Hong Kong 41 %, Metropolitan France 20 %, Japan 14 %, United States 8 % ( 2008 )

Metropolitan France 30 %, Singapore 14 %, United States 10 %, China 7 %, New Zealand 6 %, Australia 3 % ( 2008 )

According to French law, the Foreign Legion was not to be used within Metropolitan France except in the case of a national invasion, and was consequently not a part of Napoleon III ’ s Imperial Army that capitulated at Sedan.

New Caledonia () is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and east of Metropolitan France.

26. 6 % of imports came from Metropolitan France, 16. 1 % from other European countries, 13. 6 % from Singapore ( essentially fuel ), 10. 7 % from Australia, 4. 0 % from New Zealand, 3. 2 % from the United States, 3. 0 % from Japan, and 22. 7 % from other countries.

Japan 22. 4 %, Metropolitan France 15. 2 %, China 14. 2 %, Taiwan 13. 2 %, other European countries 20. 5 %, Oceania 5. 9 %, Africa 4. 8 %, Americas 2. 7 %, other Asian countries 1. 1 % ( 2007 )

TNT, an aerial digital television service, will be expanding its service to Saint Pierre and Miquelon by the end of 2010 ; unlike SPM Telecom's cable service, TNT offers only RFO and Metropolitan France channels.

However, the SECAM standard used in France's overseas possessions ( as well as African countries that were once ruled by France ) was slightly different from the SECAM used in Metropolitan France.

The SECAM standard used in Metropolitan France used the SECAM-L and a variant of the channel information for VHF channels 2-10.

This provided yet a further blow to French prestige, as it was the first part of Metropolitan France to be occupied.

The principal reasons why French settlement didn't grow in a manner similar to that in French North Africa ( which had a population of over 1 million French civilians ) were because French Indochina was seen as a colonie d ' exploitation économique ( economic colony ) rather than a colonie de peuplement ( settlement colony helping Metropolitan France from being overpopulated ), and because Indochina was distant from France itself.

The island is not self-sufficient and must import a large portion of its food requirements, mainly from Metropolitan France.

France is divided into 27 administrative regions (, ), 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas.

* Metropolitan France: 551, 695 km

* Metropolitan France: 543, 965 km

* Metropolitan ( i. e. European ) France is divided into 21 régions and 1 territorial collectivity, Corsica.

* France ( Metropolitan area )

A large part of the Camargue is located on the territory of the commune, making it the largest commune in Metropolitan France in terms of territory ( though Maripasoula, French Guiana is much larger ).

Because the Camargue is for a large part administratively part of Arles, the commune as a whole is the largest commune in Metropolitan France in terms of territory, although its population is only slightly more than 50, 000.

Administratively it lies within the département of Bouches-du-Rhône, the appropriately named " Mouths of the Rhône ", and covers parts of the territory of the communes of Arles – the largest commune in Metropolitan France, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer – the second largest – and Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône.

From the start, the Vikings embraced an energetic marketing program that produced first-year season ticket sales of nearly 26, 000 and an average home attendance of 34, 586, about 85 percent of the capacity of 40, 800 for Metropolitan Stadium.

The Metropolitan Opera staged the work for the first time on 26 December 1900 with Nellie Melba as Mimì, Annita Occhiolini-Rizzini as Musetta, Albert Saléza as Rodolfo, Giuseppe Campanari as Marcello, and Luigi Mancinelli conducting.

On 26 June 1994, on the 25th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Progressive Organization of Gays in the Philippines ( ProGay Philippines ) and Metropolitan Community Church ( MCC ) Manila organized the First LGBT Pride March in Asia, marching from EDSA to Quezon Avenue ( Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines ) and highlighting broad social issues.

She sang a total of three other roles at the Met: Ilia in Mozart's Idomeneo ( in its Metropolitan Opera premiere ), Tatiana in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, and Micaëla in Bizet's Carmen, the role of her final performance with the company on March 26, 1987.

The MAC persuaded the Ventura County Board of Supervisors to trim Metropolitan Development Corp .' s initial development plan from a population of 26, 000.

Tibbett studied in New York City with Frank La Forge and in 1923 at the age of 26, he signed his first contract, for $ 60 per week, with the New York Metropolitan Opera, using the name " Tibbett " ( a spelling he had used occasionally in his youth ).

Gigli made many important debuts in quick succession, and always in Mefistofele: Teatro Massimo in Palermo ( March 31, 1915 ), Teatro di San Carlo in Naples ( December 26, 1915 ), Teatro Costanzi di Roma ( December 26, 1916 ), La Scala, Milan ( November 19, 1918 ), and finally the Metropolitan Opera, New York ( November 26, 1920 ).

After three years with the Monte Carlo Opera, she made her debut at the New York Metropolitan Opera in Romeo et Juliette on November 26, 1906.

It had been represented by Liberal Democrats for 50 years until the landslide 2009 election when then 26 year old Democratic newcomer Zenkō Kurishita unseated 70 year old former Metropolitan Assembly president and six term assemblyman, Liberal Democrat Shigeru Uchida.

Camberwell is designated one of 26 Principal Activity Centres in the Melbourne 2030 Metropolitan Strategy.

The opera made its United States debut at the Metropolitan Opera on November 26, 1890 with Andreas Dippel in the title role.

* November 27 – Delta Air Lines Flight 516, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, crashes short of the runway at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport in Chattanooga, Tennessee, injuring 26 of the 79 people on board.

On the 26 August 1887 the Borough was renamed North Melbourne Town, after the completion of the imposing North Melbourne Town Hall and the Metropolitan Meat Market.

On June 3 he gave 26 pounds to the runner-up Okapi in again winning the Metropolitan, living up to his reputation as the " king of the handicap horses ".

Coburg is designated one of 26 Principal Activity Centres in the Melbourne 2030 Metropolitan Strategy.

In 1957, Gedda made his Metropolitan Opera début in the title role of Gounod's Faust, and went on to sing 28 roles there over the next 26 years, including the world premieres of Barber's Vanessa and Menotti's The Last Savage.

The remaining section of cable tram track along Brunswick Street and St Georges Road was converted to electric traction by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board on 26 October 1930, connecting the West Preston electric line to Collins Street.

It operated until 26 October 1940, when the Bourke St cable lines were abandoned by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board in favour of double decker buses.

Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board, unhappy with the performance of the buses wished to rebuilt the lines as electric tram services, it was decided to reinstate trams when the buses were life expired, trams on the 88 ( predecessor to the modern 86 ) started on 26 June 1955 with the first tram to East Brunswick operating on 6 May 1956.

The Metropolitan Police inquiry opened on July 11 and after six days of hearings concluded on July 26.

George resigned from the Metropolitan Police on 26 October 1857 under Certificate No. 4 ( 1