26 - Île de Milieu, île Saint-Paul, France

On the E coast of the S Indian ocean island.

In the 1880s Charles Lightoller was shipwrecked here. He accurately describes the island in his autobiography, Titanic and Other Ships. During French rule of Mauritius, Saint-Paul as well as île Amsterdam were administered from Port Louis, but they were transferred to Réunion prior to British invasion of Mauritius.
In 1871 a British frigate, HMS Megaera, was wrecked on the island. Most of the 400 persons on board had to remain upwards of three months on the island.
Lightoller suggested that pirates may have used the island and their treasure could be buried in its caves. There is also speculation that officers from the German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis hid treasure near the entrance of the bay during World War II.
In 1928, an ill-fated spiny lobster cannery was established on Île Saint-Paul. Seven employees of the cannery were abandoned to their fate on the island when the company went bankrupt in 1931; they later came to be known as Les Oubliés de Saint-Paul ("the forgotten ones of St. Paul"). Five died; the two survivors were finally rescued in 1934.

122 - Papetoai, Moorea, French Polynesia

Main town on the island's N coast. Its octagonal church is the oldest European building in the South Pacific.

72 - Rochechouart, France

25mi. W of Limoges.

Two hundred million years ago it was the site of impact of one of the largest meteorites ever to hit earth, a monster 1.5km in diameter and some 6000 million tonnes in weight. The traces of this cosmic calamity still attract the curiosity of astronomers, though the only evidence that a layman might notice is the unusual-looking breccia stone many of the region's older buildings are made of: the squashed, shattered, heat-transformed and reconstituted result of the collision

71 - Queyras, France

In the Alpes Cottoennes; the region nearest to Turin in Italy. Here's a video of some hiking in the region.

70 - Pluvigner, France

In south central Brittany.

Through Brittany. South Brittany By Katharine Sarah Macquoid

69 - Oisemont, France

In Picardie, midway between Amiens and the English Channel. Here's a jazzy local supermarket:

68 - Nogent-sur-Marne, France

Suburb of Paris, just E of the Bois de Vincennes. Home to this handsome viaduct:

67 - Muro, Corsica, France

In the hills E of Calvi.

10 - Hunter Island, New Caledonia, France

Really the southernmost (and uninhabited) island in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) chain, but a part of the French overseas territory, but claimed by Vanuatu too. Discovered (really!) by Captain Jimmy Joe, of the whaler Hunter in 1798.

72 - Gémozac, France

30 miles SE of Rochefort. According to flickr, they have a telethon. Which features line dancing. Groovy.

71 - Franchesse, France

40mi. S of Nevers. In an odd research twist, a few hours after the initial post I decided to research a bit more about this town, and discovered that the top Google result for "Franchesse, France" was ... my own blog entry.

70 - Essay, France

NE of Alençon, department of Orne, in the southern bit of Normandy. Here's my sketch of a room at a chateau-cum-hotel there. I'm trying a new quick-sketch technique: first block in the basic colors, then a layer of sketching in black, and a top layer in white. Still trying to figure out a default photoshop brush to use with the tablet. And one day I'll get the lines semi-straight. Incidentally, searching for "Essay, France" turns up lots of sites to help you cheat on your French homework. I had to figure out the postal code before the results got meaningful.

68 - Chennevières-sur-Marne, France

An eastern suburb of Paris. Here's a video-house listing for an art-deco-looking place in C-s-M: