FRANCEBy: KAYLA ESCOBEDO

Basic InformationFLAG

LOCATION: EUROPE

GOVERNMENTType of Gorernment : Republic Description: President picks a prime minister Legislature has 2 houses President elected Prime minister runs the government Elected for 5 years President elected

GEOGRAPHY France is the 2nd largest country in Europe. It is located in western Europe. There are hills in the northern part of the country. There are mountains along the border between Spain, Italy , and Switzerland . One third-third of France is filled with forests. The Rhine River runs between Germany and France.

CLIMATEIn France the

climate is temperate. In France the average temperature is 52° to 53°F. The mountains get more snow and rain. The south has mild winters and hot summers. The west of France is rainy.

FAMOUS LANDMARKS

Name of Landmark:Arc de Triomphe Special Facts: big beautiful arch monument

LANGUAGE: Word in ENGLISH Word in NATIVE

LANGUAGEhello bonjour

goodbye Au revoir

please Sill vous plait

Thank you merci

no non

COMMON FOODS Food in France is important around the world . Crêpes are a thin pancake filled with vegetables, meat of fruit . Ratatouille is a vegetables stew. Baguettes are a hard crust bread . Bouillabaisse is a fish stew .

SPORTS & HOBBIESIn France there are

sports people play and enjoy. Toured France is a cycling race that is a popular sport that come every year. It covers more than 2,400 miles . Boules is a game played with small metal balls. Players roll the balls to smaller balls called cochonnet .Who ever gets closest to this ball is the winner. Petanque is a game.

FAMOUS PEOPLEIn France there are

famous people . Joan of Arc led the French army and was a farmer’s daughter . Coco Chanel was a famous designer and opened a hat shop . Napoleon Bonaparte was a popular leader and a emperor and tired to take over Europe.

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OTHER INTERESTING FACTS• In France, the “OK” sign means “zero”•In France when eating it is impolite to put your hands in your lap•In France the Eiffel Tower was built in 1889•France national bird is the Gallic Rooster•In France women were not allowed to vote until1944 •The flag in France is blue ,red , white•In France there are more pets than children•French businesses close in August•In France most people are Catholic•France have no school on Wednesday afternoons•There is school on Saturdays mornings • England and France built an underwater tunnel for a train to go between London and pairs

IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS

•The Tour de France is a cycling race.

•Pains au chocolate is a chocolate pasty .

•Napoleon Bonaparte was a popular leader .