| ROUEN | Capital of SeineMaritime department, France (5) |
| DIEPPE | Port in SeineMaritime, France, with a ferry link to Newhaven, East Sussex (6) |
| MELUN | Capital of Seine-et-Marne department, France (5) |
| NIORT | Capital of Deux-Sevres department, France (5) |
| TOULOUSE | Capital of Haute-Garonne department, France (8) |
| LAROCHELLE | Capital of Charente-Maritime department, France (2,8) |
| BASTIA | Port in Corsica; capital of Haute-Corse department, France (6) |
| NANTES | Seaport capital of Loire-Atlantique department, France (6) |
| NEVERS | Capital of Nievre department, France (6) |
| AMIENS | Capital of Somme department, France (6) |
| METZ | Capital of Moselle department, France |
| EPINAL | Capital of Vosges department, France (6) |
| PERIGUEUX | Capital of Dordogne department, France |
| POITIERS | Capital of Vienne department, France (8) |
| TROYES | Prefecture of Aube department, France (6) |
| NIMES | Capital of France's Gard department |
| LILLE | Capital of France's Nord department |
| LAVAL | Capital of the French department Mayenne |
| LOIRE | Department and river of France |
| ESSEN | "Strong of Heart: Life and Death in the Fire Department of New York" author Thomas Von ___ |
