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Cities & Regions

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Les Villes et Les Régions - Cities and Regions

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Key vocab

  • Un arrondissement - boroughs/districts.
  • La capitale - the capital city.
  • Un pays - a country.
  • Des pays - countries.
  • Un pays francophone - a French-speaking country.
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Key vocab (cont.)

  • Une région - a region.
  • Un département - a county.
  • Une ville - a town.
  • Un village - a village.
  • Une petite ville - a small town.
  • Une grande ville - a big town.
  • La campagne - the countryside.
  • Le bord de la mer - the seaside.
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Toulouse

  • Toulouse se trouve très près de la frontière avec l’Espagne.
    • Toulouse can be found very near the Spanish border.
  • C'est une de villes les plus anciennes du monde.
    • It is one of the oldest cities of the world.
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Lyon

  • Près de la frontière avec la Suisse, on trouve Lyon la capital gastronomique de la France.
    • Near the border with Switzerland, you can find Lyon, the food capital of France.
  • Lyon est dans le département du Rhône qui est aussi le nom du fleuve. Il fait plus de 800 kilomètres de longueur.
    • Lyon is in the Rhône county which is also the name of the river. The river is over 800km in length.

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