''Toponymie générale de la France'' (''General Toponymy of France'', ''TGF'' for short), subtitled ''Étymologie de 35.000 noms de lieux'' (''Etymology of 35,000 place names''), is a book in four volumes about the origins of place names throughout
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
. It was published by
Ernest Nègre at Librarie Droz in
Geneva
, neighboring_municipalities= Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier
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Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevr ...
,
Switzerland.
The work is divided as follows:
* Volume I (1990), pages 1–704** Introduction (§§ 001–011)
** Part I: Pre-Celtic names (§§ 1001–1773)
** Part II: Celtic names (§§ 2000–4100)
** Part III: Eastern contributions (§§ 4501–4528)
** Part IV: Latin or Roman names (§§ 5001–11862)
* Volume II (1991), pages 714–1381
** Part V: Non-Roman names (§§ 12001–19261)
** Part VI (beginning): Dialectal names (§§ 20001–25617)
* Volume III (1998), pages 1400–1852
** Part VI (continued): Dialectal names (§§ 25618–30449)
** Part VII: French names (§§ 31000–31150)
** Index
* Errata and addenda (1998). Pages 1856–1871; no new paragraphs.
Each
French commune
The () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equi ...
is given a new number, independent of its
INSEE code
The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) to identify various entities, including communes and '' départements''. They are also used as national identificati ...
and its
postal code
A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal a ...
.
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