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In this study, we investigate the effects of light pollution in France using GIS data which was first used in Aksaker et al. (Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 493:1204, 2020) (so called astroGIS database - astrogis.org). A subset of Artificial Light layer of astroGIS database has been adapted for years between January 2012 and December 2019. During 2019, half a million of lumen has been released into space from the total surface area of France. Annual light pollution in France has a decreasing trend. France continues to have potential Dark Sky Park locations for example cities like Cantal, Lot, Lozère and Creuse having the lowest light pollution values. Light pollution is strongly correlated with population (\(R^{2}\simeq0.85\)) and GDP (\(R^{2} \simeq0.84\)). In addition, half of the observatories remain under the light polluted areas.
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This research was supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) through project number 117F309. This research was also supported by the Çukurova University Research Fund through project number FYL-2019-11770. We also would like to thank to the reviewer for his/her positive and constructive comments.
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Aksaker, N., Yerli, S.K., Kurt, Z. et al. A case study of light pollution in France. Astrophys Space Sci 365, 153 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-020-03869-4
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