Do you know a French city other than Paris ?

Question

To North-Americans, I'm just curious to know which French cities you've heard of, other than Paris ?

Answer 1

Each day I read questions such as yours about how much Americans know about other countries.  I find it rather odd.  There is this concept around the world that Americans lack knowledge or rather, don't care to know anything that is not related to America.  I have to completely disagree.  The vast majority of Americans have taken considerable time whether during their formal education or on their own to learn a great deal about the cultures, languages, customs and geography of other countries.  Many of us have also done extensive international travel to further our knowledge.  In to answer your question, I am aware of a great number of cities in France, more than I can list here.

Answer 2

Lyon, Nice, Marseilles, ...

Answer 3

I'm an American living in Rouen, teaching in a small town a few miles away. I've heard of most of the big cities in France, even if I know nothing about them. Strasbourg was absolutely stunning (and I didn't even get to see it decked out for Noel)!

Answer 4

I studied in Aix-en-Provence and visited about all of the Côte d'Azur, les Gorges du Tarn and the Dordogne area.

I know the south mostly, and I could name around 20 cities in that region... Probably more.

Also had a boyfriend from Orange, one from Strasbourg and another one from Paris.

French lovers are the best! :-)

Answer 5

Lyons, Nice, Cannes, Biarritz, Strasbourg (on the border), Chartes (famous for the cathedral), St. Maur, Chantilly, Chambord, Marseille, Alsace-Lorraine area, Normandy, Brittany (Bretagne).

Answer 6

Reims

bordeaux

Answer 7

Nice, Normandie, Lyon, Marsaille...um Bordeaux and a few others but I can't remember them all now! :P

Answer 8

Cannes

Marseilles

Tours

there are a lot of Filipinos in these cities

Answer 9

marsaille

lyon

bordeaux

rennes

Answer 10

Let's see:Lens, Lille, Valencienne, Le Havre, Cherbourg, Caen, Amiens, Brest, St. Malo, Rennes, Le Mans, Alencon, Nantes, Angers, Rouen, Reims, Orleans, Strasbourg, Troyes, Limoges, Bordeaux, Biarritz, Bayonne, Pau, Tarbes, Narbonne, Perpignan, Montpellier, Nimes, St. Etienne, Vichy, Dijon, Nancy, Mulhouse, Besancon, Lyon, Grenoble, Avignon, Marseille, Toulon, Cannes, Nice. Do you want more?

Answer 11

I am from North America, and am a little bit insulted by the question.  Of course we have heard the names of a lot of cities in France other than Paris, its just that we can't, well, remember, their names.....  Hey, we are not stupid, we are Americans.

Answer 12

what is with the whole 'peace' thing?

Answer 13

Chartres, lyons, marseilles, versailles, normandie, saint tropez,  toulouse, montpelier, nantes, strasbourg, caen. Thats all i've got, i've only been to about three of those.

Answer 14

huh Paris that's about it i'm not studing cities of france though :D

Answer 15

I know of several:  Lyon (have a friend who lives there and works for INTERPOL), Nice, Marseilles, Caen, Cannes, Calais, Verseilles (just a short trip down the river Seine from Paris); if you give me some more time I might be able to come up with some more...

Answer 16

Versailles...

Answer 17

Rennes-le-Château, of course.

Answer 18

Agen

Albi

Alençon

Angers

Angouléme

Annecy

Arras

Auch

Aurillac

Auxerre

Avignon

Bar le Duc

Bastia

Beauvais

Belfort

Blois

Bobigny

Bourg en Bresse

Bourges

Brest

Brive

Cahors

Carcassonne

Chambèry

Charleville-Mézièes

Chartres

Châteauroux

Chaumont

Colmar

Créteil

Digne

Dunkerque

Epinal

Evreux

Evry

Foix

Gap

Grenoble

Guéret

La Roche sur Yon

La Rochelle

Laon

Laval

Le Mans

Le Puy

Lons le Saunier

Macon

Melun

Mende

Mont de Marsan

Montauban

Nîmes

Nancy

Nanterre

Nevers

Nice

Niort

Pau

Périgueux

Perpignan

Pontoise

Privas

Rodez

Saint Brieuc

Saint Etienne

Saint-Lô

Tarbes

Toulon

Tours

Troyes

Valence

Vannes

Versaille

Vesoul

Vichy

hope this helps ya!

Answer 19

Saint-Brieuc in Brittany

There is Orléans (which gives its name to New-Orleans)