FRANCE

PARIS

PARIS

The Alps

The Pyrenees

Central massif

Corsica

Atlantic ocean

Mediterranean sea

Belgium

Lux.

Germany

Switzerland

Italy

Spain

Bonjour !

PARIS

Louvre

Sacré-coeur

Arc de triomphe

The Seine & Notre-Dame

Champs-Elysées

Eiffel tower

Concorde

544 000 km2

= the biggest country of the European Union

Hexagon

64 500 000 inhabitants• = The second country of Europe the most

populated after Germany• A country of immigration :

Black-blanc-beur

1998 : World champions at football

French emblems : rooster & fleur de lys

• Roman time = France was Gaul

From latin word « gallus » = rooster

• Fleur de lys = stylised lily flower

Symbol of the kings of France since the Middle Age

Symbols of French Republic

• Marianne and the flagOn stamps, in city hall, …

Since the French revolution 1789

Marianne = Marie and Anne

Blue & red : colours of Paris

White = colour of the french monarchy

1789 : French revolution

• 14th july 1789 :

• The storming of the Bastille

• National day

1789 : French revolution

Art 1:« all the people are created free and equal »

- Declaration of human rights and citizen

- Motto : Liberty, equality, brotherhood

National anthem :la Marseillaise• A war song• created by Rouget de

Lisle• coming from

Marseilles with other revolutionaries

• on the way to war against the rest of the European Monarchies