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Top of the TGN hierarchy
(hierarchy root)
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World
(facet)
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Europe
(continent)
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France
(nation)
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Aisne à la Marne, Canal de l'
(canal)
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Albret
(historical region)
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Alsace
(historical region) [
N
]
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Alsace
(former administrative division)
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Annam
(historical region) [
N
]
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Aqueduc de la Vanne
(aqueduct)
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Aquitaine
(former administrative division)
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Ardennes
(general region) [
N
]
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Ardennes, Canal des
(canal)
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Argonne
(general region)
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Astarac
(fief)
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Auvergne
(former administrative division)
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Auvergne
(historical region) [
N
]
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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
(region (administrative division))
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Bassas da India
(possession) [
N
]
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Basse-Navarre
(general region)
........................
Basse-Normandie
(general region)
........................
Basse-Normandie
(former administrative division)
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Bassin de Saint-Ferréol
(reservoir)
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Berry, Canal du
(canal)
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Boischaut
(general region)
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Born, Pays de
(general region)
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Boulonnais
(former nation/state/empire)
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Bourbonnais
(general region)
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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
(first level subdivision)
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Bresse
(historical region)
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Briare, Canal de
(canal)
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Brie
(general region)
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Brittany
(region (administrative division))
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Brittany
(historical region) [
N
]
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Burgundy
(former administrative division)
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Burgundy
(historical region)
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Caen, Campagne de
(general region)
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Canal d'Aire
(canal)
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Canal de Berry-Deuxième Branche
(canal)
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Canal de Chelles
(canal)
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Canal de Donzère-Mondragon
(canal)
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Canal de Jonage
(canal)
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Canal de la Bassée
(canal)
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Canal de la Deûle
(canal)
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Canal de la Dive
(canal)
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Canal de la Gimone
(canal)
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Canal de la Haute Seine
(canal)
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Canal de la Lys
(canal)
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Canal de la Sensée
(canal)
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Canal de la Somme
(canal)
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Canal de l'Est
(canal)
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Canal de l'Est
(canal)
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Canal de l'Est-Branche Sud
(canal)
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Canal de Miribel
(canal)
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Canal de Montbéliard à la Haute Saône
(canal)
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Canal de Peccais à Sylvéréal
(canal)
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Canal de Roanne à Digoin
(canal)
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Canal des Cinq Abbés
(canal)
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Canal de Vitry-le-François à Saint-Dizier
(canal)
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Canal d'Ille et Rance
(canal)
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Canal du Berry-Première Branche
(canal)
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Canal du Mignon
(canal)
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Canal du Né
(canal)
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Canal du Nord
(canal)
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Canal Latéral à l'Aisne
(canal)
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Canal Latéral à la Loire
(canal)
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Canal Latéral à l'Oise
(canal)
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Canal Saint-Denis
(canal)
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Canal Saint-Martin
(canal)
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Casinca
(general region)
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Catalogne
(general region)
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Centre
(general region)
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Centre-Val de Loire
(region (administrative division))
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Cerdagne
(general region) [
N
]
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Cévennes
(general region)
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Champagne
(general region)
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Champagne-Ardenne
(former administrative division)
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Charentes
(general region)
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Chenal de Bonne-Anse
(navigation channel)
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Chenal du Port d'Isigny
(canal)
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Chicheny
(farm)
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Clipperton Island
(dependency) [
N
]
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Combraille
(general region)
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Comtat Venaissin
(historical region)
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Corsica
(region (administrative division))
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Cousserans
(general region)
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Dauphiné
(general region)
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Digue Basse du Nord
(breakwater)
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Digue du Ratier
(breakwater)
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Écrins, Parc National des
(national park)
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Europa Island
(possession) [
N
]
........................
Franche-Comté
(former administrative division)
........................
Franche-Comté
(general region)
........................
Francia
(historical region)
........................
French Guiana
(dependent state) [
N
]
........................
French Polynesia
(dependent state) [
N
]
........................
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
(overseas territory)
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Gascony
(historical region)
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Gâtinais
(general region)
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Glorioso Islands
(possession) [
N
]
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Grand Est
(region (administrative division))
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Grangent, Lac de
(reservoir)
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Guadeloupe
(dependent state) [
N
]
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Guienne, Duchy of
(general region)
........................
Guyenne
(general region)
........................
Hague, Fosse de la
(undersea trench)
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Haut-Doubs
(general region)
........................
Haute-Normandie
(general region)
........................
Haute-Normandie
(former administrative division)
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Haute-Provence
(general region)
........................
Hauts-de-France
(region (administrative division))
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Houillères de la Sarre, Canal des
(canal)
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Île-de-France
(historical region)
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Île-de-France
(region (administrative division))
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Juan de Nova Island
(possession) [
N
]
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Labourd
(general region)
........................
Lac du Saulet
(reservoir)
........................
Languedoc
(historical region)
........................
Languedoc-Roussillon
(former administrative division)
........................
Languedoc-Roussillon
(general region)
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Le Fourneau
(farm)
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Le Fresne
(farm)
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Le Grand Villiers
(farm)
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Léon, Pays de
(general region)
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Les Sueurs
(farm)
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Lieuvin
(general region)
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Limousin
(former administrative division)
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Limousin
(historical region) [
N
]
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Loing, Canal du
(canal)
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Loire Valley
(historical region)
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Lorraine
(former administrative division)
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Lorraine
(historical region) [
N
]
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Maginot Line
(historic site)
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Malmaison
(farm)
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Marais Poitevin
(general region)
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Marche
(general region)
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Marne à la Saône, Canal de la
(canal)
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Marne au Rhin, Canal de la
(canal)
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Martinique
(dependent state) [
N
]
........................
Mayotte
(dependent state) [
N
]
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Midi, Canal du
(canal)
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Midi-Pyrénées
(general region)
........................
Midi-Pyrénées
(former administrative division)
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Mont Blanc Tunnel
(tunnel) [
N
]
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Mont Cenis, Tunnel du
(tunnel) [
N
]
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Nebbio
(general region)
........................
Nemours
(former nation/state/empire)
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Neubourg, Campagne du
(general region)
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New Caledonia
(dependent state) [
N
]
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New France
(former administrative division) [
N
]
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Nord-Pas-de-Calais
(former administrative division)
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Nord-Pas-de-Calais
(general region)
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Normand, Bocage
(general region)
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Normandie
(region (administrative division))
........................
Normandy
(historical region)
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Northeastern France
(general region)
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Northern France
(general region)
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Nouvelle-Aquitaine
(region (administrative division))
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Occitanie
(region (administrative division))
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Ouche, Pays d'
(general region)
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Parc National des Cévennes
(park)
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Parc Naturel Régional du Haut-Languedoc
(park)
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Parc Régional des Landes de Gascogne
(park)
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Parc Régional du Vercors
(park)
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Passe des Charpentiers
(navigation channel)
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Pays de la Loire
(general region)
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Pays de la Loire
(region (geographic))
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Pays de la Loire
(region (administrative division))
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Perche
(general region)
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Périgord
(general region)
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Picardy
(former nation/state/empire)
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Picardy
(former administrative division)
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Poitou
(historical region)
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Poitou-Charentes
(former administrative division)
........................
Poitou-Charentes
(general region)
........................
Ponthieu
(former nation/state/empire)
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Port de Sète
(port)
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Provence
(historical region)
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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
(region (administrative division))
........................
Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur
(general region)
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Quercy
(general region)
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Réservoir de la Vanne
(reservoir)
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Reservoir de Serre-Poçon
(reservoir)
........................
Reunion
(dependent state) [
N
]
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Revermont
(general region)
........................
Rhône-Alpes
(general region)
........................
Rhône-Alpes
(former administrative division)
........................
Rhône au Rhin, Canal du
(canal)
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Rigole de la Garelle
(canal)
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Rigole de la Plaine
(canal)
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Rigole du Canal du Midi
(canal)
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Roumois
(general region)
........................
Roussillon
(general region)
........................
Saint Barthélemy
(dependency) [
N
]
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Saint Martin
(dependency) [
N
]
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Saintonge
(general region)
........................
Saintonge
(historical region)
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Saint Pierre and Miquelon
(dependent state) [
N
]
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Sambre à l'Oise, Canal de la
(canal)
........................
Saumurois
(former nation/state/empire)
........................
Savoie
(general region)
........................
Seine-et-Oise
(former administrative division)
........................
Sénonais
(general region)
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Southern France
(general region)
........................
Southwestern France
(general region)
........................
Suisse Normande
(general region)
........................
Tende, Tunnel de
(tunnel) [
N
]
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Tricastin
(general region)
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Tromelin Island
(possession) [
N
]
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Vallage
(general region)
........................
Valois
(former nation/state/empire)
........................
Vaux
(inhabited place)
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Velay, Plateau du
(general region)
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Vexin
(general region)
........................
Via Agrippa
(road)
........................
Vignay
(farm)
........................
Wallis and Futuna Islands
(dependent state) [
N
]
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Western France
(general region)
........................
Western France
(general region)
........................
Westhoek
(general region) [
N
]
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