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 * France** is bordered by (clockwise from the north) by Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Spain and Andorra.

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Events

 * July 14** Bastille Day
 * Février 12-18, 2018** Semaine du Voyage Responsable (Responsible Travel Week)

Weather
http://www.wunderground.com/q/zmw:00000.1.07200?sp=LFRQ http://www.wunderground.com/q/zmw:00000.37.07156

Headlines
[|From Bordeaux to Brie, This Map Plots the Origin of Your Favorite French Food - Atlas Obscura] [|how-to-discover-the-real-france] [] [|Langue bretonne. Spectaculaire action à la Cité de la voile de Lorient] [|France's aristocratic gardens weave a pathway from present to past] [|Budget_travel_in_france]

Bastille Day (July 14)
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Flickr
[|Bibliothèque de Toulouse] [|Rugby pioneers]

Google+
Tendances et Prospective du tourisme

flickr groups
[|Flore de France] [|Ecotourism Europe Group] [|Freewheeling France Group]

RSS
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Recommended listening
[|The legacy of the Norman invasion] - On the effects of French on English—and in particular on the upper and more formalized aspects of English society like the law, but also on the letter //h//—of the Norman invasion of England.

[|Iconic Buildings: Chartres Cathedral] - One of France's most famous buildings, the Chartres Cathedral is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Construction started in 1193 and wasn't completed until 1220, and even today the cathedral retains a certain mystical power.

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http://tunein.com/search/?query=france http://tunein.com/radio/RTL-1043-s6617 http://tunein.com/radio/Ch%C3%A9rie-FM-913-s3124

Twitter
[|@G_Cromer] [|@ID_Tourisme] [|@LovePaysLoire] [|@Tourisme_Veille] [|@Gaelle_Lac] [|@Reseau_ATD] [|@VA_Ecotourisme] [|@Jmtr_tourisme] [|@francediplo] [|@LaTourEiffel] https://twitter.com/EcotourismFR https://twitter.com/ConsulFranceNYC

Slideshare
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Wikipedia
[|France] [|Marcel Marceau] [|Blaise Pascal] [|Government of France] [|Metric system] [|Maximilien Robespierre] [|Winwaloe] [|Point_Penmarc%27h] [|Reveries_of_a_Solitary_Walker] [|Impressionism] [|Foie_gras] [|Antoine_de_Saint-Exup%C3%A9ry] [|Champagne]

YouTube
[|France24english] [|Michel Sardou Mix] [|Francelator]

Tourism Portals
http://www.francetourism.com http://us.franceguide.com [|http://rendezvousenfrance.com] - [|@RVenFrance]

Parks
National parks of France - [|http://www.parcsnationaux.fr]

Nature http://espaceloisirs.ign.fr/fr - https://twitter.com/IGNloisirs

Camping
http://www.huttopia.com - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Huttopia/107121005988379 http://www.ethicaltraveller.co.uk/2009/04/huttopia-campsites-france-2

**Tourism**
http://www.veilleinfotourisme.fr - http://www.veilleinfotourisme.fr/taskforce - https://twitter.com/Tourisme_Veille http://www.ecotourisme-magazine.com http://www.lejournaldelecotourisme.com http://www.voyageons-autrement.com http://www.pacte-tourisme-durable.org http://www.tourisme-durable.org - https://twitter.com/ActeursTourisme International Coalition for Responsible Tourism - []

Accommodation
French Youth Hostel Association [|hifrance.org] [|Solarhotel.fr] - First green hotel in Paris

Web Conferences
[|Le Web] - https://twitter.com/leweb

Geography
[|The State of France (2008)] (Video)

Government
Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning

News
http://www.lexpress.fr http://www.tv5.org

Visas
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Language
[|Indecipherably rude] - The meaning of the word 'rude', as it is used in English, does not translate into French. Sophia Waters has been figuring out the mismatch in the cultural conceptions behind the dictionary definitions of this word, in both languages.

Tour de France
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National Platforms and Booking portals
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France's most beautiful villages - Some 32,000 villages have shaped the French countryside over time and those of them that are members of the Association "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France" (The Most Beautiful Villages of France) share the same passion and ambition: to make the exceptional quality of their heritage known and recognized and to invite you to encounter their history, their land, their culture and their inhabitants. Come and share an art of living, charm and authenticity in 156 places charged with emotions… []

Farm holidays: 5,200 farmers in the Bienvenue à la Ferme network. Savour farm produce, dine in a farmhouse inn, have your afternoon snack on the farm...Stay at a bed and breakfast or cottage, or even go camping on a farm. []

[] - Nature tourism and rural tourism classification scheme and information portal

[] - The objective of Bistrot de Pays is to contribute to the conservation and development of the economic and social fabric or rural areas through a local activity network, by maintaining, or recreating, the village cafe offering a variety of services in the locality including organisation of festivals and cultural activities, providing the main local tourism information documents, promoting local produce, offering restaurant service with a preponderance of local recipes and produce.

World Heritage
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Cycling
http://veloenfrance.fr [] Loire à Vélo is an 800-kilometre cycle tourism route along the banks of France’s longest river, the Loire. The Loire à Vélo forms the western end of Eurovelo 6. []Eurovelo 6 is the great trans-European route connecting the Atlantic with the Black Sea. Velorution France - [] [] Taking the cycle on the train - [|http://www.velo.sncf.com]

Government
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Protected Areas
Parc naturel régional Périgord-Limousin [|http://www.parc-naturel-perigord-limousin.fr] http://www.parc-vosges-nord.fr http://www.biosphere-vosges-pfaelzerwald.org @http://www.mab-france.org/eng/reserves/R_vosges.html

Local Taste
Vins de Loire - [|www.vinsdeloire.fr]

Guide Books
[|Viatao] - Guides for a responsible tourism

Associations
Mont Blanc Ecotourism Association - []

Food
https://www.percelay.bzh []

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Brest
[] http://www.mairie-brest.fr

// Bretagne = //Brittany
[] [] [|Best foot forward in Brittany] [|http://twitter.com/#!/BrittanyFerries] https://www.facebook.com/pages/Penmarch/106382869398820 http://www.wunderground.com/q/zmw:00000.1.07200?sp=LFRQ http://www.brittanytourism.com/discover-our-destinations/heart-of-brittany-kalon-breizh/unmissable-sites/saint-gildas-et-les-chapelles-du-blavet

http://www.leclubbigouden.com http://bigouden.weebly.com [] http://escuiller.wix.com/big-club
 * Club Bigouden**

Loire Valley
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loire_Valley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Chambord http://www.westernfrancetouristboard.com/loire.html [] [] [|Eco Musee de Veron]- situated in two traditional 19th century farmhouses, the museum informs about the local area and the Loire Valley from past to present Chateau de Chenonceau

Lorraine
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Lyon
City walks Lyon Greeters []

Marseille
[|mp2 Marseille Airport] http://colinbisset.com/2015/07/01/a-radiant-unity http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/blueprintforliving/le-corbusiers-unite-dhabitation/6428242 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marseille http://www.france.fr/en/regions-and-cities/marseille-mediterranean-capital.html

Montpellier
Montpellier’s international airport is served by 5 regular or low-cost companies (Air France, Ryanair, Easyjet, Iberia, Air Arabia). Other international airport in cities like Barcelona, Gerona, Marseille…. are connected by train to Montpellier. SNCF (Rail) Montpellier airport TAM (bus, tramway)

Nantes
Nantes Walking Tours - [|Nantes Greeters] [] []
 * June 2-5, 2015 ** [|http://www.velo-city2015.com] - [|@Velocity2015] (Nantes, France )

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Nice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice http://www.nice.fr/index.html

Normandy
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Paris
paris [|Parisien for a day -] The Paris Greeters, walking tours in Paris

Perigord
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Poitou Charentes
http://www.poitou-charentes-vacances.com

Toulon
http://www.toulon.com http://www.toulontourisme.com http://www.rctoulon.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toulon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RC_Toulonnais

Toulouse
http://www.bibliothequedetoulouse.fr http://www.flickr.com/photos/bibliothequedetoulouse [] [] [] [|The industrial hub with a creative heart]

Versailles
[|Versailles]

Filing
 * ID-Tourism Consulting & Training in Sustainable Tourism Paris, France
 * www.id-tourisme.fr
 * www.facebook.com/idtourism
 * https://twitter.com/G_Cromer
 * https://plus.google.com/b/113945099629966774204
 * www.linkedin.com/company/id-tourism
 * www.slideshare.net/guillaumecromer

Tectono-volcanic Ensemble of the Chaine des Puys and Limagne Fault http://www.chainedespuys-limagnefault.com

http://www.ffbsc.org

Election Présidentielle 2017
hashtag: [|#ElectionPresidentielle2017] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_presidential_election,_2017 http://www.politico.eu/article/president-emmanuel-macron-5-takeaways-france-election-win http://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-defeats-marine-le-pen-to-win-french-presidency-projection https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/le-pen-is-just-a-gargantuan-polling-error-behind-macron http://thehill.com/policy/international/332228-french-media-warned-avoid-publishing-emmanuel-macron-leaks https://www.ft.com/content/35eb38fc-1e02-11e7-b7d3-163f5a7f229c http://www.bbc.com/news/topics/f671cc6e-8cdd-4351-90d1-fcc3bae18534/france-presidential-election-2017 http://www.politico.eu/tag/french-elections-2017 http://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkZir1L7fSY

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World Heritage: Pont-d'Arc Cave
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/fr/arcnat/chauvet/en http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauvet_Cave http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1426

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/12/141219-chauvet-paleolithic-cave-art-paintings-france-ancient-culture

Recent Events
More cycling resources below
 * June 2-5, 2015 ** [|http://www.velo-city2015.com] - [|@Velocity2015] (Nantes)

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flickr: [|French explorers] flickrgroup: [|Ecotourism Europe] slideshare: [|France on the Social Web]

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Rochechouart astrobleme

rugby https://www.facebook.com/RugbyPioneers/ http://rugby-pioneers.blogs.com

Buzzword Bingo //coiffe //