Complete Tour Guide

GEORGRAPHY & MAP

• Metropolitan France is located in
Western Europe
• France also has a number of
territories in North America,
the Caribbean, South
America, the southern Indian
Ocean, the Pacific Ocean,
and Antarctica.
• These territories have
varying forms of government
ranging from overseas
department to overseas
collectivity.
• With 81.9 million foreign tourists in 2007,
France is ranked as the first tourist
destination in the world, ahead of Spain,
and North America.
• France features cities of high cultural
interest, Paris being the foremost,
beaches and seaside resorts, ski resorts,
and rural regions that many enjoy for their
beauty and tranquility
• Popular sites include; Popular tourist sites
include; Eiffel Tower (6.2million),
Louvre Museum (5.7 million), Palace
of Versailles (2.8 million), Musée
d'Orsay (2.1 million), Arc de Triomphe
(1.2 million), Centre Pompidou (1.2
million), Mont-Saint-Michel (1 million),
Château de Chambord (711,000)
• France doesn’t have dollars
they have euro's
• Here is a picture of France
money
POPULATION
• As of January 1, 2010, 65,447,374 people live in the
French Republic. 62,793,432 of these live in
metropolitan France, whereas 2,653,942 live in the
French overseas departments and territories
• At the beginning of the twentieth century, France's
population was low compared to its neighbors, and
due to its past history
• However, the country's population sharply
increased with the baby boom following World War
II.
• France has a variety of food.
• Most food is inspired by France’s cuisine.
Breakfast
• Le petit déjeuner (breakfast) is often a quick meal
consisting of "tartans" (slices) of French bread with jelly,
croissants or pain au chocolate (a pastry filled with
chocolate) along with coffee or tea. Children often drink
hot chocolate in bowls along with their breakfast.
Lunch
• Le déjeuner (lunch) was once a two hour mid-day meal but has
recently seen a trend toward the one hour lunch break.
Restaurants normally open for lunch at 12:00 noon and close at
2:30 pm.
• Sunday lunches are often longer and are taken with the family.
• Many restaurants close on Saturday and Monday during lunch
• In some smaller towns the two hour lunch may still be customary.
Dinner
• Le dîner (dinner) often consists of three courses, hors d'oeuvre
or entrée (introductory course often soup), plat principal (main
course), and a cheese course or dessert, sometimes with a salad

offered before the cheese or dessert

• Yogurt may replace the cheese course, while a normal everyday

dessert would be fresh fruit.

Language
• French is the language that is spoken in France.

• According to the Francophone organization, there are 110 million

people who frequently speak French (native speakers and
frequent users combined).
FLAG

• The colors for France are red

white and blue
Sources

• Wikipedia.com
• Google.com
• Ask.com