France

*FRANCE

● France is offcially the French Republic.

● It is a country in Western Europe.

● It's capital is Paris.

● It is a member of the Europan Union

● France borders Spain, Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra.

● It has got two mountain ranges near its borders, the Alps and the in the east and the Pyrenees in the south.

*PARIS

*Coat of arms:The national emblem of

France has been a symbol of the country since 1953.

A wide shield with the head of a lion and two letters, "RF". This means République Française

●FLAG:● *The Flag of France is called

the "Tricolour"

● * It was adopted on 15 February 1794.

● *It is blue, white and red.

● *The current colors are the ones that Valéry Giscard d'Estaing chose.

* Language

*The French language  is a Romance language that was first spoken in France,Belgium, Luxembourg, Quebec and Switzerland. About 220 million people speak French as a native or a second language.*It has also been one of the roots of other languages such as the Haitian Creole languages.

Major religions in France include Catholicism,Islam, Judaism and others 

Religion in France

President of the French Republic

The President of the French Republic is the head of state of France.The current President is François Hollande.

*Currency:

*Between 1360 and 1641, they used livre tournois

*It was re-introduced in 1795 and remained the national currency until the introduction of the euro in 2002.

*There are many dishes considered part of French cuisine. There are breads, charcuterie, desserts and other items.

*French dishes

*Sports in France play an important role in French society, and the country has a strong sporting history.*The most popular sports in France are football, basketball and skiing...

Sport in France

Culture of France

*The culture of France has been shaped by geography, by profound historical events, and by foreign and internal forces and groups.*France, and in particular Paris, has played an important role as a center of high culture since the 17th century, first in Europe, and from the 19th century on, world wide.*From the late 19th century, France has also played an important role in cinema, fashion and cuisine.*French culture today is marked both by great regional and socioeconomic differences and by strong unifying tendencies.

*Mythology in France

*The mythologies in present day France encompass the mythology of the Gauls, Franks, Normans, Bretons, and other peoples living in France, those ancient stories about divine or heroic beings that these particular cultures believed to be true and that often use supernatural events or characters to explain the nature of the universe and humanity.

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