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Tours
Tours, prefecture of Indre-et-Loire in the Loire Valley, France; ancient Caesarodunum, city of Saint Martin and Louis XI. 139,259 inhabitants (2023), seat of Tours Métropole Val de Loire.
Vannes
Vannes (Breton Gwened) is the prefecture of Morbihan in Brittany, France, founded as Gallo-Roman Darioritum. 55,790 inhabitants (2023), mayor David Robo, ducal Breton capital, half-timbered old town on the Gulf of Morbihan.
Ver-lès-Chartres
Ver-lès-Chartres (INSEE 28403) is a rural commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire, 7 km south of Chartres in the Eure valley; 776 inhabitants (2023), part of Chartres Métropole, with the Cistercian Abbaye de l'Eau founded 1226 and mayor Max Van der Stichele.
Verneuil-en-Halatte
Verneuil-en-Halatte, Oise commune (INSEE 60670) between Senlis and Creil; 4,775 inhabitants in 2023; known for the Henri IV château ruins, the Bufosse Gallo-Roman villa, and the Alata technology park.
Versailles, Yvelines
Versailles (Yvelines), prefecture of the Yvelines department near Paris, royal seat from 1682, home of the Palace of Versailles; about 84,000 inhabitants, high incomes, costly housing, five rail stations, line 18 due 2030.
Vierzon
Vierzon, commune and arrondissement seat in the Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France, on the Yèvre and Cher rivers; industrial town famed for Société Française agricultural machinery and a major railway junction.
Villers-sous-Ailly
Villers-sous-Ailly, a commune in the Somme (Hauts-de-France), France, INSEE code 80804; 167 inhabitants (2023); canton of Rue, arrondissement of Abbeville; known for a geometric Gallo-Roman villa found by aerial archaeology.