France (disambiguation)
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France
is a country in Europe.
France may also refer to:
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-speaking countries, France may be a woman's first name.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
is a country in Europe.
France may also refer to:
Transport
- La France (airship)La France (airship)The La France was a French Army airship launched by Charles Renard and Arthur Constantin Krebs in 1884. Collaborating with Charles Renard, Arthur Constantin Krebs piloted the first fully controlled free-flight with the La France. The long, airship, electric-powered with a 435 kg battery...
, a French Army airship launched in 1884 - SS France (1871), an ocean liner
- SS France (1910), an ocean liner
- SS France (1961)SS France (1961)SS France was a Compagnie Générale Transatlantique ocean liner, constructed by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard at Saint-Nazaire, France, and put into service in February 1962...
, an ocean liner later renamed SS Norway - France IIFrance IIThe France II was a French sailing ship and the second one of that name. She was the largest commercial merchant sailing ship ever built.- Design:...
, a sailing ship - FranceFrench battleship FranceFrance was the last ship of the s, the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy. She was completed just before World War I as part of the 1911 naval building programme. She spent the war in the Mediterranean, covering the Otranto Barrage in the Adriatic...
, a Courbet class battleship - Anatole France (Paris Métro)Anatole France (Paris Metro)Anatole France is a station on Paris Métro Line 3. It is located in the commune of Levallois-Perret northwest of the capital. It was opened on 24 September 1937 when the line was extended from Porte de Champerret to Pont de Levallois – Bécon....
, rapid transit system station
Radio
- Radio FranceRadio FranceRadio France is a French public service radio broadcaster.-Mission:Radio France's two principal missions are:* To create and expand the programming on all of their stations; and...
, the French public service radio broadcaster- France BleuFrance BleuFrance Bleu is a network of 43 local and regional radio stations in France. National programming from Paris is relayed by local and regional stations supplemented with local news and content. It is part of the public broadcaster Radio France...
, France CultureFrance CultureFrance Culture is a French public radio channel and part of Radio France. Its programming encompasses a wide variety of features on historical, philosophical, sociopolitical, and scientific themes , as well as literary readings, radio plays, and experimental productions...
, France InfoFrance InfoFrance Info is a major French public news radio station, part of the Radio France group. The station is available across the country broadcasting world news 24 hours...
, France InterFrance InterFrance Inter is a major French public radio channel and part of Radio France. It is a "generalist" station, aiming to provide a wide national audience with a full service of news and intelligent spoken-word programming, both serious and entertaining, liberally punctuated with an eclectic mix of...
, and France MusiqueFrance MusiqueFrance Musique is a French public radio station devoted to music, including classical music and jazz. France Musique was created in 1954 as Chaîne Haute-Fidélité then renamed 1958 as France IV Haute Fidélité, then RTF Haute Fidélité in 1963, and finally France Musique in same year...
, five public radio stations belonging to Radio France
- France Bleu
- Radio France InternationaleRadio France InternationaleRadio France Internationale was created in 1975 as part of Radio France by the Government of France, and replaced the Poste Colonial , Paris Mondial , Radio Paris , RTF Radio Paris and ORTF Radio Paris...
, a French public radio network
Television
- France TélévisionsFrance TélévisionsFrance Télévisions is the French public national television broadcaster. It is a state-owned company formed from the bringing together of the public television channels France 2 and France 3 , later joined by the legally independent channels France 5 , France Ô , and France 4 France Télévisions ...
, a French public national television broadcaster - France 2France 2France 2 is a French public national television channel. It is part of the state-owned France Télévisions group, along with France 3, France 4, France 5 and France Ô...
, France 3France 3France 3 is the second largest French public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group, which also includes France 2, France 4, France 5, and France Ô....
, France 4France 4France 4 is a french public channel owned by France Télévisions, dedicated to the entertainment. At first named Festival, the channel took its current name in 2005, to mark better its membership to the group France Télévisions...
and France 5France 5France 5 is a public television network in France, part of the France Télévisions group. Principally featuring educational programming, the channel's motto is la chaîne de la connaissance et du savoir...
, four French public television networks - France ÔFrance ÔFrance Ô is a French public television network featuring programming from the French overseas departments and collectivities in Metropolitan France. It is part of the France Télévisions group...
, a satellite channel featuring programming from all the France's overseas departments and territories around the world - France 24France 24France 24 is an international news and current affairs television channel. The service is aimed at the overseas market, similar to BBC World News, DW-TV, NHK World and RT, and broadcast through satellite and cable operators throughout the world. During 2010 the channel started broadcasting through...
, a French satellite and cable TV news channel
Male name
In Slovenia, France is a male name, a variant of the name FranciscusFranciscus
Franciscus is a given name or surname, and may refer to:*Francis of Assisi *Franciscus Henri*Franciscus Accursius*Franciscus Gomarus*Franciscus Donders*Franciscus Patricius*James Franciscus...
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- France AdamičFrance AdamicFrance Adamič was a Slovenian agronomist and author of several books on horticulture. He was professor of arboriculture, pomology and introduction to farming on the university in Ljubljana from 1961 till 1981...
, Slovene agronomist - France AhčinFrance AhcinFrance Ahčin was a Slovene sculptor. He studied sculpture at the academy in Florence between 1943 and 1945. He emigrated to Argentina in 1947. He created many portraits, reliefs and little plastic art in burned clay and bronze. He is the author of many sculptures in churches in Buenos Aires.He...
, Slovene sculptor - France AčkoFrance AckoFrance Ačko was a Slovenian musician, organist and composer of sacred music. He studied music with Srečko Koporc and in Rome at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music...
, Slovene musician, organist and composer - France BalantičFrance BalanticFrance Balantič was a Slovene poet. His works were banished from schools and libraries during the Titoist regime in Slovenia, but since the late 1980s, he has been re-considered as one of the foremost Slovene poets of the 20th century.- Life :Balantič was born in a working class family in Kamnik,...
, Slovene poet - France BevkFrance BevkFrance Bevk was a Slovene writer, poet and translator. He also wrote under the pseudonym Pavle Sedmak.-Biography:...
, Slovene writer, poet and translator - France BučarFrance BucarFrance Bučar is a Slovenian politician, legal expert and author. Between 1990 and 1992, he served as the first chairman of the freely elected Slovenian Parliament. He was the one to formally declare the independence of Slovenia on June 25, 1991. He is considered as one of the founding fathers of...
, Slovene politician, legal expert and author - France CukjatiFrance CukjatiFrance Cukjati is a Slovenian politician, physician, theologian and a former Jesuit. He currently serves as the vice-chairman of the National Assembly of Slovenia....
, Slovene politician, physician and theologist - France PrešerenFrance PrešerenFrance Prešeren was a Slovene Romantic poet. He is considered the Slovene national poet. Although he was not a particularly prolific author, he inspired virtually all Slovene literature thereafter....
, Slovene romantic poet - France VodnikFrance VodnikFrance Vodnik was a Slovenian literary critic, essayist, translator and poet from Ljubljana. He was mostly active in the interwar period, when Slovenia was part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia...
, Slovene writer and poet
Female name
In FrenchFrench language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
-speaking countries, France may be a woman's first name.
- France GallFrance GallFrance Gall is a popular French yé-yé singer.Gall was married to, and had a successful singing career in partnership with, French singer-songwriter Michel Berger....
, French pop singer - France GélinasFrance GélinasFrance Gélinas is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Nickel Belt in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2007 Ontario election. She is a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party....
, Canadian politician
Surname
On rare occasions, France may be a surname.- Anatole FranceAnatole FranceAnatole France , born François-Anatole Thibault, , was a French poet, journalist, and novelist. He was born in Paris, and died in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. He was a successful novelist, with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters...
, nom de plume of French writer François-Anatole Thibault - Cécile de FranceCécile de FranceCécile de France is a Belgian actress. After achieving success in French cinema hits such as L'Art de la séduction and Irène , she gained international attention for her lead role in Haute Tension and Hereafter .- Career :Born in Namur, she left Belgium at the age of 17 to go to Paris where she...
, Belgian actress - C.V. FranceC.V. FranceCharles V. France , usually credited as C. V. France, was a British actor.-Partial filmography:*The Blue Bird *The Skin Game *Black Coffee...
, English actor - Ryan FranceRyan FranceRyan France is a former English professional footballer who last played for Sheffield United having spent the majority of his career at Alfreton Town and Hull City. His preferred position was as a right winger, but also played as a right wingback.-Alfreton Town:Born in Sheffield, France started...
, English footballer
Other
- "La France" (BZN song), a single by the Dutch pop group BZN
- Rosa 'La France'Rosa 'La France'La France is a rose developed in 1867 by Jean-Baptiste Guillot . It is generally accepted to be the first Hybrid Tea rose, and for this reason, its introduction is also considered the birth of the modern Rose....
, an hybrid tea rose developed in 1867 by Jean-Baptiste Guillot - New FranceNew FranceNew France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
, a colony - France (Island), an island in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.