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Which City in France?

Can you name these French cities based on their starting letter and a description?
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First submittedNovember 9, 2017
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Description
Letter
City
Capital of France
P
Paris
Largest French city on the Mediterranean
M
Marseille
There's a "new" one in the United States
O
Orleans
Hosts Europe's most well-known film festival
C
Cannes
Most populous city on the Riviera
N
Nice
Closest French town to Great Britain
C
Calais
This city's "Fête des Lumières" draws millions of visitors each December
L
Lyon
Home to the EU Parliament
S
Strasbourg
Home to the papacy in the 1300s
A
Avignon
British troops evacuated from here in 1940
D
Dunkirk
Its name means "The Harbour"
L
Le Havre
Capital of France, 1940–44
V
Vichy
Monet painted this northern city's cathedral
R
Rouen
City that shares the name of France's most famous palace
V
Versailles
Largest city on Corsica
A
Ajaccio
A famous type of mustard comes from here
D
Dijon
Capital of French Polynesia, on the island of Tahiti
P
Papeete
This town hosts a 24-hour auto race
L
Le Mans
Home to Airbus, it is known as "The Pink City"
T
Toulouse
The wine capital of the world
B
Bordeaux
Large industrial city near the border with Belgium
L
Lille
Capital of French Guiana
C
Cayenne
KoljiVriVoda
+6
Level 77
Nov 9, 2017
No, it is not Salzburg or Salsburg... Saltsburg...
rphxx
+17
Level 71
Jan 4, 2018
Salzburg is in Austria ^^
sulfuratus
+23
Level 66
Jan 8, 2018
Hang on? Are you confusing Salzburg and Strasbourg here or am I missing something?
divantilya
+4
Level 37
Jan 31, 2019
^ I believe he is. Strasbourg is in France. Salzburg in Austria.
IsleAuHaulte
+8
Level 89
Oct 10, 2019
If you're trying to educate English speakers on the pronunciation of the Austrian city it's Zaltsbūrg as a beautifully flowing Austrian would pronounce it and Zaltsbūr(k) in "standard" spit and guttural Prussian German.

German words don't start with the English S-sound. It either sounds as Z before a vowel or Sh before a consonant. E.g., Straßburg sounds like Shtrassbūr(k).

SirPhilippines
+3
Level 65
Oct 15, 2023
I believe what KojiVriVoda was trying to say is that the first two “Salzburgs” were him trying to put it into the quiz thinking it was correct, the Saltsburg was a joke on him thinking he might’ve misspelled it. At least that’s how I see it and I got a good chuckle.
samiamco
+6
Level 69
Nov 10, 2017
I can't believe with the 86.4 spelling permutations of Papeete I tried, that I did not manage to stumble on the right one. You run a tight ship, Quizzy Dude.
RogerMellie
+2
Level 25
Jan 4, 2018
I got away with sloppy spellings for Bordeaux and Strasbourg (don't even know if I got them right here).
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Feb 13, 2021
I can't believe I got that one too
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 75
Jul 21, 2021
I think I got away with Papette :)
BenSP
+1
Level 79
Nov 10, 2017
great format, really enjoyed this quiz
sillie
+2
Level 77
Nov 11, 2017
Liege? Nope.. not Lüttich? Oh yeah that's one and the same. I should've gotten that one!
fitheach
+15
Level 59
Dec 19, 2017
? Why would Liege be in a quiz about France?
woshiwaiguoren
+7
Level 70
Jul 21, 2021
I mean it's wrong but, come on, it's not THAT crazy. It's not far from France, and Flanders has often been partially under French control (indeed today Lille and Dunkirk are in French-controlled Flanders). So from a general "I'll at least hazard a guess" standpoint it does make some sense.
HenkdeTank
+1
Level 51
Jul 21, 2021
FYI, Liege is in Wallonia, not is Flanders
Yanni47
+5
Level 77
Jan 4, 2018
That's silly indeed. Liege is in Belgium.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Feb 13, 2021
sillie 😁
Thomas1VL
+3
Level 62
Sep 10, 2020
As a Belgian this hurts to read
azhfandak
+7
Level 75
Nov 26, 2017
nice to see something non american! i really loved it quizmaster.
boxter97
+2
Level 44
Jan 4, 2018
Good quizz. But Vichy has never been the capital of France. It was the (unofficial) capital of the "French state", the Nazi collaborationist government during most part of WWII.

So I think it should be "Capital of French state, 1940-44". Please consider it.

Sulps
+4
Level 56
Jan 4, 2018
France - French state. What's the difference?
Tomtrific
+2
Level 82
Jan 4, 2018
You say France, I say Fron-say
Yukhan
+2
Level 50
Jan 4, 2018
There is a huge one. Officially the French government withdrawed in London after 1940. That means Vichy representatives were not officially considered as a legal government despite the fact there were the result of "legal elections" from the Assembly.

Moreover France is a geographic conception and not the official denomination. Diplomatically speaking it is the French Republic. As we shall not say Russia but Russian Federation or Taiwan instead of Republic of China.

If the quiz aims to be punctilious the question is biased.

cocachiantos
+1
Level 68
Aug 14, 2022
where were you in 1995 when Chirac acknowledge the role of the French police in the Vel d'Hiv roundup ? It's time to quit denying.
cocachiantos
+1
Level 68
Aug 14, 2022
Moreover many laws passed under the Vichy regime still apply today in France - as basic as the creation of ID cards.
mightythor
+3
Level 66
Jan 4, 2018
I guess Grey Poupon is not in France.
AttilatheHutt
+1
Level 84
Jan 5, 2018
Party on.
Texio
+1
Level 76
Nov 27, 2023
It is, but it doesn't start with D...
OfficerDibble
+2
Level 80
Jan 4, 2018
Many of these are not cities.
Victoulapin
+10
Level 67
Jan 4, 2018
In the french administration there is nothing that states what is officially a city. In practice we call a "ville" any town with more dans 15/20000 inhabitants. So all of those featured in the quiz are okay.
Yukhan
+7
Level 50
Jan 4, 2018
Actually that's wrong. According to the INSEE which is the official statistics bureau a city is considered as such when its population reaches 2000 inhabitants.

But there are some disparities in the conception of "cities" between France and UK for example.

tomydenger
+2
Level 21
Jan 23, 2019
Yukhan have right, INSEE say that : "it's a city if there is more than 2000 hab with less than 200m between buildings.

They have done that only for one thing : the mayors of the small communes that received the title of "city" with a charter in the middle ages would have guage if their "city" had downgraded to village. But we agree that a real city in France is 110 000 inhabitants. Otherwise it's a small town or rural area (unless it's a town attached to a metropolis or a big city).

Vivelageo
+1
Level 34
Mar 26, 2023
They are all cities, a city in France needs to have more than 2000 inhabitants
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 68
Oct 15, 2023
What the hell are those if they aren't cities?

As many people said here, a city in France is anything with more that 2 000 inhabitants.

fitheach
+4
Level 59
Jan 4, 2018
Nice picture of Nice at the top - nicely done!
JackintheBox
+2
Level 79
Feb 13, 2021
Nice indeed!
iuvas
+4
Level 94
Jan 4, 2018
great job!

must say, i found it pretty straightforward, apart from the two cities in overseas territories. Basically you could write down any major french city and expect to get a hit. I would add the yellow boxes to make the quiz more challenging

LadyQuizling
+3
Level 55
Jan 4, 2018
Je suis fabuleuse! Tous correct et 1:44 en excess!
Gossguy
+2
Level 64
Jan 4, 2018
ouiiiii
RealDad12
+1
Level 67
Jan 4, 2018
Could NOT spell Papeete to save myself, damnit! >:-(
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jun 27, 2021
We accept a lot of different misspellings.
Julotek
+2
Level 60
Jan 9, 2018
Ouf !

As a French guy I got everything, would be a pity if not...

shaleemarina
+2
Level 47
Jan 30, 2018
Moi j'ai eu deux erreurs... La honte sur moi
drLuigi
+4
Level 45
Jan 12, 2018
I always thought Dunkirk is in Belgium
Thomas1VL
+2
Level 62
Sep 10, 2020
As a Belgian, I honestly used to think this too as a kid. It used to be part of Flanders untill France took it from us, just like Lille (before Belgium was a thing).
shaleemarina
+3
Level 47
Jan 30, 2018
There is an harbour to Le Havre... But Le Havre doesn't mean Harbour
growltiger
+10
Level 34
Mar 7, 2018
Noun. havre m (plural havres). (archaic or dialectal) harbour.
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Jan 31, 2019
^ Yes it does! - Excellent quiz by the way.
EcceHomo
+2
Level 79
Oct 13, 2020
Nobody said it meant harbour in French. Check out its etymology. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/havre
Ambel
+1
Level 52
May 21, 2022
Le Havre is the prettiest city in the world, that's all :)
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 68
Oct 15, 2023
It absolutely does mean The Harbour in French!
mfmehrpooya
+1
Level 38
Oct 15, 2023
Has a name same as a Belarusian city

B

Answer: Brest

Texio
+1
Level 76
Oct 15, 2023
And they're often mentioned together with the "most populous city on the Riviera": Nice...
JonOfKent
+1
Level 56
Oct 15, 2023
I read "Monet painted the cathedral" and I thought "did he start out as a painter and decorator then?"

Then i actually got my brain into gear... anyway...

Hedgehog76
+1
Level 65
Dec 1, 2023
I was so sure he painted the cathedral of Reims. When it wasn't accepted, I just guessed the only other city I knew that starts with "R". Then I googled it - after finishing the quiz of course.
sarielise
+1
Level 66
Feb 15, 2024
I knew Rouen from Joan of Arc.
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