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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">He. Hamish, EuroGlobalMap is a free source from the collaborating EU mapping agencies, it has a layer BuiltupP (for points) that goes down to rather
small villages (<2000 in. or so). See screenshot attached.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://eurogeographics.org/maps-for-europe/open-data/">https://eurogeographics.org/maps-for-europe/open-data/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Barend Köbben<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 21/04/2020, 21:54, "Qgis-user on behalf of Hamish Macdonald" <<a href="mailto:qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a> on behalf of
<a href="mailto:hamfran53@gmail.com">hamfran53@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please could someone recommend which of the components of Natural Earth will give me the smallest populated places in France (e.g villages) or an alternative copyright free source for France to use with qgis?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks for your help.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hamish <o:p></o:p></p>
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