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French Literary Figures Clockwise From Top Left Molière Most Played Author Comédie-Française Victor Hugo One Of Most Important French Novelists Poets 19th-century Poet Writer Translator Charles Baudelaire 20th-century Philosopher Novelist Jean-Paul SartreJean Racine Whose Incredible Mastery Of Alexandrine Of French Language Has Been Praised Centuries Created Plays Such Phèdre Or Britannicus He Is Along With Pierre Corneille (Le Cid) Molière Considered One Of Three Great Dramatists Of France's Golden Age Molière Who Deemed Be One Of Greatest Masters Of Comedy Of Western Literature, Wrote Dozens Of Plays Including Le Misanthrope L'Avare Le Malade Imaginaire Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme His Plays Have Been So Popular Around World That French Language Sometimes Dubbed The Language Of Molière (la Langue De Molière), Just Like English Considered The Language Of ShakespeareFrench Literature Poetry Flourished Even More 18th 19th Centuries Denis Diderot's Best-known Works Jacques Fatalist Rameau's Nephew He However Best Known Being Main Redactor Of Encyclopédie Whose Aim Was Sum Up All Knowledge Of His Century (in Fields Such Arts Sciences Languages Philosophy) Present Them People Order Fight Ignorance Obscurantism During That Same Century Charles Perrault Was Prolific Writer Of Famous Children's Fairy Tales Including Puss Boots Cinderella Sleeping Beauty Bluebeard Start Of 19th Century Symbolist Poetry Was Important Movement French Literature With Poets Such Charles Baudelaire Paul Verlaine Stéphane MallarméThe 19th Century Saw Writings Of Many Renowned French Authors Victor Hugo Sometimes Seen The Greatest French Writer Of All Times Excelling All Literary Genres Preface Of His Play Cromwell Considered Be Manifesto Of Romantic Movement Les Contemplations La Légende Des Siècles Considered Poetic Masterpieces, Hugo's Verse Having Been Compared That Of Shakespeare Dante Homer His Novel Les Misérables Widely Seen One Of Greatest Novel Ever Written Hunchback Of Notre Dame Has Remained Immensely PopularOther Major Authors Of That Century Include Alexandre Dumas (The Three Musketeers Count Of Monte-Cristo) Jules Verne (Twenty Thousand Leagues Under Sea) Émile Zola (Les Rougon-Macquart) Honoré De Balzac (La Comédie Humaine) Guy De Maupassant Théophile Gautier Stendhal (The Red Black Charterhouse Of Parma) Whose Works Among Most Well Known France World Prix Goncourt French Literary Prize First Awarded 1903 Important Writers Of 20th Century Include Marcel Proust Louis-Ferdinand Céline Albert Camus Jean-Paul Sartre Antoine De Saint Exupéry Wrote Little Prince Which Has Remained Popular Decades With Children Adults Around Worldof 2014 French Authors Had More Literature Nobel Prizes Than Those Of Any Other Nationfirst Nobel Prize Literature Was French Author While France's Latest Nobel Prize Literature Patrick Modiano Who Was Awarded Prize 2014 Jean-Paul Sartre Was Also First Nominee Committee's History Refuse Prize 1964Philosophy
See also France 19th century France 20th century, Tour du Crédit Lyonnais Cathedral of St John medieval church with architectural elements of 13th 14th 15th centuries also principal religious structure city seat of Archbishop of Lyon. Hauts-de-France Emmanuel Macron (cropped).jpg Édouard Philippe (cropped).jpg The former main building of University of Paris now used classes from Paris-Sorbonne University other autonomous campusesParis département with highest proportion of highly educated people 2009 around 40 percent of Parisians held licence-level diploma or higher highest proportion France, while 13 percent have no diploma third-lowest percentage France Education Paris Île-de-France region employs approximately 330,000 people 170,000 of whom teachers professors teaching approximately 2.9 million children students around 9,000 primary secondary higher education schools institutionsThe University of Paris founded 12th century often called Sorbonne after one of its original medieval colleges was broken up into thirteen autonomous universities 1970 following student demonstrations 1968 Most of campuses today Latin Quarter where old university was located while others scattered around city suburbs.[citation not found].
Since 2000 Birdy Kids group of graffiti artists from city has decorated several random buildings walls along Lyon ring road 2012 artist collective has been chosen represent city its cultural ambassadorsEconomy, Tour Eiffel sunrise from trocadero Map of City of Lyon divided into 9 arrondissements In recent years city has also experienced large growth service sector employment switch from light manufacturing cultural high-tech economy.[citation needed] Marseille region home thousands of companies 90% of which small medium enterprises with less than 500 employees.[full citation needed] Among most famous ones CMA CGM container-shipping giant Compagnie maritime d'expertises (Comex) world leader sub-sea engineering hydraulic systems Airbus Helicopters Airbus division Azur Promotel active real estate development company La Provence local daily newspaper RTM Marseille's public transport company Société Nationale Maritime Corse Méditerranée (SNCM) major operator passenger vehicle freight transportation Western Mediterranean urban operation Euroméditerranée has developed large offer of offices thus Marseille hosts one of main business district FranceMarseille home of three main technopoles Château-Gombert (technological innovations) Luminy (biotechnology) La Belle de Mai (17,000 sq.m of offices dedicated multimedia activities)Tourism attractions. Protestant (20,000) International regional transport, Alpes- Main article Demographics of Paris, Palais du Pharo The population of Paris had dropped 100,000 during Revolution but between 1799 1815 surged with 160,000 new residents reaching 660,000 Napoleon Bonaparte replaced elected government of Paris with prefect reporting only him He began erecting monuments military glory including Arc de Triomphe improved neglected infrastructure of city with new fountains Canal de l'Ourcq Père Lachaise Cemetery city's first metal bridge Pont des ArtsRichelieu reading room National Library of France; Republican marches were organised across France after January 2015 Île-de-France attacks perpetrated Islamic terrorists they largest public rallies French historySince 19th century France has received many immigrants These have been mostly male foreign workers from European Catholic countries who generally returned home when not employed During 1970s France faced economic crisis allowed new immigrants (mostly from Maghreb) permanently settle France with their families acquire French citizenship resulted hundreds of thousands of Muslims (especially larger cities) living subsidised public housing suffering from very high unemployment rates Simultaneously France renounced assimilation of immigrants where they were expected adhere French traditional values cultural norms They were encouraged retain their distinctive cultures traditions required merely integrateSince 1995 Paris Métro RER bombings France has been sporadically targeted Islamist organisations notably Charlie Hebdo attack January 2015 which provoked largest public rallies French history gathering 4.4 million people, November 2015 Paris attacks which resulted 130 deaths deadliest attack French soil since World War II, deadliest European Union since Madrid train bombings 2004 2016 Nice attack which caused 87 deaths during Bastille Day celebrationsGeography, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital Paris stone building with slate dome. 1st arrondissement Slopes of La Croix-Rousse Terreaux Martinière/St-Vincent Paris grew population from about 400,000 1640 650,000 1780new boulevard Champs-Élysées extended city west Étoile, while working-class neighbourhood of Faubourg Saint-Antoine eastern site of city grew more more crowded with poor migrant workers from other regions of FranceParis was centre of explosion of philosophic scientific activity known Age of Enlightenment Diderot d'Alembert published their Encyclopédie 1751 Montgolfier Brothers launched first manned flight hot-air balloon 21 November 1783 from gardens of Château de la Muette Paris was financial capital of continental Europe primary European centre of book publishing fashion manufacture of fine furniture luxury goodsThe storming of Bastille 14 July 1789 Jean-Baptiste Lallemand (Musée de la Révolution française)! Overview Lyon during Fête des Lumières Outside central Marseille, Basilica of St-Martin-d'Ainay one of rare surviving Romanesque basilica-style churches Lyon Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport located east of Lyon serves base domestic international flights key transport facility entire Rhône-Alpes region with coach links other cities area in-house train station Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry connects airport nationwide TGV network Rhônexpress tram monopoly links airport with business quarter of La Part Dieu less than 30 minutes offers connections with Underground A Tramway T1 T3 & T4 bus lines Lyon public transport Sytrail offers no service despite bus service operating nearby suburb regular price of public transport €1.90 opposed €15 one way Rhonexpress suburb of Bron smaller Lyon-Bron Airport provides alternative domestic aviationLyon has two major railway stations Lyon Part-Dieu which was built accommodate TGV Lyon Perrache older station that now provides mostly regional service Smaller railway stations include Gorge-de-Loup Vaise Vénissieux Saint-Paul Jean Macé Lyon was first city be connected Paris TGV 1981 Since that time TGV train network has expanded links Lyon directly Perpignan Toulouse Nice Marseille Strasbourg Nantes Lille International trains operate directly Madrid Barcelona Milan Turin Geneva Frankfurt Luxembourg Brussels LondonThe city heart of dense road network located meeting point of several highways A6 (to Paris) A7 (to Marseille) A42 (to Geneva) A43 (to Grenoble) city now bypassed A46 double motorway tunnel passes under Fourvière connecting A6 A7 autoroutes both forming Autoroute du SoleilLyon served Eurolines intercity coach organisation Its Lyon terminal located city's Perrache railway station which serves intermodal transportation hub that also includes tramways local regional trains buses terminus of Metro line A of Tramway T2 bicycle service Vélo'v taxisPublic transport map.
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