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- Territorial_evolution_of_France abstract "This article describes the process by which the territorial extent of metropolitan France came to be as it is in 2009. The territory of the French State is spread throughout the world. Metropolitan France is that part which is in Europe.Occidental France, which arose from the Treaty of Verdun of 843, remained stable for many years. The first kings, the Capetians, were too much occupied with imposing their authority in their own realm to be expansionist. They deftly exploited dissent among their turbulent vassals, applying pressure on them and on the Church and towns. The great conflicts with the kings of England were important occasions for asserting royal power. The 13th century re-annexations of Normandy and of Languedoc to the French kingdom were two important stages in the unification of the kingdom.France soon lost the County of Barcelona (Catalonia), from the end of the 9th century. The crossing beyond the Rhone, which for a long time remained the frontier, did not begin until the 14th century, with the purchase of the Dauphiné. Louis XI regained his inheritance of the two most powerful prerogatives granted to cadet branches of the dynasty: Burgundy and Anjou including Provence in the Holy Roman Empire (1481–1482).The marriage of Anne of Brittany first with Charles VIII then with Louis XII led finally to the effective annexation in 1532, of her duchy which was already within the ambit of the French Kingdom but which had hitherto firmly maintained its distinct existence.From 1635 to 1748, Richelieu and Louis XIV undertook an expansion of the frontiers of the kingdom towards the north and towards the Rhine. Their aim was to check the aspiration of the Austrian royal house towards its own predominance in Europe. The loss of French Flanders (1526) had brought the frontier dangerously close to the French capital. Alsace, Artois and Franche-Comté were annexed between 1648 and 1697. The Duchy of Lorraine remained some time an enclave in the French kingdom before it too was incorporated in 1766. This and the purchase of Corsica in 1768 brought the territory of the kingdom into a consolidated block.During the period of the French Revolution and First Empire, France expanded temporarily on the left bank of the Rhine. The frontier in the north east lost its definition. On the whole, it remained stable from 1697 to 1789 when it became vague, following no particular line. It was re-established, more or less on its old line in 1815, by the Congress of Vienna. France did lose some places such as Landau and Saarlouis. These strategic losses and the construction of a powerful German state may be seen as giving rise to later diplomatic and military events. But even after the Armistice of 1918, France was unable to make new territorial gains towards the north-east, into the Saarland.Subsequently in the 19th century, there were only a few developments. The Duchy of Savoy and the County of Nice were definitively re-attached to France, by plebiscite in 1860. Alsace-Lorraine was annexed by Germany in 1871 but became French again in 1918.Other alterations were made temporarily, by the occupying power, during the period of World War II.".
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- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Ain.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Aire-sur-la-Lys.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Albigensian_Crusade.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Alpes-Maritimes.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Alps.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Alsace.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Alsace-Lorraine.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Ancien_Régime.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Anjou.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Anne_of_Brittany.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Ardennes.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Armand_Jean_du_Plessis_de_Richelieu.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Armentières.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Armistice_of_11_November_1918.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Armistice_with_Germany_(Compiègne).
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Arrondissement_of_Gex.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Artois.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Austrian_Netherlands.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Austro-Hungarian_Army.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Auvergne_(province).
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Avignon.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Bas-Rhin.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Agincourt.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Bouvines.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Crécy.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Fontenoy.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Hastings.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Magenta.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Pavia.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Poitiers.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Poitiers_(1356).
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Rocroi.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Solferino.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Bayonne.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Berry_(province).
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Bordeaux.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Bouillon.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Bourges.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Bramans.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Breil-sur-Roya.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Bremen.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Bresse.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Briey.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Bugey.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Burgundian_Netherlands.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Burgundy.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Burgundy_(region).
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Cambrai.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Camillo_Benso,_Count_of_Cavour.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Camillo_Benso,_conte_di_Cavour.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Canton_of_Champagne-en-Valromey.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Canton_of_Geneva.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Canton_of_Valais.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Cantons_of_France.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Capetian_dynasty.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Cardinal_Richelieu.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Carolingian_dynasty.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Carolingians.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Catalonia.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Category:Borders_of_France.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Category:Geographic_history_of_France.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Category:Geographical,_historical_and_cultural_regions_of_France.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Category:Maps_of_the_history_of_France.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Category:Territorial_evolution_of_France.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Catharism.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Cathars.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Catholicism.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Charlemagne.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Charles_III,_Prince_of_Monaco.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Charles_III_of_Monaco.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Charles_IV,_Duke_of_Lorraine.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Charles_V,_Duke_of_Lorraine.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Charles_VIII_of_France.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Charles_VI_of_France.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Charles_V_of_Lorraine.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Charles_the_Bold.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Château-Salins.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Château_Gaillard.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Colmar_Pocket.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Communes_of_France.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Comtat_Venaissin.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Comté_de_Hainaut.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Congress_of_Vienna.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Convention_nationale.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Corsica.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Count_of_Champagne.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink Counts_and_Dukes_of_Savoy.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink County_of_Artois.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink County_of_Auvergne.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink County_of_Barcelona.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink County_of_Champagne.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink County_of_Flanders.
- Territorial_evolution_of_France wikiPageWikiLink County_of_Hainaut.