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Old Oct 29, 2016 | 5:52 pm
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Originally Posted by lhrsfo
Which will leave France an hour different from its neighbours on similar longitudes.
While the Prime meridian passes thru France, it passes it slight west of Le Mans and east of Bordeaux. The GMT zone is primarily west of the prime meridian. So is Spain (The prime meridian crosses Spain roughly halfway between Saragossa and Barcelona). France however is largely east of the meridian.
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