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France is a very varied country. It stretches from the English
Channel to the Mediterranean and the climate in the South
is very different from that in the North.
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France
covers an area approximately 547,000 square kilometres,
and a population of approximately 56 million people.
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‘F’
on the back of a car tells you it's from France.
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The
capital city is Paris. Important monuments include La
Tour Eiffel, Nôtre Dame and Le Louvre.
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Other
important towns include Lyon, Marseille, Lille, Bordeaux
and Strasbourg.
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The
highest mountain is Mont Blanc which is 4,807 metres
and is in "les Alpes". Other mountains are
les Pyrénées, le Jura and le Massif Central.
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The
longest River is La Loire 1,020 km. Other rivers are
La Seine, Le Rhône, La Garonne, and La Dordogne.
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France
is roughly hexagonal – it has six sides. It is
bordered by The English Channel (La Manche), the Atlantic
Ocean (l'océan Atlantique), Spain (L'Espagne),
the Mediterranean Sea, Italy (L'Italie), Switzerland
(La Suisse), Germany (L'Allemagne), Luxemburg (Le Luxembourg),
and Belgium (La Belgique).
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| This
is a very famous painting by French impressionist painter
Claude Monet |
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