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A-Z: Biggest cities in France

Can you name the largest settlements in France which begin with each letter? Clues, some of them cryptic, are provided to help you.
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A
Western prefecture which enrages its inhabitants
Angers
B
Centre of production of spirits, at the edge of the waters
Bordeaux
C
Very old city in the Massif Central which dates back to the BC period
Clermont-Ferrand
D
A great centre of art, learning, and science in medieval Europe
Dijon
E
Cathedral town where 15 get lost in the Eure département
Evreux
F
Fresh juice available at seaside town
Frejus
G
Winter Olympic host venue in the Alps
Grenoble
H
Old Mediterranean resort near Toulon
Hyeres
I
Southwestern suburb of Paris, where there is style (but not no.1 in trendsetting), a mill, and waters
Issy-les-Moulineaux
J
Cheeky suburb among the towers of the Loire valley
Joue-les-Tours
K
Royal town for English queens in Alsace
Kingersheim
L
City where the The Lumière brothers invented the cinematograph in 1895
Lyon
M
Southern port that gives you a real smile as you leave it
Marseille
N
Major Cote d'Azur resort where your sister's daughter might go
Nice
O
City in central France, where Joan of Arc came from
Orleans
P
In the 1830s, the first photograph of a person was taken here
Paris
Q
Coastal town in Brittany, popular with campers
Quimper
R
City on the Seine with a cathedral which Monet often painted
Rouen
S
Brass grout doesn't work too well in European Parliament location
Strasbourg
T
Southern city known as La Ville Rose
Toulouse
U
Small town in Corrèze whose motto is Less is More
Ussel
V
Town of the urban area north-east of Lyon
Villeurbanne
W
Suburb of Lille on the Belgian border where latest row turns into a battle
Wattrelos
X
Ex trying to locate a village in the Vosges
Xertigny
Y
Make a wrong move, going back into this positive Essonne commune
Yerres
Z
Sick person is a guy who I am tailing, to a village in the Haut-Rhin
Zillisheim
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