This document provides various fun facts about France, including: France produces over 400 types of cheese and was the home of many important historical figures like Victor Hugo and Oscar Wilde. Some key inventions that originated in France include the hot air balloon, submarine, and parachute. Additionally, Paris is the most visited city in the world with nearly 75 million tourists annually, and French culture has heavily influenced many other countries through its language and colonial empire.

1. Fun Facts About France
Featuring the lovely country of France, because well, who can resist a
country that creates superior wine, beautiful art and genetically blessed
people?
• There is a Victor Hugo street in every town in France.
• It’s illegal to name a pig Napoleon in France.
• Charles VIII had six toes on one foot and hid this fact by wearing
and promoting square toe shoes.
• The guillotine was the official method of execution during the
French Revolution.

2. Fun Facts
• France produces over 400 types of cheese
• French is the official language of many countries including:
Switzerland, Canada, Ivory Coast, Luxembourg, Monaco, Congo
and Niger.
Fun Facts About France
oduces over 400 types of cheese
ficial language of many countries including:
Switzerland, Canada, Ivory Coast, Luxembourg, Monaco, Congo
ficial language of many countries including:
Switzerland, Canada, Ivory Coast, Luxembourg, Monaco, Congo

3. Fun Facts About France
• The word “salut” means both “hello” and “goodbye”
• French was the official language of England for over 300 years.
• It’s the mother tongue of 75 million people worldwide.
• It’s the second most commonly taught foreign language, after
English.
• It’s the only language (along with English) that’s taught in every
country in the world
• At the time of the French Revolution, 75% of French citizens didn’t
speak French as a mother tongue.
• Non-French celebrities who speak French include: Jodie Foster,
Johnny Depp, Diane Kruger, Elton John, Ewan Mcgregor, Halle
Berry, Jackie O, Madonna, Mick Jagger, and John Travolta.
• Mont-Blanc is the highest peak in Europe

4. Fun Facts
• The heir to the French throne was called Le Dauphin, which also
means “dolphin.”
• The French eat snails, frog’s legs and horsemeat.
• In 1386, a pig was hung in France for the murder of a child.
• French men have the lowest
level of obesity in the EU,
women are second after
Denmark.
• The French have one of the
highest life expectancies in
• France has the highest number
of ski resorts.
• The French had an
of the internet called Minitel, where
bills and shop at home using the Minitel service.
Fun Facts About France
The heir to the French throne was called Le Dauphin, which also
The French eat snails, frog’s legs and horsemeat.
In 1386, a pig was hung in France for the murder of a child.
French men have the lowest
f obesity in the EU,
women are second after
The French have one of the
highest life expectancies in EU
France has the highest number
The French had an early version
et called Minitel, where until 1984, they could pay
bills and shop at home using the Minitel service.
The heir to the French throne was called Le Dauphin, which also
In 1386, a pig was hung in France for the murder of a child.
1984, they could pay

5. Fun Facts
• France is the most visited country in the
world with 75 million tourists yearly.
• France has won the
Literature than any other country in the
world, and the second most in
mathematics.
• France created the first universal declaration of human rights in
1789.
• France ruled the second largest colonial empire in the world
controlling 8.6% of the world’s land.
• Famous French inventions include: the hot air balloon, the
submarine, and the parachute.
Fun Facts About France
France is the most visited country in the
world with 75 million tourists yearly.
won the most Nobel Prizes for
Literature than any other country in the
world, and the second most in
France created the first universal declaration of human rights in
France ruled the second largest colonial empire in the world
lling 8.6% of the world’s land.
Famous French inventions include: the hot air balloon, the
submarine, and the parachute.
France created the first universal declaration of human rights in
France ruled the second largest colonial empire in the world
Famous French inventions include: the hot air balloon, the

6. Fun Facts
• The storming of the Bastille was more of a symbolic act. During
that day, there were only 7 prisoners and 4 of them were
because of check forging.
• “Let them eat cake” was a statement falsely associated with
Marie Antoinette as it was created ten years before she was born.
• The guillotine was last used in 1977.
• More than 15,000 people were beheaded at the guillotine..
• 20% of the French live in the Parisian region.
• Nicknamed “city of lights,” lights actually refers to the number of
intellectuals who live there.
Fun Facts About France
The storming of the Bastille was more of a symbolic act. During
that day, there were only 7 prisoners and 4 of them were
because of check forging.
“Let them eat cake” was a statement falsely associated with
Marie Antoinette as it was created ten years before she was born.
was last used in 1977.
More than 15,000 people were beheaded at the guillotine..
20% of the French live in the Parisian region.
Nicknamed “city of lights,” lights actually refers to the number of
tellectuals who live there.
The storming of the Bastille was more of a symbolic act. During
that day, there were only 7 prisoners and 4 of them were there
“Let them eat cake” was a statement falsely associated with
Marie Antoinette as it was created ten years before she was born.
More than 15,000 people were beheaded at the guillotine..
Nicknamed “city of lights,” lights actually refers to the number of

7. Fun Facts
• Jim Morrison and Oscar Wilde were buried in the Paris cemetery
called Pere Lachaise.
• The Eiffel Tower is painted every 7 years.
• The Eiffel tower was originally intended to be dismantled and sold
as scrap after its construction.
• The oldest bridge in Paris is called Pont Neuf (new bridge).
• The most visited attraction in Paris isn’t the Eiffel
million), or the Louvre (5 million), but Disneyland Paris at 13
million people.
• French film production is second in the worl
Fun Facts About France
and Oscar Wilde were buried in the Paris cemetery
called Pere Lachaise.
Eiffel Tower is painted every 7 years.
The Eiffel tower was originally intended to be dismantled and sold
as scrap after its construction.
The oldest bridge in Paris is called Pont Neuf (new bridge).
The most visited attraction in Paris isn’t the Eiffel Tower (5.5
million), or the Louvre (5 million), but Disneyland Paris at 13
duction is second in the world
and Oscar Wilde were buried in the Paris cemetery
The Eiffel tower was originally intended to be dismantled and sold
The oldest bridge in Paris is called Pont Neuf (new bridge).
Tower (5.5
million), or the Louvre (5 million), but Disneyland Paris at 13

8. Fun Facts
• French toast and French fries aren’t French inventions.
• The croissant was actually invented in Austria.
• There are about 2 new cook books that are published
France.
• Grasse, France is known as the Perfume Capital of the World.
• About 20% of French territory lies outside Europe.
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Fun Facts About France
rench fries aren’t French inventions.
The croissant was actually invented in Austria.
There are about 2 new cook books that are published
Grasse, France is known as the Perfume Capital of the World.
of French territory lies outside Europe.
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