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Which French city is among the country's 10 largest metropolitan areas?
An official question of the French civic exam, with its answer and the official text that proves it, in French and English.
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Quelle ville française fait partie des 10 plus grandes métropoles du pays ?
Which French city is among the country's 10 largest metropolitan areas?
Answer. For example Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Nantes, Nice, Montpellier or Strasbourg.
Par exemple Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Nantes, Nice, Montpellier ou Strasbourg.
These are the 10 largest French metropolitan areas according to the official fact sheet. The largest is Greater Paris.
The official text that proves it
« Les 10 plus grandes métropoles françaises sont les suivantes : Métropole du Grand Paris (130 communes et 7 millions d'habitants) ; Métropole d’Aix-Marseille-Provence (92 communes et 2 millions d'habitants) ; Métropole du Grand Lyon (58 communes et 1,4 millions d'habitants) ; »
The 10 largest French metropolitan areas are as follows. Greater Paris (130 municipalities and 7 million inhabitants). Aix-Marseille-Provence (92 municipalities and 2 million inhabitants). Greater Lyon (58 municipalities and 1.4 million inhabitants).
In French, with its English meaning. read the official sheet
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