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Monnet Plan. Jean Monnet, French Planning Commissioner, 1946-1952. Faced with the challenge of reconstruction after World War II, France implemented the Modernization and Re-equipment Plan, which was designed to spur economic recovery. [1] : 38 This plan is commonly known as the “Monnet Plan” after Jean Monnet, the chief advocate and first ...
On the evening of 14 July 2016, a 19-tonne cargo truck was deliberately driven into crowds of people celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, resulting in the deaths of 86 people and the injury of 434 others. The driver was Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a Tunisian living in France.
Historically, Mont-Saint-Michel was the Norman counterpart of St Michael's Mount in Cornwall, UK, which was given to the Benedictines, the religious order of Mont-Saint-Michel, by Edward the Confessor in the 11th century. The two mounts share the same tidal island characteristics and a similar conical shape, though Mont-Saint-Michel is much taller.
Circuit de Monaco is a 3.337 km (2.074 mi) street circuit laid out on the city streets of Monte Carlo and La Condamine around the harbour of the Principality of Monaco.It is commonly, and even officially, referred to as "Monte Carlo" because it is largely inside the Monte Carlo neighbourhood of Monaco.
Grand Paris. Sarkozy's renovation of Paris, also known as the Grand Paris, is a vast public works programme commissioned by the former president of France Nicolas Sarkozy between 2016 and 2030. The Metropolis of Greater Paris (French: Métropole du Grand Paris ; French pronunciation: [metʁopɔl dy ɡʁɑ̃ paʁi] ), [note 1] also known as ...
The geography of France consists of a terrain that is mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in the north and west and mountainous in the south (including the Massif Central and the Pyrenees) and the east (the highest points being in the Alps ). Metropolitan France has a total size of 551,695 km 2 (213,011 sq mi) (Europe only).
A state of emergency was declared throughout the whole of France, the day following the November 2015 Paris attacks; this state of emergency was continually extended until 1 November 2017. 29 October 2020 Attack emergency After the 2020 Nice stabbing. 3 were killed in Notre-Dame de Nice. 5 March 2021 Heightened Security/Risk of attack
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