Saint-Nazaire Travel: France
Saint-Nazaire is a city and commune in the Loire-Atlantique dpartement of France, of which it is a sous-prfecture. It is a major harbor, on the right bank of the Loire river estuary, near the Atlantic Ocean.
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Saint-Étienne Travel: France
Saint-Étienne is a city in the central eastern part of France, 60 km. (40 miles) southwest of Lyon. Located in the Rhône-Alpes région, Saint-Étienne is the préfecture (capital) of the Loire département.
Population of the city (commune) at the 1999 census was 180,210 inhabitants (177,300 inhabitants as of February 2004 estimates). Population of the whole metropolitan area (in French: aire urbaine) at the 1999 census was 321,703 inhabitants.
Inhabitants of Saint-Étienne are called Stéphanois in French. "Saint Étienne" is the French version of Saint Stephen.
City of Sunderland : Britain
The metropolitan district City of Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, North East, England was created in 1974 by the merger of several districts of the traditional county of Durham. It includes the former county borough of Sunderland as well as Washington, Houghton-le-Spring and Hetton-le-Hole. The district had a population of 280,807 at the (2001 Census). The people of Sunderland are known as Mackems.
It was granted city status in 1992, the fortieth anniversary of the Queen's accession. At the Queen's Golden Jubilee the city petitioned to be allowed a Lord Mayor, but was unsuccessful.
The city is unparished,
Quimper Travel: France
Quimper (Kemper in Breton) is a commune of northwestern France. Population (1999): 67,127. Its inhabitants are called quimpérois. The name 'Quimper comes from the Breton kemper, which means confluent, because the city has been built on the confluence of the Steir, the Odet and the Jet rivers. The city was first named Quimper-Corentin (Saint Corentin was its first bishop), then has been renamed Montagne sur Odet during the French Revolution and is now just Quimper. It is also known as the capital of the Cornouaille.
Quimper is twinned with Limerick in Ireland.
Main Monuments in Quimper
* The roman catholic
Nantes Travel: France
Nantes (Gallo: Naunnt) is a city in western France, near the Atlantic coast. Nantes is the capital of the Pays de la Loire région, as well as the préfecture of the Loire-Atlantique département. The city has a total area of 65.19 km² (25.18 mi²).
Nantes is located on the banks of the Loire river, at the confluence with the Erdre and the Sèvre Nantaise, near the mouth, 55 km (35 mi) from the Atlantic Ocean. The city used to be built in a place where many branches of the Loire river created several islands, but most of
Charleville-Mézières Travel: France
Charleville-Mézières is a town and commune in northeastern France, préfecture (capital) of the Ardennes département which is itself part of the Champagne-Ardenne région. The commune of Charleville-Mézières was created in 1966 by the administrative grouping of five former communes, which already formed a single agglomeration. These communes were: Charleville, Étion, Mézières (former préfecture), Mohon and Montcy-Saint-Pierre. Another commune, Le Theux, had already been included into Mézières in 1965. It has a population of about 60,000.
