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Meals. In restaurants, à la carte ( / ɑːləˈkɑːrt /; French pronunciation: [a la kaʁt]; lit. 'at the card') [ 1] is the practice of ordering individual dishes from a menu in a restaurant, as opposed to table d'hôte, where a set menu is offered. [ 2] It is an early 19th century loan from French meaning "according to the menu". [ 3][ 4]
Carte Sanitaire du Burundi (PDF), Burundi Ministry of Public Health, 2016 Financement base sur la performance HD Buhiga (in French), Ministere de la Sante Publique et de la Lutte Contre le Sida , retrieved 2024-07-09
Barcelonnette was founded and named in 1231, by Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence. While the town's name is generally seen as a diminutive form of Barcelona in Catalonia, Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing point out an earlier attestation of the name Barcilona in Barcelonnette in around 1200, and suggest that it is derived instead from two earlier stems [specify] signifying a mountain ...
Its eighteen integral regions (five of which are overseas) span a combined area of 643,801 km 2 (248,573 sq mi) and have a total population of 68.4 million as of January 2024. [5] [8] France is a semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre.
In France as in many countries the feudal system was in place. From the time of Napoléon, titles were passed on by hereditary principles without feudal considerations. I couldn't find any direct information on the title 'des Francs' but I believe it relates directly to the French King, who at the time was Charles V111 (1470-1498) succeeding ...
Regions of FranceRégions ( French) France is divided into eighteen administrative regions ( French: régions, singular région [ʁeʒjɔ̃] ), of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France (in Europe ), while the other five are overseas regions (not to be confused with the overseas collectivities, which have a semi-autonomous status). [1]
The French Wikipedia ( French: Wikipédia en français) is the French-language edition of Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia. This edition was started on 23 March 2001, two months after the official creation of Wikipedia. [1] It has 2,626,660 articles as of 4 August 2024, making it the fourth-largest Wikipedia overall, after the English ...
Languedoc. The Province of Languedoc ( / ˌlɒ̃ɡ ( ə) ˈdɒk /, French: [lɑ̃ɡ (ə)dɔk], locally [lãᵑɡəˈdɔk]; Occitan: Lengadòc [ˌleŋɡɔˈðɔ (k)]) is a former province of France . Most of its territory is now contained in the modern-day region of Occitanie in Southern France. Its capital city was Toulouse.