1. Stage -6
(Tour de France 2008/Tour de France 2008 - All stages)

...e and Creuse, between Berry and Marche. With a population of 1,715, Aigurande is part of the Marche Berrichonne metropolitan area and the La Châtre en Berry region.   Aigurande First...

2. Stage -9
(Tour de France 2008/Tour de France 2008 - All stages)

Toulouse - With some 435,000 inhabitants – over 800,000 in its greater metropolitan area – Toulouse lies at the heart of Midi- Pyrénées, France’s largest regional distr

3. Marseille: Cosmopolitan and Vibrant
(Regions/Provence)

...e capital of the South. With over one million inhabitants, it is France's second largest city and third largest metropolitan area. Its dynamic and festive atmosphere has made Marseille the showcase of...

4. Alps
(Hotels in France/Hotels in regions)

...ion was named after the Rhône River and the Alps mountain range. Its capital, Lyon, is the second-largest metropolitan area in France after Paris. Geography Rhône-Alpes is located in t...

5. Provence
(Hotels in France/Hotels in regions)

...with a population exceeding 100,000 inhabitants as of the 1999 census. The richest part of the Region is Nice's metropolitan aera. Aix-en-Provence Antibes (includes Juan-les-Pins) Arles Aub...

6. Normandy
(Hotels in France/Hotels in regions)

... Normandy. Towns The principal cities (population at the 1999 census) are Rouen (518,316 inhabitants in the metropolitan area), the capital of Upper Normandy and formerly of the whole province; Ca...

7. Midi-Pyrénées
(Hotels in France/Hotels in regions)

...ist hotels)(Occitan: Miègjorn-Pirenèus; Gascon: Mieidia-Pirenèus) is the largest region of metropolitan France by area, larger than the Netherlands or Denmark.Midi-Pyrén&ea...

8. Annecy
(Hotels in France/Hotels in regions)

... in the Rhône-Alpes région. It is the préfecture (capital) of the département. The metropolitan area of Annecy includes 13 municipalities. Annecy is the capital of three...

9. Île-de-France
(Hotels in France/Hotels in regions)

...wenty-six administrative regions of France. 90% of its territory is covered by the Paris aire urbaine (or "metropolitan area") which extends beyond its borders in places.[1] Created as the &...

10. Champagne Ardennes
(Hotels in France/Hotels in regions)

...region has three autoroutes, totaling 460 km:   A4 connecting Paris and Strasbourg and serving the Reims metropolitan area A5 connecting Paris and Dijon and serving Troyes and Chaumont A2...

11. Aquitaine
(Hotels in France/Hotels in regions)

Aquitaine (see hotels on list) is one of the 26 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain.

12. Toulouse
(Hotels in France/Hotels in Cities)

...half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. With 1,117,000 inhabitants in 2007, the Toulouse metropolitan area is the fifth-largest in France and the fastest growing in Europe. Toul...

13. Marseille
(Hotels in France/Hotels in Cities)

Marseille ((see the map) is the second-largest city of France and forms the third-largest metropolitan area, with 1,516,340 inhabitants at the 1999 census and 1,605,000 inhabitants in 2007 (Paris and

14. Lille
(Hotels in France/Hotels in Cities)

Lille (Dutch: Rijsel) (see the map) is the main city of France's fourth largest metropolitan area (consisting of Lille, Roubaix, Tourcoing and their suburbs). It is located to the country's north, on

15. Statistics France
(Static Content)

...d to the mother country only. In 1993, the code FX was added to the standard. FX is described as referring to Metropolitan France, excluding territories such as Martinique. It was withdrawn again i...

16. Paris
(Static Content)

...opulation of 9.93 million. A commuter belt around the unité urbaine completes the Paris aire urbaine (or metropolitan area) that, with its population of 12 million, is one of the most heavily p...

17. Statistics France
(Static Content)

...d to the mother country only. In 1993, the code FX was added to the standard. FX is described as referring to Metropolitan France, excluding territories such as Martinique. It was withdrawn again i...

18. Paris
(Static Content)

...opulation of 9.93 million. A commuter belt around the unité urbaine completes the Paris aire urbaine (or metropolitan area) that, with its population of 12 million, is one of the most heavily p...