75 Paris, Ile de France
Paris is a term which applies to a region, a départment and a city. The region is properly known as Paris - Ile de France, whilst the city and département are one and the same thing.
The city dominates the whole country - until recently all the major train and autoroutes started and finished in Paris.
For our map of some of the points of interest in Paris see our Google Map
For all our articles about Paris see www.frenchduck.com
Here are a selection:-
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Calvados is a département of Normandie centred on the city of Caen. About 10 miles north is the ferry port of Caen-Ouistreham at the mouth of the Orne river with regular crossings to Portsmouth with Brittany Ferries.
Calvados Tourist office site
A region of Eastern France comprising the départements of Jura, Doubs, Haut-Saone and the Territoire de Belfort.
The Herault departement is at the heart of the Languedoc stretching from north of Montpellier down to beyond Beziers and inland - it includes wine regions such as Coteaux du Languedoc, Pic St Loup, Picpoul de Pinet, St Chinian and Faugeres.
