Units of measurement in France before the French Revolution (league) had a number of variations, particularly the "aune" (which was used to measure cloth The "loi du 19 frimaire an VIII" (Law of 10 December 1799) states that one decimal metre is exactly 443.296 French lines, or "3 pieds 11.296 lignes de la "Toise du Pérou"". Thus the French royal foot is exactly 9000/27,706 metres (about 0.3248 m). In Quebec, the surveys in French units were converted using the relationship 1 "pied" (of the French variety, the same word being used for English feet as well) = 12.789 English inches. This makes the Quebec "pied" very slightly smaller (about
Pied-à-terre buildings on 57th Street and he told me, 'Don't worry, you won't need any more services, because the buyers won't be sending their kids to school here, there won't be traffic.'" Many of the buildings mentioned border Central Park and have become known as Billionaires' Row. Some cooperative buildings in New York City also have restrictions on pied-à-terre purchasers. As of 2010, French cities with more than 200,000 people had a minimum year-long lease on apartments to crack down on "pied-à-terres" being offered as short-term rentals. "Pied-à-terres" are also subject to regulation in Amsterdam. They are best known in the