“In the great summer sun that curves Provence... From the brooms of Brittany to the heathers of Ardèche”
, sings Jean Ferrat in
“Ma France”
.
The variety of reliefs, landscapes and climates make it a unique territory in the world.
From the agricultural plains of Beauce to the moors of Gascony, from the Cantal mountains to the Vosges massif, from the Alabaster coast to the Mediterranean coast, everything invites you to tirelessly travel its million kilometers of roads.
A titanic journey that will take you through no less than 35,000 municipalities.
And to discover the diversity of gentiles, that is to say, the name given to the inhabitants of a geographical area, who support them.
To discover
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Here, it will be a
“Géromois”
, and there, a
“Périchois”
.
Yet elsewhere, a
“Parodien”
.
These names of inhabitants are most often derived morphologically from the toponym, that is to say the name of the place.
But sometimes it will be entirely different.
You will come across “Cats Borgnes”
in Saint-Antoine, in Doubs,
and
“Chats-gris”
in Métabief, a nearby town.
The names are sometimes funny.
Will you get 10/10 in this test on the gentiles of big French cities?