The CFA franc is the name of two currencies used by 210 million people in fourteen African countries: the West African CFA franc, used in eight West African countries, and the Central African CFA franc, used in six Central African countries. Although separate, the two CFA franc currencies have always been at parity and are effectively interchangeable. The ISO currency codes are XAF for the Central African CFA franc and XOF for the West African CFA franc.
In Belgium, the French Community refers to one of the three constituent constitutional linguistic communities. Since 2011, the French Community has used the name Wallonia-Brussels Federation, which is controversial because its name in the Belgian Constitution has not changed and because it is seen as a political statement. The name "French Community" refers to Francophone Belgians, and not to French people residing in Belgium. As such, the French Community of Belgium is sometimes rendered in English as "the French-speaking Community of Belgium" for clarity, in analogy to the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
"The Song of the Walloons" is the regional anthem of Wallonia in Belgium. The original lyrics were written by Théophile Bovy in 1900 in the Walloon language. A year later, it was set to music composed by Louis Hillier. Performed for the first time in the city of Liège, the song quickly spread to other parts of French-speaking Belgium and established itself like a "national" anthem for Wallonia.
Francization or Francisation, also known as Frenchification, is the expansion of French language use—either through willful adoption or coercion—by more and more social groups who had not before used the language as a common means of expression in daily life. As a linguistic concept, known usually as gallicization, it is the practice of modifying foreign words, names, and phrases to make them easier to spell, pronounce, or understand in French.
The Central African CFA franc is the currency of six independent states in Central Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. These six countries had a combined population of 55.2 million in 2020, and a combined GDP of over US$100 billion.
The Bank of Central African States is a central bank that serves six central African countries which form the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo.
José Samyn was a French professional road bicycle racer who died during a race in Zingem, Belgium.
Le Samyn is an annual single-day road bicycle race in Belgium, held usually in late February or early March. The event was created in 1968 as Grand Prix de Fayt-le-Franc, named after the former municipality where it started and finished. In 1970 it was renamed Grand Prix José Samyn as a tribute to José Samyn, the race's first winner who died in a race accident in 1969. Johan Capiot holds the record with three wins.
Ludovic Auger is a French former professional road bicycle racer. In his 14-year career, he rode for BigMat–Auber 93 from 1994 until 2004 and then for UCI ProTeam Française des Jeux from 2005 to 2007.
Marc Demeyer was a professional road racing cyclist from Avelgem, Belgium. Although known as the "master servant" for Freddy Maertens, the powerful Demeyer was able to win 60 professional road races. He died of a heart attack at the age of 31.
Fénery is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. It is situated about 11 km (6.8 mi) northwest of the town of Parthenay.
Pompaire is a village and commune in the Deux-Sèvres department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. It is situated some 4 km south of the town of Parthenay.
Le Tallud is a village and commune in the Deux-Sèvres department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. It is situated on the River Thouet some 5 km west of the town of Parthenay.
Loivre is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. Loivre station has rail connections to Reims and Laon.
Grand-Fayt is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Petit-Fayt is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Chas is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. It is part of the canton of Billom and the communauté de communes Billom Communauté.
Varennes is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
The 2012 Le Samyn des Dames was the first running of the women's Le Samyn, a women's bicycle race in Fayt-le-Franc, Belgium. It was held on 29 February 2012 over a distance of 116.4 kilometres starting in Frameries and finishing in Dour. It was rated by the UCI as a 1.2 category race. The race was part of the 2012 Lotto Cycling Cup.
The 2014 Le Samyn des Dames was the third running of the women's Le Samyn, a women's bicycle race in Fayt-le-Franc, Belgium. It was held on 5 March 2014 over a distance of 119.2 kilometres starting in Frameries and finishing in Dour. It was rated by the UCI as a 1.2 category race.
The Rampemont castle-farm
Fayt-le-Franc road
The entrance to Fayt-le-Franc
The church of Fayt-le-Franc
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