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20 hours ago · The France national men's volleyball team represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches. It was the reigning European Champion in 2015 and is ranked 3rd (as of 1st January 2023) in the FIVB world ranking. France have been competing in the World League ever since the inaugural edition in 1990 and continuously since 1999.
20 hours ago · The Workers and Peasants Party (Parti ouvrier et paysan) was a short lived communist splinter party in France in 1929-1930. On November 24, 1929 six municipal councilors were expelled by the French Communist Party, Louis Sellier (ancien secrétaire général du PCF en 1923-1924), Jean Garchery , Charles Joly, Louis Castellaz , Camille Renault , Louis Gélis .
20 hours ago · At the 2019 census, 81.4% of the inhabitants of the Marseille metropolitan area were natives of Metropolitan France, 0.6% were born in Overseas France, and 18.0% were born in foreign countries (two-fifth of whom French citizens from birth, in particular Pieds-Noirs from Algeria arrived in Metropolitan France after the independence of Algeria in 1962). [45]
20 hours ago · Jean de la Flèche, also known as Jean de Beaugency, Seigneur de la Flèche (c. 1030 – c. 1097) was an 11th-century nobleman. He was the youngest son of Lancelin I de Beaugency [1] (possible son of Landry Sore de Beaugency (died 1042)) and Mathilde de Chateau du Loir and was born about 1030 in La Flèche, Sarthe.
20 hours ago · The Gede (French: Guede) are the family of lwa, spirits or deities associated with Ancestor worship in Haitian Vodou, that represent the powers of death and fertility. They are often said to be found at burial sites, where they escort the deceased to their afterlife. [1]
20 hours ago · Wolof is the most widely spoken language in Senegal, spoken natively by the Wolof people (40% of the population) but also by most other Senegalese as a second language. [3] Wolof dialects vary geographically and between rural and urban areas. The principal dialect of Dakar, for instance, is an urban mixture of Wolof, French, and Arabic.
20 hours ago · Brisbane (French "brise" and Old English "bane," meaning bone) Cassel (a town in France) Chalfant; Concord (from French "concorde" meaning agreement, harmony, or union) Delano (after a scion of the famous Delano Family, originally Huguenots named "De Lannoye") Disneyland (after Walt Disney, a descendant of the Norman family d'Isigny (Isigny ...
