The municipality of Lyon is home to 480,000 inhabitants, but the city centre lies at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers and is France's largest metropolitan area, with more than 1.5 million people.
Fives, a former working class neighbourhood in the eastern part of Lille centre, can be defined as traditional and cosmopolitan. Since the end of industrialisation, Fives has been a neighbourhood in full renewal.
Le Havre is writing a new chapter in its history: raised to the ground in the Second World War, the town has built itself back up by expanding and annexing neighbouring towns in the 1950-60s.
Situated just 40 kilometres from Beirut, Byblos is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It is one of the most visited cities in Lebanon, whose archaeological sites are among the richest and most varied in the region.
Hannover, the capital of Lower Saxony with about 520,000 inhabitants, is amongst the top 15 cities in Germany. It is a "green city" with the largest urban forest in Europe and numerous green spaces on the banks of the Leine river.
Florianópolis is the capital of the state of Santa Catarina in the south of Brazil. An international tourist destination, the island and small part of the continent boast over 100 unique beaches that attract half a million visitors every year.
Estrie is one of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec, Canada and is made up of six RCMs that groups all municipalities under one administrative entity. In 2015, it represented 322,099 inhabitants.
Conche is a small fishing village in the northeast coast of Newfoundland (Canada) with 225 habitants. Its excellent harbour and grassy slopes were first used by hunters and fishermen 5000 years ago.
The city of Chefchauen was founded in 1471 in the province of the same name and is located in northern Morocco in the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region (formerly the Tanger-Tetouan region until 2015).
The city of Angers is home to around 150,000 inhabitants. 32% of its residences are social housing with an average income lower than the national average.