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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