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Le monde francophone
Le Canada
Le Qubec
Les Etats-Unis dAmrique
La Louisiane
La Belgique
La France
Le Sngal

France
LA FRANCE also called LHEXAGONE because of the shape (six sides).

LA FRANCE
The English Channel (la Manche) to the north Belgium (la Belgique) and Luxembourg to the northeastGermany and Switzerland to the eastItaly to the southeastThe Mediterranean sea to the southSpain and Andorra to the southwestThe Atlantic ocean to the west
France is located in Western Europe.
The country is bordered by:

Le drapeau franais (le tricolore) est bleu, blanc, rouge.

Lhymne national est LA MARSEILLAISE.
La France est une rpublique et a un prsident
La fte nationale est le 14 juillet. (Independence Day also called Bastille Day)

La Capitale (the capital)
Cest PARIS!
France is divided into 22 regions and 96 administrative departmentsFrance has 4 overseas departments (Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guyana and Reunion). France also has overseas territories (St. Pierre and Miquelon, French Polynesia and parts of Antarctica).

Paris is also called La ville lumire, the city of Light

La cuisine franaise (French cuisine)
Les baguettes
Les clairs and others pastries
Les croissants
Les pains (breads)

Les quiches
Les fromages (cheeses)
Les crpes
Les escargots (snails)

La Tour Eiffel
Built in 1889 for the 100 years of the revolution by Mr. Gustave Eiffel.
It took 2 years to build it. The Eiffel tower is 324 meters high (over 1000 feet).

La cathdrale Notre Dame de Paris
Les gargouilles

The Arch of Triumph, commissioned by Napoleon in 1806, was finished in 1836.Beneath the Arch is the tomb of the Unknown soldier.
LArc de Triomphe

La cathdrale du Sacr-cur (Montmartre)

Autres vues de Paris
Muse du Louvre
Fontaines du centre Beaubourg
Versailles, chteau de Louis XIV

Encore
Entre de mtro
Caf terrasse

Famous sport event: Le Tour de France

Vues de France
East of France
Les Alpes (The Alps)

Et encore
East of France

Encore
South of France

Et encore South of France
La ptanque ou jeu de boules

West of France
Et encore

Et encore West of France

Et encore
Northwest France

Quelques Franais clbres
The emperor Napolon sold Louisiana to the Americans in 1803.
Paul Gauguin lived in the French Colony of Tahiti. Tahiti was a great inspiration to Gauguin and, in 1898, he painted Quand te maries-tu ?

Auguste Renoir painted Le Bal du Moulin Galette in 1876.
Les Danseuses Bleues were painted by Edgar Degas in 1890.
Jean-Franois Millet painted Les Glaneuses in 1857.

Champions du monde en 1998!
Champions dEurope en 2000!
Le football

En janvier Rallye Paris-Dakar

En voiture, En moto, En camion

Le TGV: Train Grande Vitesse

TGV

TGV Rail map

Le concorde Paris-New York in 3h25!
vitesse maximale: Mach 2,23 = 2405km/h = 1495mph

Les voitures

Les pices
Les cents
Les euros
La monnaie: LEURO
1,00 = about $1.00

Les billets