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 ?

To Peace : I didn't mean my question that way. I spent a year in the US and I know what you said. But as Paris is known worldwilde and as I don't live there, I'd like to know if some other cities are famous. That's it ! Peace man :-)

Answer 1

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 2

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 3

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 4

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 5

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 6

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 7

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 8

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 9

Reims
bordeaux

Answer 10

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.