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Geography and Environment: France

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CNN.com. Weather (http://weather.cnn.com/weather/forecast.jsp)
From "Find Weather Around the World" -- select Europe, then France, and click on a list of cities.

Météo-France (http://www.meteo.fr/meteonet/)
Interactive weather map of France as well as glossary, information on health and environment, library, and more. In French.

National Geographic (http://www.nationalgeographic.com)
Search on France.

Maps

Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in France (http://www.fallingrain.com/world/FR/)
Satellite imagery, detailed geographical information, and weather graphs for every city, town, and region. Similar information is available for airports.

EmbassyWorld: Maps of France (http://www.embassyworld.com/maps/Maps_Of_France.html)
Provides an annotated portal to numerous commercial and free maps for each country.

France. Detailed Maps (http://www.quid.fr/france.html)
General, departmental, regional and city maps of France. Searchable database for all 36,851 cities and villages of France and its overseas territories. In French.

France-Pub.com: The French Regions(http://www.france-pub.com/list_regions.html)
Information on the regions of France, as well as the departments within each region. Maps, descriptions, links to local media, websites, and businesses.

Mappy -- Routes (http://www.mappy.fr/direct/mappy/direct/mappy/acceuil)
Mappy.fr (ITI). Search for European itineraries, maps, useful addresses, and road information. Multilingual.

U.S. Library of Congress. American Memory Map Collections, 1500-1999(http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html)
Library of Congress online map collection. Search on France.

The University of Texas at Austin. Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection(http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/france.html)
Links to country, city, thematic, and historical maps of France as well as that of departments and territories overseas.

Historical Maps

Images of Medieveal Art and Architecture. France: General Maps of France(http://www.pitt.edu/%7Emedart/menufrance/mapsmain.html)
Links to maps from Shepherd, William R. Historical Atlas, (New York: Barnes and Noble, 1929).

National Geographic France (http://www.nationalgeographic.fr)
French edition of National Geographic magazine and Web site.

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