Alliance française
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Alliance française[lower-alpha 1] (French pronunciation: [aljɑ̃s fʁɑ̃sɛːz]; "French Alliance") or AF is an international organization that aims to promote the French language and francophone culture around the world. Created in Paris on 21 July 1883 under the name Alliance française pour la propagation de la langue nationale dans les colonies et à l'étranger (French alliance for the propagation of the national language in the colonies and abroad), known now simply as L'Alliance française, its primary goal is teaching French as a second language. Headquartered in Paris,[1] the Alliance had 850 centers in 137 countries on every inhabited continent in 2014.[2]
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Founded | 1883; 141 years ago (1883) |
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Founder | Louis Pasteur, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Jules Verne, Ernest Renan, Armand Colin |
Type | Cultural institution |
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Area served | Worldwide |
Product | French cultural and language education |
Website | www |