in the southeastern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It had a population of 561,469 as of 2019.Velay
Velay () is a historical area of France situated in east Haute-Loire ''département'' and south east of Massif central.
History
Julius Caesar mentioned the vellavi as subordinate of the arverni. Strabon suggested that they might have made ...
Vendée
Vendée (; br, Vande) is a department in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France, on the Atlantic coast. In 2019, it had a population of 685,442.
Vendea or Vandea
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Vendôme
Vendôme (, ) is a subprefecture of the department of Loir-et-Cher, France. It is also the department's third-biggest commune with 15,856 inhabitants (2019).
It is one of the main towns along the river Loir. The river divides itself at the ...
Vendoma or Vandomino, Vendomo, Vendosmo (old) / Vindocino (rare)
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Mont Ventoux
Mont Ventoux (; oc, Ventor, label= Provençal ) is a mountain in the Provence region of southern France, located some northeast of Carpentras, Vaucluse. On the north side, the mountain borders the department of Drôme. At , it is the highest ...
Monte Ventoso
* Verdèse Verdese (the Italian form being the original)
*
Verdun
Verdun (, , , ; official name before 1970 ''Verdun-sur-Meuse'') is a large city in the Meuse department in Grand Est, northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department.
Verdun is the biggest city in Meuse, although the capital ...
Verduno or Veroduno / Verdunno (old)
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Vermandois
Vermandois was a French county that appeared in the Merovingian period. Its name derives from that of an ancient tribe, the Viromandui. In the 10th century, it was organised around two castellan domains: St Quentin (Aisne) and Péronne (Somme ...
Versailles
The Palace of Versailles ( ; french: Château de Versailles ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 1995 has been managed, ...
Versaglia (old)
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Vervins
Vervins (; nl, Wervin) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is a subprefecture of the department. It lies between the small streams Vilpion and Chertemps, which drain towards the Serre. It is surroun ...
Vienne
Vienne (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Viéne'') is a landlocked department in the French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It takes its name from the river Vienne. It had a population of 438,435 in 2019.Vire Vira
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Vivarais
Vivarais (; oc, Vivarés; la, Vivariensis provincia{{cite web , url=http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ets/Graesse/orblatv.html , title = ORBIS LATINUS - Letter V) is a traditional region in the south-east of France, covering the ''département'' of A ...
Yonne
Yonne () is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the river Yonne, which flows through it, in the country's north-central part. One of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's eight constituent departments, it is l ...
All these names were officially used until 1861, because the
County of Nice
The County of Nice (french: Comté de Nice / Pays Niçois, it, Contea di Nizza/Paese Nizzardo, Niçard oc, Contèa de Niça/País Niçard) is a historical region of France located around the southeastern city of Nice and roughly equivalent t ...
was part of the
Kingdom of Sardinia
The Kingdom of Sardinia,The name of the state was originally Latin: , or when the kingdom was still considered to include Corsica. In Italian it is , in French , in Sardinian , and in Piedmontese . also referred to as the Kingdom of Savoy-S ...
, an Italian State. In 1861 the County passed to France.
* Ascros Ascroso, Scroso
* Aspremont Aspromonte di Nizza
*
Auvare
Auvare (; oc, Auvara) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of south-eastern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Auvarois'' or ''Auvaroises''.
Geography
Auvare is located so ...
Auvara
*
Bairols
Bairols (; oc, Bairòls) is a Communes of France, commune in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of south-eastern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Bairolois'' or ' ...
Beausoleil
BeauSoleil (French, ''beautiful sun'') is a Cajun band from Louisiana, United States.
Band history
Founded in 1975, BeauSoleil (often billed as "BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet") released its first album in 1977 and became one of the most well ...
Belsole
*
Belvédère
Belvédère (; oc, Barver; it, Belvedere) is a Communes of France, commune in the Vésubie valley north of Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department in southeastern France. The village of Belvédère is located at the entran ...
Belvedere
*
Bendejun
Bendejun () is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department
The following is a list of the 163 communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department of France. ...
Bendigiuno, Bendegiuno
*
Berre-les-Alpes
Berre-les-Alpes (; oc, Bèrra) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Toponymy
By a decree of 22 December 1997, Berre-''des''-Alpes became Berre-les-Alpes.
Geography
"The superb national road from Nice to ...
Berra, Berre dell'Alpi, Bera
* Beuil Boglio, Boglio Montano
* Blausasc Bleusasco, Blausasco
* Bonson Bonsone, Bausone
* Breil-sur-Roya Breglio, Breglio sul Roia
* Cantaron Cantarone
*
Cap-d'Ail
Cap-d'Ail (; oc, Caup d'Alh; it, Capodaglio or ''Capo d'Aglio'') is a seaside commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 4,523.
Geography
Cap-d ...
Daluis
Daluis ( oc, Daluèis) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Situated on the river Var, it is the end point of the Gorges de Daluis.
Population
See also
*Gorges de Daluis
*Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes ...
Dàlui, Daluigi
*
Drap
Drap () is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France.
Population
The inhabitants are called ''Drapois'' and ''Drapoises''.
See also
*Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes departmen ...
Gorbio
Gorbio (; oc, Gòrbi) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Gorbio may be seen in the video for Celine Dion's song ''Falling Into You''.
Population
The inhabitants are called ''Gorbarins''.
See also
*Com ...
La Brigue
La Brigue (; lij, Briga; oc, La Briga; it, Briga Marittima) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
La Brigue became part of France after World War II, when Italy was forced to hand it over in September 1947 ...
L'Escarène
L'Escarène (; oc, L'Escarèa) is an ancient commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. It was part of the historic County of Nice until 1860, named ''Scarena''. It was a main stop along the Route de Sel during the 14th, ...
La Turbie
La Turbie (; oc, A Torbia; in Italian "Turbia" from ''tropea'', Latin for trophy) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
History
La Turbie was famous in Roman times for the large monument, the Trophy of Augus ...
Lucéram
Lucéram (; it, Lucerame, oc, Luceram) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Lucéram is in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Its inhabitants are called the ''Lucéramois''.
Luceram village is home of ...
Marie
Marie may refer to:
People Name
* Marie (given name)
* Marie (Japanese given name)
* Marie (murder victim), girl who was killed in Florida after being pushed in front of a moving vehicle in 1973
* Marie (died 1759), an enslaved Cree person in Tr ...
Maria
*
Massoins
Massoins (; oc, Massoin; it, Maissone) is a Communes of France, commune in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department in southeastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department
References
...
Peille
Peille (; oc, Pelha; it, Peglio Marittimo) is a commune perched on a rock between Monaco and Menton in the Alpes Maritimes department in southeastern France.
It overlooks the River Peillon. Higher still than the village are the ruins of a ...
Peglia, Peglio di Nizza
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Peillon
Peillon (; oc, Pelhon; it, Peglione) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Geography
The commune is perched on a mountaintop and has stairs instead of roads.
Population
The inhabitants are called ''Peillo ...
Pierlas
Pierlas (; oc, Pierlàs; it, Pierlasso) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Geography
The commune is traversed by the river Cians.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department
The ...
Pierrefeu
Pierrefeu (; oc, Peirafuec; it, Pietrafuoco) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department
The following is a list of the 163 communes of the Alp ...
Pietrafuoco, Pietrafoco
*
Puget-Rostang
Puget-Rostang (; oc, Lo Puget Rostanh; it, Poggetto Rostang) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes ''département'' in southeastern France.
Geography
The commune is traversed by the Cianavelle and the Raton River.
It is located from Nice an ...
Poggetto Rostagno, Poggetto Rostagni
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Puget-Théniers
Puget-Théniers (; oc, Lo Puget Tenier; it, Poggetto Tenieri) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Geography
It is situated on in the valley of the Var.
History
It was part of the historic County of Nice ...
Roquebillière
Roquebillière (; historical it, Roccabigliera; oc, Ròcabilhiera) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
History
It was part of the historic County of Nice until 1860 as ''Roccabigliere." The town was at o ...
Saint-Dalmas-le-Selvage
Saint-Dalmas-le-Selvage (; oc, Sant Darmàs lo Selvatge; it, San Dalmazzo Selvatico) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department
The following ...
San Dalmazzo il Selvatico, San Dalmazzo Selvaggio
* Sainte-Agnès Sant'Agnese
*
Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée
Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée (, literally ''Saint-Étienne of Tinée''; ; Vivaro-Alpine: ''Sant Estève d'en Tiniá'') is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
It was part of the historic County of Nice until 1860. ...
Santo Stefano di Tinea
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Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (; oc, Sant Joan de Cap Ferrat; Italian: ''San Giovanni Capo Ferrato'') is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2017, it had a population of 1,57 ...
San Giovanni Capoferrato
* Saint-Léger San Laugerio, San Leggero
*
Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes
Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes (, literally ''Saint-Martin of Entraunes''; oc, Sant Martin d'Entraunas; it, San Martino d'Entraunes) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. It is located in the middle stretches of ...
Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée
Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée (, literally ''Saint-Sauveur on Tinée''; Vivaro-Alpine: ''Sant Sarvaor''; it, San Salvatore di Tinea) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
...
Tende
Tende (; Italian, Occitan and Royasc: ''Tenda'') is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Geography
Tende is located within Mercantour National Park in the French Alps. The mountainous commune is bordered b ...
Touët-sur-Var
Touët-sur-Var (, literally ''Touët on Var''; oc, Lo Toit; it, Toetto sul Varo) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Geography
The commune is traversed by the Var and the Cians Rivers.
Population
Se ...
Villefranche-sur-Mer
Villefranche-sur-Mer (, ; oc, Vilafranca de Mar ; it, Villafranca Marittima ) is a resort town in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region on the French Riviera and is l ...
Villafranca, Villafranca Marittima, Villafranca sul mare
* Villeneuve-d'Entraunes Villanova d'Entraune, Villanuova d'Entrone
* Villars-sur-Var Villar del Varo, Villare del Varo
Bézaudun-les-Alpes
Bézaudun-les-Alpes (; oc, Beudun; it, Besalduno) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department
The following is a list of the 163 communes of th ...
Bouyon
Bouyon (; oc, Boion; it, Boione) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Situated northwest of Nice, Bouyon offers magnificent panoramic views of the Alps, and features a traditional château and communal br ...
Cannes
Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. T ...
Canna, Canne
*
Carros
Carros (; oc, Carròs) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Carros is one of sixteen villages grouped together by the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur tourist department as the ''Route des Villages Perchés'' (Rou ...
Carrosio
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Caussols
Caussols (; oc, Caussòus; it, Caussole) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. It is known for the CERGA Observatory on the Calern plateau.
Demographics
See also
*Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes departmen ...
Caussole
*
Châteauneuf-Grasse
Châteauneuf-Grasse (; oc, Castèunòu de Grassa), alternatively known as names are Châteauneuf de Grasse or simply Châteauneuf, is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Châteauneuf is situated on the French R ...
Coursegoules
Coursegoules (; oc, Corsegolas) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Its inhabitants are called the ''Coursegoulois''.
Demographics
In 2019, the commune had 531 inhabitants.
Notable people
* Numa Ando ...
Corsegola
*
Escragnolles
Escragnolles (; oc, Escranhòla) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Geography
The commune is mountainous and includes the gorge of the Siagne.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes de ...
Gattières
Gattières (; oc, Gatièras) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department
The following is a list of the 163 communes of the Alpes-Maritimes dep ...
Grasse
Grasse (; Provençal oc, Grassa in classical norm or in Mistralian norm ; traditional it, Grassa) is the only subprefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region on the French Riviera. In 2017, the c ...
La Colle-sur-Loup
La Colle-sur-Loup (; oc, Sa Còla de Lop) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Population
Notable residents
* Jean-François-Maxime Raybaud (1795–1894), a philhellene officer, writer, and a participan ...
Le Cannet
Le Cannet (; oc, Lo Canet; older it, Canneto) is a commune of the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Administration
Le Cannet was part of Cannes until 1778, when it was made a separate commune.
Location
Le Cannet is locat ...
Canneto or il Caneto
*
Le Mas
Le Mas ( oc, Lo Mas) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of South-eastern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Massois, Massoises'', or ''Massoinques''.
Geography
Le Mas is ...
Masio
*
Le Rouret
Le Rouret (; oc, Lo Roret) is a Communes of France, commune in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department in southeastern France.
Geography
Le Rouret is located from Grasse, from Cannes and the Mediterranean coast, from Nice and ...
Les Ferres
Les Ferres (; oc, Sei Ferres; it, Ferre) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department
The following is a list of the 163 communes of the Alpes- ...
Mandelieu-la-Napoule
Mandelieu-la-Napoule (; oc, Mandaluec la Napola; locally spelled Mandelieu-La Napoule) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera, just to the ...
Mandaloco-la Napola
*
Mouans-Sartoux
Mouans-Sartoux (; known in Occitan as ''Moans e Sartòu'' or ''Moans e Sartol'') is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. The inhabitants are called Mouansois.
The commune of Sartoux was combined with the commune ...
Opio
Souls of Mischief is a hip hop group from Oakland, California, that is also part of the hip hop collective Hieroglyphics. The Souls of Mischief formed in 1991 and is composed of rappers A-Plus, Opio, Phesto, and Tajai.
History
East Oakland ...
Oppia
*
Pégomas
Pégomas ( or ) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.Co ...
Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne
Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne (, literally ''Saint-Cézaire on Siagne''; oc, Sant Cesari de Sianha) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Geography
Far from the major thoroughfares, Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne lie ...
Théoule-sur-Mer
Théoule-sur-Mer (; Occitan: ''Teula de Mar'' or simply ''Teula''), popularly known as Théoule, is a resort village in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. It lies to the east of th ...
Valbonne
Valbonne (; oc, Vauboa) is a commune near Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Valbonne means "the good valley" in Provençal and translates to "Vaubona" in Occitan.
Th ...
Annot
Annot (; oc, Anòt) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Annotains'' or ''Annotaines''
The commune has been awa ...
Entrevaux
Entrevaux (; oc, Entrevaus) is a commune (municipality), former episcopal seat (not bishopric in title, that remained the Diocese of Glandèves) and Latin Catholic titular see in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.
...
Val-de-Chalvagne
Val-de-Chalvagne (, literally ''Vale of Chalvagne''; oc, Vau de Chalvanha) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. It was established in 1974 by the merger of the former communes Castellet-Saint-Cassien, ...
Val di Chiavagna
* Villevieille Cittavecchia di Entrevàuso, Villavecchia
Aosta Valley
fr. Vallée d'Aoste – it. Valle d'Aosta:
talian names to 1861 /1924–1928/, (1939–1947)
Under
Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (; 29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in 194 ...
, a forced program of Italianization that included the translation of all toponyms into Italian occurred. As the region gained special autonomous status after the end of World War Two; the province of Aosta ceased to exist in 1945 and all the original French toponyms were reestablished as all the Italian ones were abolished, except from Aosta (co-official with the French ''Aoste'').
* Allein.. /Agliene d'Aosta/, (Alleno, Alliano)
* Antey-Saint-Andréntei /Antei/, (Antei Sant'Andrea)
*Aoste –
Aosta
Aosta (, , ; french: Aoste , formerly ; frp, Aoûta , ''Veulla'' or ''Ouhta'' ; lat, Augusta Praetoria Salassorum; wae, Augschtal; pms, Osta) is the principal city of Aosta Valley, a bilingual region in the Italian Alps, north-northwest of ...
Fontainemore
Fontainemore ( Valdôtain: ; Issime wae, Pischu; from 1939 to 1946) is a town and ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy.
Toponym
The toponym "Fontainemore" may derive from an old fountain called in French
French (fren ...
Gignod
Gignod ( Valdôtain: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy.
Twin towns — sister cities
Gignod is twinned with:
* Pontlevoy
Pontlevoy () is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France.
...
Gressan
Gressan ( Valdôtain: or ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy. Its patron saint is Saint Stephen.
Notable people
* Maturino Blanchet, (1892-1974), bishop of Aosta
Aosta (, , ; french: Aoste , form ...
Gressoney-La-Trinité
Gressoney-La-Trinité (Gressoney wae, Greschòney Drifaltigkeit or ; frp, Gressonèy-La-Trinità) is a town or '' commune'' and renowned alpine resort at the foot of Monte Rosa in the Val de Gressoney, which is part of the Aosta Valley region of ...
Gressoney-Saint-Jean
Gressoney-Saint-Jean (Gressoney wae, Greschòney Zer Chilchu; frp, Gressonèy-Sèn-Dzan; german: Kressenau Sankt Johann) is a town and ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy.
Geography
The town is situated in a valley forme ...
ressonei /Gressonei/, (Gressonei San Giovanni)
* Hônena /One/, (Ono)
* Introdntrodo /Introdo/, (Introdo)
* Issime.. /.../, (Issimo, Issime)
* Issogne.. /.../, (Issogno)
* Jovençaniovenzano /Giovinazzo d'Aosta/, (Giovencano, Giovenzano)
* La Magdeleine.. /La Maddalena d'Aosta/, (La maddalena d'Aosta, Antei La Maddalena)
* La Salle.. /.../, (Sala Dora)
* La Thuilea Tuila /La Tegola/, (Porta Littoria, Tuillia)
*
Lillianes
Lillianes ( Valdôtain: ; Issime wae, Elljini) is a town and ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. ...
Ollomont
Ollomont ( Valdôtain: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley region of north-west Italy.
Geography
Bagnes, Bionaz, Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Doues
Doues ( Valdôtain: ) is a town and '' comune'' in the Aosta Valley
, Valdostan or Valdota ...
lomonte /.../, (Ollomonte)
* Oyacejace /.../, (Oiasse, Ojace)
* Perloz.. /Perlo'/, (Perlozzo)
* Pollein.. /Poglieno/, (Polleno, Pollano)
* Pont-Saint-Martin.. /Ponte di San Martino/, (Ponte San Martino)
* Pontboset.. /Ponte del Duca d'Aosta/, (Pianboseto, Ponboseto)
* Ponteyontei /Pontei/, (Pontesano, Pontei)
*
Pré-Saint-Didier
Pré-Saint-Didier ( Valdôtain: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy, at above sea level.
Transportation
The terminus of the regional railway is located there, although with no services since 2015. Before ...
.. /Prezzo di Savoia/, (San Desiderio Terme, Prato San Desiderio)
*
Quart
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uarto /Quarto d'Aosta/, (Quarto Pretoria, Quarto Praetoria)
* Rhêmes-Notre-Dame.. /Vittorio Nostra Signora/, (Nostra Signora di Rema, Val di Rema di Sotto, Madonna di Rema)
* Rhêmes-Saint-Georges.. /Vittorio San Giorgio/, (San Giorgio di Rema, Val di Rema di Sopra)
* Roisan.. /Rossano del Monte/, (Roisano, Rosano)
* Saint-Christophe.. /San Cristoforo Vittorio/, (San Cristoforo)
* Saint-Denis.. /San Denizzo/, (San Dionigi)
* Saint-Marcel.. /San Marcello d'Aosta/, (San Marcello)
* Saint-Nicolas.. /San Nicola d'Aosta/, (San Nicola)
* Saint-Oyen.. /Sant, Oglieno/, (Sant'Eugenio, Santo Eugendo, Sant'Ogendo)
* Saint-Pierre.. /San Pietro Latino/, (San Pietro, San Pietro e Paolo)
* Saint-Rhémy.. /.../, (San Remigio)
* Saint-Vincent.. /San Vincenzo/, (San Vincenzo della Fonte)
* Sarre.. /.../, (Sarra)
* Torgnon.. /Torgnone/, (Torgnone, Tornione)
* Valgrisencheal Grisanza /Valgrisenze/, (Valgrisenza)
* Valpellinealpellina /Valpellina/, (Valpellina)
* Valsavarenche.. /Val Savarance/, (Valsavara)
*
Valtournenche
Valtournenche (local Valdôtain: ) is a town and '' comune'' in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy, above the sea level. It is named after and covers most of the ''Valtournenche'', a valley on the left side of the Dora Baltea, from ...
al Tornenza /Valturnezze/, (Valtornenza, Val Tornenza)
* Verrayes.. /.../, (Verraio, Verraglie)
* Verrèserrezzo /Castelverres/, (Castel Verres)
* Villeneuve.. /Villanova de' Monti/, (Villanova Baltea)
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''Italian was Malta's official language until 1934''.
Mexico
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Venetian Republic
The Republic of Venice ( vec, Repùblega de Venèsia) or Venetian Republic ( vec, Repùblega Vèneta, links=no), traditionally known as La Serenissima ( en, Most Serene Republic of Venice, italics=yes; vec, Serenìsima Repùblega de Venèsia ...
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Switzerland
''Italian is one of the four official languages in Switzerland''.
Almens
Almens ('' Romansh: Almen'') is a former municipality in the district of Hinterrhein in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Almens, Paspels, Pratval, Rodels and Tomils merged to form the new munic ...
Lumine*, Almenno
*
Alvaneu
Alvaneu ('' Romansh: Alvagni'') is a former municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Alvaschein, Mon, Stierva, Tiefencastel, Alvaneu, Brienz/Brinzauls an ...
Ardez
Ardez () is a former municipality in the district of Inn in the canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland. The village is located in the Lower Engadin valley. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Ardez, Guarda, Tarasp, Ftan and S ...
Ardezzo, Ardez*
*
Arosa
, neighboring_municipalities= Alvaneu, Davos, Langwies, Lantsch/Lenz, Molinis, Peist, Schmitten, Tschiertschen, Vaz/Obervaz, Wiesen
, twintowns = Fukumitsu (Japan)
Arosa is a town and a municipality in the Plessur Region in the canton o ...
Arosa
*
Avers
Avers ( rm, Avras; wae, Òòver(s), , ) is a high Alpine valley region and a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It includes Juf, the highest-altitude year-round settlement in Europe.
History
Avers is first ...
Breil/Brigels
Breil/Brigels is a municipality in the Surselva Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2018 the former municipalities of Andiast and Waltensburg/Vuorz merged into the municipality of Breil/Brigels.
The name of the municipalit ...
Castrisch
Castrisch () is a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. Until 1943, it was officially known as Kästris. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Castrisch, Ilanz, Ladir, Luven, Pitasch, Riei ...
Càstrice*
*
Cazis
Cazis ''( Romansh: Tgazas)'' is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2010 the municipalities of Portein, Präz, Sarn and Tartar merged into the municipality of Cazis.
History
Cazis is first ...
Cassi or Cassis, Càzas*
* Celerina Cellerina or Celerina
* Champfer Campofare
*
Churwalden
Churwalden is a municipality in the Plessur Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It incorporates the former municipalities of Malix and Parpan.
History
Churwalden is first mentioned in 1149 as ''silva Augeria''. In 1191 it was ...
Conters im Prättigau
Conters im Prättigau ( rm, ) is a Swiss village in the Prättigau and a municipality in the political district of Prättigau/Davos Region in the canton of Graubünden.
History
Conters im Prättigau is first mentioned in 1290 as ''Cunters''.
G ...
Contra in Prettigovia, Cuntèr di Partenzo*
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Cumbel
Cumbel () is a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The municipalities of Cumbel, Degen, Lumbrein, Morissen, Suraua, Vignogn, Vella, and Vrin merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of ...
Davos Platz
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Davos (, ; or ; rm, ; archaic it, Tavate) is an Alpine resort town and a municipality in the Prättigau/Davos R ...
Tavate Piazza*
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Disentis/Mustér
Disentis (German) or Mustér (, Romansh), with its official name Disentis/Mustér is a village and a municipality in the Surselva Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
The skiing and summer tourism resort high up in the Rhine valley is the ...
Desertina* or Tisitis
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Domat/Ems
Domat/Ems ( rm, Domat ; german: Ems) is a municipality in the Imboden Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
History
Domat/Ems is first mentioned in 765 as ''colonia de Amede''. Ems is the German name for the municipality, Domat is the ...
Damede or Damet, Dòmat*
* Donath Anede or Donato, Donat*
* Duvin Dovino or Duvin*
* Fanas Fanasio, Fànas*
* Feldis Felda*, Foldaone or Velda
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Falera
Falera is a municipality in the Surselva Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
Falera is a part of the ''Alpenarena'' along with the towns of Flims and Laax and is the most secluded of the three.
History
Falera is a town of rich culture ...
Falera*, Fallera
* Felsberg Favogno* or Villa Fagonio
* Ferrera = Ferrera:
* Ausserferrera Ferrera di Fuori, Ferrera d'Àvero*
* Innerferrera Ferrera di Dentro, Calangìl*
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Fideris
Fideris ''( Romansh: Fadrein)'' is a Swiss village in the Prättigau and a municipality in the political district Prättigau/Davos Region in the canton of Graubünden.
History
Fideris is first mentioned in 1370 as ''Fidris''.
Geography
Fide ...
Flims
Flims ( rm, Flem) is a municipality in the Imboden Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The town of Flims is dominated by the Flimserstein which one can see from almost anywhere in the area.
Flims consists of the village of Flims (called ...
Ftan
Ftan is a former municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Ardez, Guarda, Tarasp, Ftan and Sent merged into the municipality of Scuol.Fuldera Fuldera
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Furna
Furna (Highest Alemannic: ''Furnä'') is a Swiss village in the Prättigau and a municipality in the political district Prättigau/Davos Region in the canton of Graubünden.
History
Furna is first mentioned in 1479 as ''Furnen''.
Demographics ...
Grüsch
Grüsch is a Swiss village in the Prättigau and a municipality in the political district Prättigau/Davos Region in the canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2011, the former municipalities of Fanas and Valzeina were merged with Grüsch.
Croce in Prettigovia, Croce di Partenzo* or Crusca
* Guarda Guarda*
* Haldenstein Lanze di Sotto*
* Hinterrhein Valdireno or San Pietro Valreno*
* Igels Egene, _Dègen*
* Igis Egino, _Èigias*
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Ilanz
Ilanz ( rm, Glion) is a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The former municipality of Ilanz was congruent with the town of Ilanz. On 1 January 1978, the former municipality of Strada merged into ...
Ilonte or Iante*, Ilanza
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Jenaz
Jenaz ''( Romansh: Gianatsch)'' is a Swiss village in the Prättigau and a municipality in the political district Prättigau/Davos Region in the canton of Graubünden.
History
Jenaz is first mentioned in the second half of the 12th Century as ' ...
Gianazzo*, Giovanaccio or Giovannaccio
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Jenins
Jenins ''( Romansh: Gianin)'' is a municipality in the Landquart Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
History
Jenins is first mentioned in 1139 as ''Uienennes''. In 1142 it was mentioned as ''Gininnes''.
Geography
Jenins has an area ...
Klosters-Serneus
Klosters is a Swiss village in the Prättigau, politically part of the municipality of Klosters-Serneus, which belongs to the political district Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden. In 2021, the municipality shortened its name to Kl ...
Claustra* or Chiostro / C.-Cernèus*
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Küblis
Küblis or Kublis is a Swiss village in the Prättigau and a municipality in the political district Prättigau/Davos Region in the canton of Graubünden.
Neighboring municipalities
History
Küblis is first mentioned in 1351 as ''ze Cüblins'' ...
Cupelina*, Cubliaso or Convalle
* Laax Laghi, Lages*
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Ladir
Ladir is a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Ladir, Castrisch, Ilanz, Luven, Pitasch, Riein, Ruschein, Schnaus, Sevgein, Duvin, Pigniu, Rueun an ...
Langwies
Langwies is a former municipality in the district of Plessur in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Langwies, Calfreisen, Castiel, Lüen, Molinis, Peist
Peist is a former municipality in t ...
Pralongo* or Pralungo
*Lantsch Lanze di Sopra*, Lanzo
*Lavin Lavino, Lavina*
*Lenzerheide Planèira*
*Lohn Laone or Lon*
*Lü Luio or Lü
*Lüen Leune*
*Lumbrein Lamarene* or Lumarene
*Luven Loveno or Luvene*
*Luzein Luciano*, Luceina or Lucigno
*Madulein Maduleno*, Madulene
*Maienfeld Maiavilla or Maggiavilla
*Maladers Maladro, Maladre*
*Malans Malanza or Malànzia*
*Malix Umbligo or Umbelico, Umblies*
*Maloja Maloggia
*Marmorera Marmorera
*Martina Pommartina, Ponte Martina*
*Masans Mezzane
*Masein Masene*, Medezeno or Masagno
*Mastrils Monasteriolo*
*Mathon Matone or Màton*
*Medels im Oberland Medèl in Surselva*
*Medels im Rheinwald Medèl in Valreno*
*Meierhof Corte Maiòria*, Cortemaggiore
*Molinis Molina di Scanavica*, Molini
*Mons Monno or Mons*
*Morissen Muricia*, Morissa
*Mulegns Molini di Sursette*
*Müstair Monastero
*Mutten Monte or Motta*, Mutta
*Nufenen Novena
*Obersaxen Sursasso* or Soprasasso
*Pagig Pagigo*, Puigo
*Panix Pignono, Pignìu*
*Parpan Parpano*, Parpanno
*Paspels Pasquale*
*Patzen-Fardün Pàzeno-Faldone/Fardeno*
*Peiden San Pietro di Lunganezza*, Peida
*Peist Peste, Paiste*
*Pignia Pignia*, Pignigo
*Pitasch Pitàccio*
*Pontresina Pontresina*
*Portein Porteno*, Purtino
*Praden Prada*, Prata or Prati
*Pratval Pratavalle*, Prato del Valle
*Parsonz Prasanzo*, Presanzo
*Präz Prezio or Parezzo*
*La Punt Chamues-ch Ponte Campovasto
*Ramosch Ramoggia, Ramoscio*
*Reischen Reseno*
*Riom Riamio*
*Reichenau Ponte or la Punt*
*Rhäzüns Razeno, Razene* or Ronzone
*Riein Renio*
*Rodels Roteno, Rotene*
*Rona Rona or Rovena, Rovina*
*Rongellen Roncaglia, Roncàlia*
*Rothenbrunnen Fontana Rossa, Juvalta*
*Ruis Ruane*, Roano or Rovano
*Ruschein Rusene*
*Saas im Prättigau Sàlice di Partenzo*, Sausa
*Safien-Platz Piazza Stossavia
*Safiental Stossavia or Val Stossavia
*Sagogn Sagogno or Sagagno
*Salouf Salucco, Salugo*
*Samaden Samedano or Samada
*Samnaun Samignone
*Sankt Antönien-Ascharina Acerina di Sant'Antonio*
*Sankt Antönien-Castels Castel Sant'Antonio*
*Sankt Antönien-Rüti Ronco di Sant'Antonio*
*Sankt Martin_(Lugnez) San Martino di Lunganezza*
*Sankt Moritz San Maurizio d'Engadina
*Sankt Peter San Pietro di Scanavica*
*Santa Maria Val Müstair Santa Maria in Val Monastero
*Sarn Sarno*
*Savognin Savognino
*Says Sèio*
*S-chanf Scanevo or Scanfio, Scanfo*
*Scharans Cerrone*, Gironzio
*Scheid Scèdio*
*Schiers Àcera*, Acereto
*Schlans Selauno, Selane*
*Schluein Slovegno, Sluenio*
*Schuders Scudero
*Schmitten Ferrera d'Albula*
*Sculms Scolmo
*Scuol Scolio
*Sedruns Sedrone
*Sevgein Savienno, Sevino*
*Seewis im Prättigau Sevisio in Prettigovia or Sequìgia*
*Sent Sento
*Seth Sette*
*S-charl Scarlo or Scarli
*Sils im Domleschg Siglio in Domigliasca or Segli in Domigliasca*
*Sils im Engadin Siglio in Engadina or Sèglio d'Engadina*
*Silvaplana Selvapiana or Silvapiana
*Somvix Sommovico* or Sonvico
*Splügen Spluga
*Stierva Stirvia or Stierva*
*Sufers Suverio, Sur in Valreno*
*Sur Sora or Sur d'Albula*
*Surava Sorava
*Surcasti Sur Castello*
*Susch Susio, Susa*
*Tamins Tumegno or Tamino*
*Tarasp Taraspo or Taraspa*
*Tartar Tartaro*
*Tenna Tenna*
*Tersnaus Terzinasso*
*Thusis Tosanna or Tosana
*Tiefencastel Castino or Imocastello / (Castelfondo)*
*Tinizong Tinizzone, Tinezone* , Tinizugno
*Tomils Tomiglio, Domìglio*
*Trans Trano or Tràunes*
*Trimmis Trèmine*, Trimmo
*Trin Turunnio or Turunio, Trino
*Trun Tronte*
*Tschappina Ciappina*, Ceppina
*Tschiertschen Circello*, Cerceno or Cercene
*Tschierv Cervo*, Cervi
*Tschlin Cellino or Celino, Celine*
*Tujetsch Tovieggio, Tavèccio*
*Untervaz Vazze di Sotto*
*Uors Biforco*, Furze
*Urmein Urmeno*, Urmino
*Valchava Valcava
*Valendas Valendano*
*Vals Valle San Pietro, San Pietro in Valle*
*Valzeina Valsèina*
*Vaz/Obervaz Vazze di Sopra*
*Vazerol Visarolo
*Vella Villa*
*Versam Versomma or Fersamio, Versomi*
*Vignogn Vigogno, Vignone*
*Vnà Manà*
*Vrin Varino or Vrino, Aurino, Vrin*
*Waltensburg Vuorze, Vurce* or Vorce*
*Weinberg Ovella*
*Wiesen Tèin* or Tegno
*Zernez Cernezzo
*Zillis Zirano or Cirano, Cirane*, Cerano
*Zizers Zìzure*, Zizero or Cicero
*Zuoz Zozzio
Pyrenees
The Pyrenees (; es, Pirineos ; french: Pyrénées ; ca, Pirineu ; eu, Pirinioak ; oc, Pirenèus ; an, Pirineus) is a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. It extends nearly from its union with the Cantabrian Mountains to ...
: Pirenei (France, Spain)
*Rhine Reno (Netherlands, Switzerland)
*Saint George's Channel Canale San Giorgio (Ireland, United Kingdom)
*Scheldt Schelda (Belgium, France, Netherlands)
*Tauern Monti Tauri (Austria)
See also
* List of European exonyms
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Exonyms
Italian exonyms,
Italian language, Exonym
Lists of exonyms