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The only big change came in 1960
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when they consolidated the ones around Paris,
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because of the growth of the Paris region,
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as you can see there.
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So,if you take number one--but we don't have to go through them all
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and I assure you we won't--if you take number one,
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the Ain,a-i-n,it's named after a river;
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or if you take number two,the Aisne,a-i-s-n-e,
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it's named after a river;
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and how many hundreds of thousands of people died
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along there in World War One
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or,you take number three,the same thing,Allier.