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French Departments

We searched every named street in America for French Departments. 77 names turned up. A rare one we found is Dordogne Drive in St. Louis County, MO.

3100 roads in 48 states are named after French Departments

Rhode Island is the densest

States have a different total number of roads, so we compare by a percent of roads.

1 out of every 1,574 roads in Rhode Island resonates with this theme.

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Each dot is one county, sized by how many of its roads resonate with the theme. A small dot is a handful; a big one is hundreds.

Sizes are relative to this search: the biggest dot is this theme's busiest county, so a big dot here and a big dot in another theme are not the same number.

One of just 3 streets called Guiana Drive

French Guiana

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Matinino Court in America

Martinique

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Dordogne Drive in America

Dordogne

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Venge Court in America

Vendée

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only St. Denis Place in America

Seine-Saint-Denis · possibly named for Seine-St.-Denis

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

One of just 2 streets called Drome Lane

Drôme

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

One of just 2 streets called Finistere Lane

Finistère

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

One of just 2 streets called Cantal Lane

Cantal

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

One of just 2 streets called Cote D'Or Drive

Côte-d'Or

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

One of just 2 streets called Vosges Road

Vosges (department)

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Oise Drive in America

Oise

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

One of just 2 streets called Herault Place

Hérault

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

3 streets exist only in St. Louis County, MO

Ariege Drive

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Every name in the theme was counted against every other named road in the country. These appear exactly once: tap a thumbnail to walk them.

The county shown here holds the most of singular roads. Somebody named these roads, and nobody anywhere copied.

Most popular: Guiana Drive

3 roads 3 counties ~3.5M views last year

French Guiana

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Reunion

199 roads 69 counties ~3M views last year

Réunion

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Guadeloupe Way

19 roads 12 counties ~2.9M views last year

Guadeloupe

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Martinique

198 roads 102 counties ~2.4M views last year

Martinique

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Mayotte Way

5 roads 3 counties ~1.8M views last year

Mayotte

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Dordogne Drive

1 road 1 county ~447.8k views last year

Dordogne

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Dyle Lane

2 roads 2 counties ~7.3k views last year

Dyle (department)

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Simplon Way

4 roads 3 counties ~7.6k views last year

Simplon (department)

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Rome

578 roads 220 counties ~8.1k views last year

Rome (department)

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Mont Blanc

49 roads 33 counties ~8.6k views last year

Mont-Blanc (department)

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Genes Way

40 roads 35 counties ~10.9k views last year

Gênes

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Leman Road

18 roads 14 counties ~12.4k views last year

Léman (department)

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

all but the most common: all the streets, minus the most common roads in the country. This lets us see the 'long tail' of interesting roads in the country.