francetravel on March 23rd, 2009

The French language named by Americans the “language of romance” is being spoken by around 80 million people around the world as a first language, and another 110 million as a second language. And about 10 million people around the world have learned French as an acquired language.
French is the native language of France of [...]

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francetravel on March 9th, 2009

Have you ever heard of the mailman Cheval from Hauterives in the department of Drôme in France?
This man known all over France as “Facteur Cheval” (Mailman Cheval) was born in 1836 and became a mailman in 1867 in the towns of Anneyron and later Hauterives, some 50 kilometers from Lyon.
As he was delivering the mail [...]

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