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21 Cévennes, Parc National des
One of Metropolitan France's six national parks, located mostly in the department of the Gard, in the Languedoc-Roussillon region, and covering a part of the Cevennes mountains, the south eastern range of the Massif Central.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Cévennes, Parc National des
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22 Figaro, le
One of the main French daily newspapers, generally conservative in outlook. It is perhaps the nearest French equivalent to Britain's Daily Telegraph. Founded in 1826, it is the oldest of the French dailies. Le Figaro currently belongs to Socopresse, a subsidiary of the Dassault group of companies.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Figaro, le
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23 Gard, Pont du
One of the most famous surviving Roman aqueducts, located in the Gard Department, near Nîmes, in the Languedoc region of France.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Gard, Pont du
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24 Géant
One of the big hypermarket chains in France, part of the Casino group of retail outlets.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Géant
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25 Ibis, Hôtels
one of the major hotel chains, belonging to the Accor Group. Ibis hotels can be found all over France, and in many other countries of Europe. They are mid-range hotels, generally two-star or three-star. Seehotels in France.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Ibis, Hôtels
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26 Leclerc, centres
One of the biggest of the French hypermarket chains. TheCentres Leclerc enjoy a reputation for low prices and good quality, and have led many campaigns in favour of the right of retail distribution chains to expand their activities, for example by opening up in-store chemists counters. The group was the first retail distributor to bid for, and obtain, concessions for motorway service stations in France.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Leclerc, centres
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27 Lyonnaise des Eaux
One of France's big water distribution companies, now part of the Suez group, in turn part of GDF-Suez.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Lyonnaise des Eaux
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28 Mercantour
One of France's six national parks, located in the high Alps, on the Italian border.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Mercantour
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29 Michelin
One of France's older and biggest companies, a CAC 40 company, and the world's major tyre manufacturers (20% of the world market). Michelin is based in Clermont Ferrand (Auvergne), where it has a large research facility. Michelin has been responsible for many innovations in the history of the motor type, including the invention of the radial tyre (standard on modern vehicles). Michelin also publish very popular maps of France and tourist guides.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Michelin
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30 Mont Saint Michel
One of France's major tourist sites, and a UNESCO World Heritage site, the Mont St. Michel is a mediaeval abbey perched on a rock jutting up in the middle of the sand flats and shallow water of a large bay on the north coast of France, between Normandy and Brittany.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Mont Saint Michel
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31 Mont d'Or
One of the famous cheeses of the Franche Comté region, Mont d'Or, also known as Vacherin, is a cheese that was traditionally only available in winter and spring. See under Cheeses.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Mont d'Or
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32 Montparnasse, Gare
One of the main railway termini in Paris, serving much of central western France. the Gare Montparnasse is the Paris terminus for all western TGV lines. See rail travel in FranceDictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Montparnasse, Gare
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33 Paris-Nice
One of the great annual cycling races in FranceDictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Paris-Nice
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34 Polytechnique
One of the most prestigious and selective of France's "Grandes Ecoles", to all intents and purposes a super-university, which ranks among the best in the world. See Higher Education in FranceDictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Polytechnique
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35 Renault
one of France's and Europe's major motor manufacturers. The company is currently linked with the Japanese Nissan corporation, and owns the Roumanian car manufacturer Dacia. From the end of the Second World War, Renault was a state owned company, known as the Régie Renault. It was privatized in 1990.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Renault
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36 Samaritaine, la
one of the most famous department stores in Paris, and for a long time the biggest. The store, which had financial problems, closed in 2005 - officially because the old buildings did not meet modern safety standards. In theory, once the buildings have been totally renovated, the store will reopen in 2011.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Samaritaine, la
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37 Seine
one of the longest rivers in France, 776 km in length from its source, near Langres in the Haute Marne department, to its mouth near le Havre, on the Channel coast. The catchment area of the seine and its tributaries covers almost a third of the surface of France; the principal tributaries are the Marne, the Oise, the Yonne and the Aube. The seine is navigable for 445 kilometres from its mouth, and is particularly busy in the area of Paris. The original city of Paris was built on or close to (historians are divided on the subject) two islands in the middle of the river, known today as the Ile de la Cité and the Ile Saint Louis.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Seine
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38 Société Générale
One of the largest French banks, SG was rocked in 2007 by a stock-trading scandal that resulted in huge losses for the bank; however, it has largely recovered from this incident which occurred just as many banks were being shaken by financial losses connected to the collapse of the US sub-prime market.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Société Générale
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39 Sorbonne, la
One of the world's oldest universities, founded in 1257. The Sorbonne is, historically, the University of Paris. Following the breaking up of the huge university of Paris in 1970, into thirteen smaller (but still large) universities, the word "Sorbonne" was kept in the name of four of the new establishments, and specifically in the university now known as "Université deParis IV - Sorbonne". This is the top-ranking Paris university for the fields of arts and social sciences. The three other "Sorbonne" universities are Paris IIISorbonne nouvelle (arts and social sicences), Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (Law, economics and human sciences), and Université de Paris V - Descartes, Sorbonne (Medecine, maths, law and social sciences). These four universities share the historic Latin quarter university buildings, but also have campuses, teaching-blocks, libraries and research facilities throughout Paris and the inner suburbs. See higher education in France.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Sorbonne, la
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40 Volcans, Parc des
One of the major Parcs Naturels Régionaux (Regional Nature Parks) in France, located in the Auvergne region of central southern France, and including a vast area of extinct volcanic uplands.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Volcans, Parc des
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