Florac
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Florac is a commune
of the Lozère
department in southern France
.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
of the Lozère
Lozère
Lozère , is a department in southeast France near the Massif Central, named after Mont Lozère.- History :Lozère is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
department in southern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Twin towns
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since 1984 - ArbuciesArbúciesArbúcies is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain....
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since 1987
External links
Florac official site- Florac in Lozere (separate texts in French, English, Dutch and German; photographs)