General introduction of France

FRANCE

Generalities

It is a country situated at the western of Europe. Its surface is 640,679 km² and 66,616,416 people who live in France. This country includes the overseas territories and the overseas departments as well as Corsica. 

The capital of France is Paris. It is the largest city of the country. There are some many sites to visit: the famous Eiffel tower, Les Champs Elysées, Museums, and other beautifull places. I will write later an article about Paris and the others areas in France to visit.

Metropolitan Climates are different about is the place: 

• the climate is oceanic in the west and in the northwest (summers are warm and winters are cool),
• it is semi-continental in the north-east (summers are hot and winters are coid),
• you will find a mediterranean climate in the south and in the southeast (summers are hot and winters are mild),
• a mountain climate in Alps, Pyrenees, Massif Central, Jura and the Vosges ( mild summers are mild and winters are cold).

In the overseas area, the climate is generaly tropical, it is dry and wet season. But we can find different climates too:

• equatorial climate in the French Guiana, all year long temperature is high,
• in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon and in most of the French Southern and Antartic Lands, people know mild summers and short and cold and long winters.

France is identified by the tricolore flag (blue, white, red), by La Marseillaise the anthem and by the motto: Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité. The national personification is Marianne. She is represented by the bust of a woman and seen in all town halls in France with the photo of the current President. All these symbols has came from the revolution. 

French people are symbolised by a man wearing a cap, carrying a baguette and a bottle of Wine. Baguette and wine are famous but cheese too. There is a range of variety of cheese. Each region has their own cheese, for example Franche-Comté: the Comté cheese, Normandie: the Camembert, the Roquefort comes from the town of Roquefort situed in the Massif Central... France is also famous with its cooking, fashion.

There are so many informations about France that I will develop in the further articles. To know more, click here!