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Abel Gance
Abel Gance (25 October 188910 November 1981) was a French film director and producer, writer and actor.
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AC Ajaccio
Athletic Club Ajaccio (commonly referred to as AC Ajaccio, l'ACA or simply Ajaccio, Athletic Club Aiacciu) is a French association football club based in the city of Ajaccio on the island of Corsica.
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Afa, Corse-du-Sud
Afa (or Afà in Corsican) is a French commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.
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Agde
Agde (Agde) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.
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Air Corsica
Compagnie Aérienne Corse Méditerranée S.A.E.M. (Cumpagnia Aerea Corsa Mediterrania), trading as Air Corsica (formerly CCM Airlines), is a French regional airline with its head office on the grounds of Ajaccio - Campo dell'Oro Airport in Ajaccio, Corsica, France.
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Ajaccio Cathedral
Ajaccio Cathedral, officially the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption of Ajaccio (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Ajaccio) and also known as the Cathedral of the Assumption of Saint Mary (Cathédrale de l'Assomption de Sainte-Marie), is a Roman Catholic church located in Ajaccio, Corsica.
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Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport
Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport (Aéroport d’Ajaccio-Napoléon-Bonaparte), formerly “Campo dell’Oro Airport”, is the main airport serving Ajaccio on the French island of Corsica.
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Ajax the Great
Ajax or Aias (or; Αἴας, gen. Αἴαντος Aiantos) is a mythological Greek hero, the son of King Telamon and Periboea, and the half-brother of Teucer.
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Alain Berbérian
Alain Berbérian (Ալեն Բերբերյան; 2 July 1953 – 22 August 2017) was a French film director and writer of Armenian descent.
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Alata, Corse-du-Sud
Alata is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department in the Corsica region of France.
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Aléria
Aléria (Ancient Greek: Ἀλαλίη, Alaliē; Latin and Italian: Aleria, U Cateraghju) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica, former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see.
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Algajola
Algajola is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
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Algeria national football team
The Algeria national football team represents Algeria in association football and is controlled by the Algerian Football Federation.
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Alizée
Alizée Jacotey (born 21 August 1984), known professionally as Alizée, is a French singer, dancer and voice actress.
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Ancien Régime
The Ancien Régime (French for "old regime") was the political and social system of the Kingdom of France from the Late Middle Ages (circa 15th century) until 1789, when hereditary monarchy and the feudal system of French nobility were abolished by the.
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Anglican Communion
The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion with 85 million members, founded in 1867 in London, England.
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Antar (company)
Antar is a former French petroleum company, founded by Pechelbronn SA in 1927 in Merkwiller-Pechelbronn, Bas-Rhin, Alsace.
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Appietto
Appietto is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.
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Arboretum des Milelli
The Arboretum des Milelli is an arboretum located on the 12-hectare grounds of Les Milelli, outside Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud, Corsica, France.
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Auxonne
Auxonne is a French commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Burgundy region of eastern France.
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École Militaire
The École Militaire ("military school") is a vast complex of buildings housing various military training facilities in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, southeast of the Champ de Mars.
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Bank of Saint George
The Bank of Saint George (Casa delle compere e dei banchi di San Giorgio or informally as Ufficio di San Giorgio or Banco) was a financial institution of the Republic of Genoa.
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Baptistery
In Christian architecture the baptistery or baptistry (Old French baptisterie; Latin baptisterium; Greek βαπτιστήριον, 'bathing-place, baptistery', from βαπτίζειν, baptízein, 'to baptize') is the separate centrally planned structure surrounding the baptismal font.
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Bastelicaccia
Bastelicaccia (Corsican: A Bastirgaccia) is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.
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Bastia
Bastia (Bastìa) (Corsican and Italian pronunciation) is a French commune in the Haute-Corse department of France located in the north-east of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse.
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Battle of Ponte Novu
The Battle of Ponte Novu took place on May 8 and 9 1769 between royal French forces under the Comte de Vaux, a seasoned professional soldier with an expert on mountain warfare on his staff, and the native Corsicans under Carlo Salicetti.
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Belle Époque
The Belle Époque or La Belle Époque (French for "Beautiful Era") was a period of Western history.
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Bertram van Munster
Bertram van Munster (born 1940) is a Dutch-born American co-creator and executive producer of The Amazing Race.
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Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud
Bonifacio is a commune at the southern tip of the island of Corsica, in the Corse-du-Sud department of France.
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Brienne-le-Château
Brienne-le-Château is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.
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Brigadier general
Brigadier general (Brig. Gen.) is a senior rank in the armed forces.
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Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire and Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, which had been founded as Byzantium).
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Calvi, Haute-Corse
Calvi is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
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Cannes
Cannes (Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera.
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Canton of Ajaccio-1
The canton of Ajaccio-1 is an administrative division of the Corse-du-Sud department, southeastern France.
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Canton of Ajaccio-2
The canton of Ajaccio-2 is an administrative division of the Corse-du-Sud department, southeastern France.
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Canton of Ajaccio-3
The canton of Ajaccio-3 is an administrative division of the Corse-du-Sud department, southeastern France.
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Canton of Ajaccio-4
The canton of Ajaccio-4 is an administrative division of the Corse-du-Sud department, southeastern France.
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Canton of Ajaccio-5
The canton of Ajaccio-5 is an administrative division of the Corse-du-Sud department, southeastern France.
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Captain (armed forces)
The army rank of captain (from the French capitaine) is a commissioned officer rank historically corresponding to the command of a company of soldiers.
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Cardinal (Catholic Church)
A cardinal (Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis, literally Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church) is a senior ecclesiastical leader, considered a Prince of the Church, and usually an ordained bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Carlo Buonaparte
Nob. Carlo Maria Buonaparte or Carlo Maria di Buonaparte (27 March 1746 – 24 February 1785) was an Italian lawyer and diplomat who is best known as the father of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Caroline Bonaparte
Maria Annunziata Carolina Murat (French: Marie Annonciade Caroline Murat; née Bonaparte; 25 March 1782 – 18 May 1839), better known as Caroline Bonaparte, was the seventh surviving child and third surviving daughter of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino, and a younger sister of Napoleon I of France.
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Casino
A casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities.
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Charles de Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the French Resistance against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 in order to reestablish democracy in France.
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Charles Louis de Marbeuf
Louis Charles René, comte de Marbeuf (4 November 1712, Rennes – 20 September 1786, Bastia), grand-cross of the order of Saint Louis, was a French general.
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Charles, Prince Napoléon
Charles, Prince Napoléon (Charles Marie Jérôme Victor Napoléon; born 19 October 1950) is a French politician, and is recognised by some Bonapartists as the head of the Imperial House of France and as heir to the rights and legacy established by his great-great-grand-uncle, Emperor Napoléon I. Other Bonapartists consider his son, Jean-Christophe, to be the current head of the house and heir.
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Chemins de Fer de la Corse
| Chemins de Fer de la Corse (Camini di Ferru di a Corsica) (CFC) is the name of the regional rail network serving the French island of Corsica.
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Citadel
A citadel is the core fortified area of a town or city.
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Committee of Public Safety
The Committee of Public Safety (Comité de salut public)—created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793—formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror (1793–94), a stage of the French Revolution.
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Communes of France
The commune is a level of administrative division in the French Republic.
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Communes of the Corse-du-Sud department
The following is a list of the 124 communes of the Corse-du-Sud department of France.
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Corse-du-Sud
Corse-du-Sud (Corsica suttana) (South Corsica) is a department of France consisting of the southern part of the island of Corsica.
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Corsica
Corsica (Corse; Corsica in Corsican and Italian, pronounced and respectively) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France.
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Corsica Ferries - Sardinia Ferries
Corsica Ferries - Sardinia Ferries (Corsica Ferries France SAS) – (Forship SpA), is a France-Italy based ferry company that operates traffic to and from the islands of Corsica, Sardinia and Elba.
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Corsican language
Corsican (corsu or lingua corsa) is a Romance language within the Italo-Dalmatian subfamily.
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Corsican Republic
In November 1755, Pasquale Paoli proclaimed Corsica a sovereign nation, the Corsican Republic, independent from the Republic of Genoa.
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Corte, Haute-Corse
Corte (Corsican: Corti) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
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Cuttoli-Corticchiato
Cuttoli-Corticchiato is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.
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Cyprus
Cyprus (Κύπρος; Kıbrıs), officially the Republic of Cyprus (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία; Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti), is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean.
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Dana Point, California
Dana Point is a city located in southern Orange County, California.
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Departments of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government below the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the commune.
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Diocese
The word diocese is derived from the Greek term διοίκησις meaning "administration".
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Elisa Bonaparte
Maria Anna (Marie Anne) Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi Levoy (3 January 1777 – 7 August 1820), Princesse Française, was an Italian ruler, Princess of Lucca and Piombino (1805-1814), Princess of Lucca (1805-1814), Grand Duchess of Tuscany (1809-1814) and Countess of Compignano by appointment of her brother Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Elise Doganieri
Elise Doganieri (born April 21, 1967) is an American co-creator and co-executive producer of the CBS reality show The Amazing Race. Doganieri's other credits include serving as show producer of ABC's Profiles From the Front Line as well as producer and story editor on the pilot for Paramount's "Wild Things." The Amazing Race is a reality adventure series follows teams of two (teams of four in season 8) racing around the world for a one million dollar prize.
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Engie
ENGIE (known as GDF Suez prior to April 2015) is a French multinational electric utility company, headquartered in La Défense, Courbevoie, which operates in the fields of electricity generation and distribution, natural gas, nuclear and renewable energy.
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Ethnomusicology
Ethnomusicology is the study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it.
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Etymology
EtymologyThe New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time".
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Felice Pasquale Baciocchi
Felice Pasquale Baciocchi Levoy (18 May 1762 – 28 April 1841) was born at Ajaccio into a noble, but poor, Corsican family.
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Figari–Sud Corse Airport
Figari–Sud Corse Airport or Figari South Corsica Airport (Aéroport Figari-Sud Corse) is an airport located 3 km northwest of Figari, a commune of the Corse-du-Sud département in France, on the island of Corsica and 25 km of Porto-Vecchio.
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First lieutenant
First lieutenant is a commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces and, in some forces, an appointment.
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François Coty
François Coty (born Joseph Marie François Spoturno; 3 May 1874 – 25 July 1934) was a French perfumer and businessman.
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François Duprat
François Duprat (1940–1978) was a writer, a founding member of the Front National party and part of the leadership until his assassination in 1978.
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France
France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.
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French Communist Party
The French Communist Party (Parti communiste français, PCF) is a communist party in France.
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French conquest of Corsica
The French conquest of Corsica took place during 1768 and 1769 when the Corsican Republic was occupied by French forces under the command of the Comte de Vaux.
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French submarine Casabianca (Q183)
Casabianca (Q183) was a ''Redoutable''-class submarine of the French Navy.
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Fujita scale
The Fujita scale (F-Scale), or Fujita–Pearson scale (FPP scale), is a scale for rating tornado intensity, based primarily on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures and vegetation.
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Gare d'Ajaccio
Gare d'Ajaccio is a railway station serving the town of Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud department, southeastern France.
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Gaz de France
Gaz de France (GDF) was a French company which produced, transported and sold natural gas around the world, especially in France, its main market.
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Gazélec Ajaccio
Gazélec Football Club Ajaccio (Gazélec Football Club Aiacciu), commonly referred to as GFC Ajaccio, GFCA, Gazélec Ajaccio or simply Gazélec, is a French football club from Ajaccio, Corsica.
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Genoese towers in Corsica
The Genoese towers in Corsica (Tours génoises de Corse, Torri ghjinuvesi di a Corsica) are a series of coastal defences constructed by the Republic of Genoa between 1530 and 1620 to stem the attacks by Barbary pirates.
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Gravona
The Gravona is a river on the island of Corsica, France.
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Haute-Loire
Haute-Loire (Naut Léger) is a department in south-central France named after the Loire River.
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Holy Trinity Church, Ajaccio
Anglican Church, officially the Holy Trinity Church of Ajaccio (French:Église de la Sainte-Trinité d'Ajaccio) is located in the "Quartier des étrangers" in Ajaccio, Corsica.
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Housing estate
A housing estate (or sometimes housing complex) is a group of homes and other buildings built together as a single development.
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Indo-European languages
The Indo-European languages are a language family of several hundred related languages and dialects.
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Inspector general
An inspector general is an investigative official in a civil or military organization.
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Institut national de la recherche agronomique
The Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA, pronounced; English: National Institute of Agricultural Research) is a French public research institute dedicated to agricultural science.
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Ionians
The Ionians (Ἴωνες, Íōnes, singular Ἴων, Íōn) were one of the four major tribes that the Greeks considered themselves to be divided into during the ancient period; the other three being the Dorians, Aeolians, and Achaeans.
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Irène Bordoni
Irène Bordoni (16 January 1885 – 19 March 1953) was a Corsican-American actress and singer.
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Italian War of 1551–1559
The Italian War of 1551 (1551–1559), sometimes known as the Habsburg–Valois War and the Last Italian War, began when Henry II of France, who had succeeded Francis I to the throne, declared war against Holy Roman Emperor Charles V with the intent of recapturing Italy and ensuring French, rather than Habsburg, domination of European affairs.
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Italy
Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.
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Jacobin (politics)
A Jacobin was a member of the Jacobin Club, a revolutionary political movement that was the most famous political club during the French Revolution (1789–99).
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Jérôme Bonaparte
Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte (born Girolamo Buonaparte; 15 November 1784 – 24 June 1860) was the youngest brother of Napoleon I and reigned as Jerome I (formally Hieronymus Napoleon in German), King of Westphalia, between 1807 and 1813.
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Jean-Michel Cavalli
Jean-Michel Cavalli (born July 13, 1957 in Propriano) is a French and Corsican licensed professional football manager (3rd degree) and former football player.
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Jena
Jena is a German university city and the second largest city in Thuringia.
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Joseph Fesch
Joseph Fesch, Prince of France (3 January 1763 – 13 May 1839) was a French cardinal and diplomat, Prince of France and a member of the Imperial House of the First French Empire, Peer of France, Roman Prince, and the uncle of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Kingdom of Holland
The Kingdom of Holland (Koninkrijk Holland, Royaume de Hollande) was set up by Napoléon Bonaparte as a puppet kingdom for his third brother, Louis Bonaparte, in order to better control the Netherlands.
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Kingdom of Westphalia
The Kingdom of Westphalia was a kingdom in Germany, with a population of 2.6 million, that existed from 1807 to 1813.
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La Maddalena
La Maddalena (Gallurese: Madalena or La Madalena, Sa Madalena) is a town and comune located on the island with the same name, in northern Sardinia, part of the province of Sassari (SS), Italy.
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Larnaca
Larnaca (Λάρνακα; Larnaka or İskele) is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus and the capital of the eponymous district.
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Late antiquity
Late antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the time of transition from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages in mainland Europe, the Mediterranean world, and the Near East.
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Latin
Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Laurent Cantet
Laurent Cantet (born 15 June 1961) is a French director, cinematographer and screenwriter.
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Lazaretto
A lazaretto or lazaret (from lazzaretto) is a quarantine station for maritime travellers.
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Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (Auvergnat: Lo Chambon) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.
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Liamone
Liamone was a department of the French island of Corsica between 1793 and 1811.
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Lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.
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Lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
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Ligue 1
Ligue 1, also called Ligue 1 Conforama for sponsorship reasons with Conforama, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs.
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Ligue 2
Ligue 2, also known as Domino's Ligue 2 due to sponsorship by Domino's Pizza, is a French professional football league.
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List of rulers of Tuscany
The rulers of Tuscany have varied over time, sometimes being margraves, the rulers of handfuls of border counties and sometimes the heads of the most important family of the region.
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Livorno
Livorno is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy.
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Louis Bonaparte
Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (born Luigi Buonaparte; 2 September 1778 – 25 July 1846) was a younger brother of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French.
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Lucien Bonaparte
Lucien Bonaparte, Prince Français, 1st Prince of Canino and Musignano (born Luciano Buonaparte; 21 May 1775 – 29 June 1840), the third surviving son of Carlo Bonaparte and his wife Letizia Ramolino, was a French statesman, who served as the final President of the Council of Five Hundred at the end of the French Revolution.
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Maghreb
The Maghreb (al-Maɣréb lit.), also known as the Berber world, Barbary, Berbery, and Northwest Africa, is a major region of North Africa that consists primarily of the countries Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania.
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Maison Bonaparte
La Maison Bonaparte (Corsican and Italian: Casa Buonaparte) is the ancestral home of the Bonaparte family.
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Maquis (World War II)
The Maquis were rural guerrilla bands of French Resistance fighters, called maquisards, during the Occupation of France in World War II.
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Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette (born Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last Queen of France before the French Revolution.
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Maritima Ferries
Maritima Ferries is a French ferry company operating in the Mediterranean, following the bankruptcy and sale of SNCM (Société Nationale Maritime Corse Méditerranée), the company was re branded to Maritima Ferries from 2016 onwards.
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Marrakesh
Marrakesh (or; مراكش Murrākuš; ⴰⵎⵓⵔⴰⴽⵓⵛ Meṛṛakec), also known by the French spelling Marrakech, is a major city of the Kingdom of Morocco.
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Marseille
Marseille (Provençal: Marselha), is the second-largest city of France and the largest city of the Provence historical region.
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Mayor (France)
In France, a mayor (maire in French) is chairperson of the municipal council, which organizes the work and deliberates on municipal matters.
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Mediterranean climate
A Mediterranean climate or dry summer climate is characterized by rainy winters and dry summers.
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Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa and on the east by the Levant.
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Michel Ferracci-Porri
Michel Ferracci-Porri (born 24 September 1949) is a French writer.
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Michel Giacometti
Michel Giacometti (8 January 1929, Ajaccio, France – 24 November 1990, Faro, Portugal) was a French ethnomusicologist from Corsica who made important field recordings in Portugal.
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.
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Monaco
Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco (Principauté de Monaco), is a sovereign city-state, country and microstate on the French Riviera in Western Europe.
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Musée Fesch
The musée Fesch (officially, Palais Fesch-musée des beaux-arts) is the central museum of fine arts in Ajaccio on Corsica.
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Napoléon (1927 film)
Napoléon is a 1927 silent French epic film written, produced, and directed by Abel Gance that tells the story of Napoleon's early years.
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Napoleon
Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars.
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National Assembly (French Revolution)
During the French Revolution, the National Assembly (Assemblée nationale), which existed from 13 June 1789 to 9 July 1789, was a revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate of the Estates-General; thereafter (until replaced by the Legislative Assembly on 30 Sept 1791) it was known as the National Constituent Assembly (Assemblée nationale constituante), though popularly the shorter form persisted.
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National Convention
The National Convention (Convention nationale) was the first government of the French Revolution, following the two-year National Constituent Assembly and the one-year Legislative Assembly.
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Neoclassical architecture
Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century.
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Nice
Nice (Niçard Niça, classical norm, or Nissa, nonstandard,; Nizza; Νίκαια; Nicaea) is the fifth most populous city in France and the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes département.
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Oratory (worship)
An oratory is a Christian room for prayer, from the Latin orare, to pray.
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Palma de Mallorca
Palma de Mallorca, frequently used name for the city of Palma, is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain.
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Pasquale Paoli
Filippo Antonio Pasquale di Paoli FRS (Pascal Paoli; 6 April 1725 – 5 February 1807) was a Corsican patriot and leader, the president of the Executive Council of the General Diet of the People of Corsica.
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Pax Romana
The Pax Romana (Latin for "Roman Peace") was a long period of relative peace and stability experienced by the Roman Empire between the accession of Caesar Augustus, founder of the Roman principate, and the death of Marcus Aurelius, last of the "good emperors".
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Peri, Corse-du-Sud
Peri is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.
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Philippe Harel
Philippe Harel (born 22 December 1956) is a French film director, actor and screenwriter.
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Pied-Noir
Pied-Noir ("Black-Foot"), plural Pieds-Noirs, is a term primarily referring to people of European, mostly ethnic French origin, who were born in Algeria during the period of French rule from 1830 to 1962.
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Pope Gregory I
Pope Saint Gregory I (Gregorius I; – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, Gregory had come to be known as 'the Great' by the late ninth century, a title which is still applied to him.
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Porto-Vecchio
Porto-Vecchio (Portivechju) is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.
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Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa),In recognized minority languages of Portugal: Portugal is the oldest state in the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times.
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Prefectures in France
A prefecture (préfecture) in France may refer to.
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Prince of Canino and Musignano
The Princes of Canino and Musignano formed the genealogically senior line of the Bonaparte family following the death of Joseph Bonaparte in 1844.
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Propriano
Propriano (Prupià) is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.
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Psychiatric hospital
Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental hospitals, mental health units, mental asylums or simply asylums, are hospitals or wards specializing in the treatment of serious mental disorders, such as clinical depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder.
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Ptolemy
Claudius Ptolemy (Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος, Klaúdios Ptolemaîos; Claudius Ptolemaeus) was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and poet of a single epigram in the Greek Anthology.
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Queen to Play
Queen to Play (original title Joueuse, the feminine form of “player”) is a 2009 French-German film directed by Caroline Bottaro.
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Ravenna Cosmography
The Ravenna Cosmography (Ravennatis Anonymi Cosmographia, "The Cosmography of the Unknown Ravennese") is a list of place-names covering the world from India to Ireland, compiled by an anonymous cleric in Ravenna around 700.
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Renaissance
The Renaissance is a period in European history, covering the span between the 14th and 17th centuries.
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Republic
A republic (res publica) is a form of government in which the country is considered a "public matter", not the private concern or property of the rulers.
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Republic of Genoa
The Republic of Genoa (Repúbrica de Zêna,; Res Publica Ianuensis; Repubblica di Genova) was an independent state from 1005 to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast, incorporating Corsica from 1347 to 1768, and numerous other territories throughout the Mediterranean.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Ajaccio
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ajaccio (Latin: Dioecesis Adiacensis; French: Diocèse d'Ajaccio) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France.
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Roman Empire
The Roman Empire (Imperium Rōmānum,; Koine and Medieval Greek: Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, tr.) was the post-Roman Republic period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterized by government headed by emperors and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, Africa and Asia.
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Saint Helena
Saint Helena is a volcanic tropical island in the South Atlantic Ocean, east of Rio de Janeiro and 1,950 kilometres (1,210 mi) west of the Cunene River, which marks the border between Namibia and Angola in southwestern Africa.
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Saint-Florent, Haute-Corse
Saint-Florent is a commune in Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
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Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (12 December 1724 – 27 January 1816) was a Royal Navy officer.
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Sardinia
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Sarrola-Carcopino
Sarrola-Carcopino is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.
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Sensitive urban zone
A sensitive urban zone (Zone urbaine sensible, ZUS) is an urban area in France defined by the authorities to be a high-priority target for city policy, taking into consideration local circumstances related to the problems of its residents.
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Siege of Toulon
The Siege of Toulon (29 August – 19 December 1793) was a military operation by Republican forces against a Royalist rebellion in the southern French city of Toulon.
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Simon Renucci
Simon Renucci (born March 29, 1945) is a member of the National Assembly of France.
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Sirocco
Sirocco, scirocco,, jugo or, rarely, siroc (Xaloc; Sciroccu; Σορόκος; Siroco; Siròc, Eisseròc; Jugo, literally southerly; Libyan Arabic: Ghibli; Egypt: khamsin; Tunisia: ch'hilli) is a Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara and can reach hurricane speeds in North Africa and Southern Europe, especially during the summer season.
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Sister city
Twin towns or sister cities are a form of legal or social agreement between towns, cities, counties, oblasts, prefectures, provinces, regions, states, and even countries in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.
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Social Democrats
Social Democrats is a name used by a number of political parties in various countries around the world.
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Stade Ange Casanova
Stade Ange Casanova is a football stadium in Ajaccio, Corsica, France and is the home stadium of Gazélec Football Club Olympique Ajaccio.
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Stade François Coty
The Stade François Coty is a football stadium in the Corsican city of Ajaccio, France, and the home of AC Ajaccio.
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Tavaco
Tavaco is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.
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Territorial collectivity
A territorial collectivity (or territorial authority, collectivité territoriale, previously collectivité locale) is a chartered subdivision of France, with recognized governing authority.
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The Amazing Race
The Amazing Race is a reality television game show in which teams of two people race around the world in competition with other teams.
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The Corsican File
The Corsican File is a 2004 French comedy film directed by Alain Berbérian.
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Tino Rossi
Constantin "Tino" Rossi (29 April 1907 – 26 September 1983) was a French singer and film actor.
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Tornado
A tornado is a rapidly rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud.
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Torra di a Parata
The Tower of Parata (Torra di a Parata) is a ruined Genoese tower located in the commune of Ajaccio (Corse-du-Sud) on the west coast of the Corsica.
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Torra di Capu di Fenu
The Torra di Capu di Fenu is a ruined Genoese tower located in the commune of Ajaccio on the west coast of Corsica.
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Torra di Castelluchju
The Tower of Castelluchju (Torra di Castelluchju) is a ruined Genoese tower located in the commune of Ajaccio (Corse-du-Sud) off the west coast of the Corsica.
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Torra di Sagone
The Tower of Sagone (Torra di Sagone) is a ruined Genoese tower located in the commune of Vico (Corse-du-Sud) on the west coast of the Corsica.
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Toulon
Toulon (Provençal: Tolon (classical norm), Touloun (Mistralian norm)) is a city in southern France and a large military harbour on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base.
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Train station
A train station, railway station, railroad station, or depot (see below) is a railway facility or area where trains regularly stop to load or unload passengers or freight.
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Tram
A tram (also tramcar; and in North America streetcar, trolley or trolley car) is a rail vehicle which runs on tramway tracks along public urban streets, and also sometimes on a segregated right of way.
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Trial in absentia
Trial in absentia is a criminal proceeding in a court of law in which the person who is subject to it is not physically present at those proceedings.
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Tuscan dialect
Tuscan (dialetto toscano) is a set of Italo-Dalmatian varieties mainly spoken in Tuscany, Italy.
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University of Corsica Pasquale Paoli
The University of Corsica Pasquale Paoli (Università di Corsica Pasquale Paoli, Université de Corse Pascal Paoli) is a French university, based in Corte, Haute-Corse.
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Urban area
An urban area is a human settlement with high population density and infrastructure of built environment.
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Urban density
Urban density is a term used in urban planning and urban design to refer to the number of people inhabiting a given urbanized area.
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Valence (city)
Valence (Valença) is a commune in southeastern France, the capital of the Drôme department and within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
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Valle-di-Mezzana
Valle-di-Mezzana is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.
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Villanova, Corse-du-Sud
Villanova is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.
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Villefranche-sur-Mer
Villefranche-sur-Mer (Niçard: Vilafranca de Mar, Villafranca Marittima) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera.
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1st Artillery Regiment (France)
The 1st Artillery Regiment is a regiment of artillery in the French Army.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajaccio
