About French Language and Culture

1. An Introduction to the
Country and its
Geography, People,
Government,
& Economy
France

2. General
Information

3. capital:
Paris

5. language:
le
français

6. official name:
la
République
française

7. official nicknames:
Hexagone
(Because of it’s Shape)

8. official animal:
le coq
(rooster)

9. national anthem:
la
Marseillaise

10. national motto:
Liberté!
Égalité!
Fraternité!

11. national holiday:

12. flag:
le tricolore

13. required ages:
voting: 18
driving: 18
drinking: 16***

14. Government

15. Form of government:
parliamentary
democracy
(the 5th Republic)

16. Head of State:
Président
serves a
5-year term

17. Head of State:
Current Président
Emmanuel
Macron

18. Head of government:
Premier Ministre
(Prime Minister)
Elisabeth
Borne

19. Executive:
Prime Minister and
President each have
executive powers.

20. Legislative:
France has a
parliament of
two houses…

21. Legislative:
l’Assemblée Nationale
(National Assembly)
le Sénat
(Senate)

22. People

23. Population:
67,000,000

24. EthNic groups:
91% French
9% Immigrants

25. Major Religions:
49% Roman Catholic
10% Muslim
2% Protestant
33% No Religion

26. Economy

27. France has the 7th largest
economy
in the world.

28. France’s
basic unit
of money
is the:

30. Manufacturing Products:
cars
chemicals
steel aircraft

31. Land &
Climate

32. Location:
Western
Europe

33. Geographical Nickname:
l’hexagone

34. Borders:
Espagne
Italie
Suisse
Allemagne
Luxembourg
Belgique

35. mountains:
les
Pyrénées
separate
France from
Spain

36. mountains:
les
Alpes
separate
France from
Italy

37. mountains:
les
Vosges
separate
France from
Germany

38. mountains:
le
Jura
separates
France from
Switzerland

39. mountains:
le Massif
Central
located in
south-central
France

40. Rivers:
Rhin
Rhône
Garonne
Loire
Seine

41. Rivers:
la
Seine
flows from central
France through Paris
to Normandy and
empties into English
Channel
the most navigable
and important river!

42. Rivers:
la
Loire
rises in Massif
Central and flows to
the Atlantic Ocean
famous for its
chateaux (castles)
the longest river!

43. Rivers:
rises in the
Pyrénées
mountains and
flows through
city of Bordeaux
to the Atlantic
Ocean
la
Garonne

44. Rivers:
le
Rhône
rises in Switzerland
and joins the Saone
River at Lyon and
flows south to the
Mediterranean
dams are important
source of
hydroelectric power

45. Rivers:
le
Rhîn
this river forms
the border
between France
and Germany