Little trip

in

France…

France is situated in the western part of Europe. It has many boundaries with other countries such as Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy and Spain. There are approximatly 1300 km between France and Malta.

PARIS

Atlantic

Ocean

Mediterranean sea

English Channel

Paris is the capital of France. France is surrounded by three major seas, the Mediterranean sea in the south, the Atlantic Ocean and the English Channel in the west. The green colour refers to plains, the brown ones to mountains. The three main mountain ranges are the Alpes in the east, the Pyrenees in the south and the Massif Central.

Alpes

Pyrenees

Massif Central

France Malte

Number of inhabitants

63 millions inhabitants 400 000 inhabitants

Area 671 000 km² 246 km²

Official Language(s) French Maltese and English

Political government Republic

Parlementary Republic

Money Euro since 2000 Euro since 2008

Some differencies

The National emblems of France

The French flag is composed of three colours, blue, white and red. It has first appeared in 1794 and is a legacy of the French Revolution. The blue colour refers to the city of Paris, the white one to the Monarchy and the red one to the blood of people.

The figure of the cockerel comes from the Middle Age. It was a religious symbol that represented faith and hope.

« La liberté guidant le peuple » Eugène Delacroix

Marianne is a woman figure that appeared during the French Revolution. She wears a Phrygian cap which was the symbol of liberty for the slaves in Greece and Roma. She is associated now with the Republic.

The french national anthems is La Marseillaise. It was a warrior song during The French Revolution. It was adopted as the national anthem in 1795.

La Tour Eiffel, symbol of Paris! It was constructed in 1889 by Gustave Eiffel for the universal exposition. It is 327m high. It is probably the most famous monument in the world.

From the top of the Eiffel Towerwe can see the famousChamp de Mars!

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Notre Dame de Paris It took two centuries to build this cathedral which is the biggest one in France. It has been finished in 1250.There is a famous story about this cathedral that has been written by Victor Hugo “Le Bossu de Notre Dame”.

L'Arc de Triompheis at the end of the Champs Elysees which is the biggest and

most famous avenue of Paris. Its has been built during the reign of Napoleon in 1806 to commemorate the Battle of Austerlitz.

French landscapes

On this picture you can see the Mont Blanc which is the highest mountain in Europe (4810m). Mont Blanc is in the Alpes.

The image on the right is a landscape of the North west coast of the Atlantic Ocean.

This is a countryside landscape of a small village in France. You can notice fields on the foreground.

This is one of the numerous south french beaches in front of the mediteranean sea.

School in France

School is compulsory for children from 6 to 16 but most of the children start school at 3.

There are two types of schools, public (state school) and private schools (public school). There is no religious courses taught in schools. All schools welcome both girls and boys. Pupils go to school 4 days a

week(except on Wednesday). A day begins at 8H30 to 11H30 and then 13H30 to 16H30. Pupils can stay after school to do their homework until 17H30.

There is also 2 breaks of 20mn during the day, one in the morning, the other in the afternoon.

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Saint Etienne

My City: Saint Etienne

The distance between Saint Etienne and Paris is 413 km.

Saint Etienne was an old mining city. These mines were used to extract coal that was used to heat houses and to make the train work.

These mines closed in the 1970’s because extracting coal in France was not cheap anymore.

Since that time the city has moved into another field that is Design.

This photo is « La Cité du Design ».

Thank you for your attention.

Merci pour votre attention.