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This is an alphabetical list of towns or cities (these English terms can be used interchangeably, as there is no official differentiation), which follows the FSO's definition (German: Statistische Städte 2012, French: Villes statistiques 2012), as well as places with historic town rights (h) and/or market towns (m).
Geneva (/ dʒ ə ˈ n iː v ə / jə-NEE-və; [5] Arpitan: [dzəˈnɛva] ⓘ; French: Genève ⓘ) [note 1] is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy.
The Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé or VAB (literally meaning "Armoured Forward Vehicle"; but more appropriately translated: "Armoured Vanguard Vehicle") is a French armoured personnel carrier and support vehicle designed and manufactured by Renault Trucks Defense (now known as Arquus).
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Geneva first appears in history as an Allobrogian border town, fortified against the Celtic Helvetii tribe, which the Roman Republic took in 121 BC.. In 58 BC, Caesar, Roman governor of Gaul, destroyed the Rhône bridge at Geneva and built a 19-mile earthwork from Lake Geneva to the Jura Mountains in order to block the migration of the Helvetii, who "attempted, sometimes by day, more often by ...
À vendre is a short story written by Guy de Maupassant. It was first published in the newspaper Gil Blas on January 5, 1885, before being reprised in the Monsieur Parent collection. [ 1 ]
About 6.5% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement). [56] Stairs (escaliers du marché) in the old city. As of 2000, there were 62,258 private households in the municipality, and an average of 1.9 persons per household. [50]
Geneva railway station (French: Gare de Genève), also known as Geneva Cornavin railway station, is Geneva's main train station, located in the centre of the city.The immediate area surrounding it is known as Cornavin; both names can be used interchangeably.