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Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock; "Baie Verte" became Green Bay; "Grandes Fourches" became Grand Forks).
All figures reflect the municipal population (French: population municipale), meaning people who have their usual residence in the commune, [2] excluding population counted apart. [3] The population of the matching urban unit is usually several times that of its central commune. Populations as of 2006 and 2013 are also shown.
This list, which has been compiled using the list of the largest cities and towns of France published by "About France" to ensure completeness, [2] includes over 100 surviving buildings. The oldest town hall is Hôtel de Ville, La Rochelle completed in 1298, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and the tallest town hall is Hôtel de Ville, Lille with a clock tower ...
See baby names inspired by France with these 40 French names and meanings for girls and boys, as well as gender neutral French names for babies. ... Vivienne — Alive. Fleur — Flower. Céline ...
This is a list of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time. see also: Geographical renaming, List of names of European cities in different languages, and List of renamed places in the United States
The old name for Vancouver BC, too -- Granville -- might look French, but it's the name of a British lord. I'm a Canuck anyway, though demi-francophone, so this page isn't my bailiwick; I just think there's a lot of things on it that aren't really of "French origin", despite a French etymology.Skookum1 16:30, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
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They may also have more linguistically diverse place names; for instance in England place names may have Pre-Celtic, Celtic, Roman, Anglo-Saxon, Norse, or Norman-French origins. Conversely, countries with a more uniform cultural and linguistic history tend to have less broken down and diverse place names – Wales for instance (especially when ...