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  2. Plan XVII - Wikipedia

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    Plan XVII. Plan XVII (pronounced [plɑ̃ dis.sɛt]) was the name of a "scheme of mobilisation and concentration" which the French Conseil Supérieur de la Guerre (the peacetime title of the French Grand Quartier Général) developed from 1912 to 1914, to be put into effect by the French Army in the event of war between France and Germany.

  3. Dictionnaire de l'Académie française - Wikipedia

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    The Dictionnaire de l'Académie française (French pronunciation: [diksjɔnɛːʁ də lakademi fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) is the official dictionary of the French language. The Académie française is France's official authority on the usages, vocabulary, and grammar of the French language, although its recommendations carry no legal power.

  4. French language - Wikipedia

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    French (français [fʁɑ̃sɛ] ⓘ or langue française [lɑ̃ɡ fʁɑ̃sɛːz] ⓘ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives ...

  5. Académie Française - Wikipedia

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    academie-francaise.fr. The Académie Française[a] (French pronunciation: [akademi fʁɑ̃sɛːz]), also known as the French Academy, is the principal French council for matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. [1]

  6. Palace of Versailles - Wikipedia

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    The Palace of Versailles (/ vɛərˈsaɪ, vɜːrˈsaɪ / vair-SY, vur-SY; [1] French: château de Versailles [ʃɑto d (ə) vɛʁsɑj] ⓘ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about 18 kilometres (11 mi) west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the government of France and since 1995 has been ...

  7. French generally accepted accounting principles - Wikipedia

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    The French generally accepted accounting principles, called Plan Comptable Général ( PCG) is defined by the regulation n°2014-03 written by the Authority of Accounting Rules ( Autorité des normes comptables, abbr. ANC ), [ 1] validated by the Minister of the Budget. The Authority of Accounting Rules was created by the ordonnance no 2009-79 ...

  8. French formal garden - Wikipedia

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    The French formal garden, also called the jardin à la française (French for 'garden in the French manner'), is a style of "landscape" garden based on symmetry and the principle of imposing order on nature. Its epitome is generally considered to be the Gardens of Versailles designed during the 17th century by the landscape architect André Le ...

  9. Vigipirate - Wikipedia

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    A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at [[:fr:Plan Vigipirate]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|fr|Plan Vigipirate}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.