Languages:

eng

rus

fra

deu

spn

ita
 
Explore the world with
 
Home / France
 
 

Information about country:France

Area: 543965 km2.
Population: 60400000 people.
Phone code: 33
Capital: Paris
Currency: EUR.
Languages: French
Religion: Christianity
 

France is located in the Western Europe. It is washed by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the English Channel in the west and the north, and by the Mediterranean Sea in the south.
France is the republic. The head of state is the president. The main legislative institute is the Senate with two chambers.
Mont Blanc is the highest mountain top of France and the Western Europe. The river Laura is the longest river in the country. In France it is high humidity because it location near the sea. Average temperature in winter is+ 3 °С … + 8 °С, and in summer + 12 °С … + 19 °С.
The main sights of France are the Notre Dame de Paris, the Louvre which is one of the largest museums of the world, Eiffel Tower which was the highest structure in the world for a long period of time, the Elysee palace. In Paris you can see a building of the Paris University, Sorbonna, the building of the Paris Opera. In Nice the remarkable sights are Locks of Loire-Blua, Losh, the Cathedral, St. Elena's Palace where there is a collection of the International museum of naive art.
France is the capital of perfumery and the manufacturer and the exporter of fashionable clothes and footwear.
The energetic industry, agriculture, trade industry, pharmaceutics, space industry are especially developed here.

Haven't found your city in our catalogue?
Add it! It’s easy and absolutely free!

 

Top 50

© 2005 - 2008 CityCatalogue
  • About
  • E-mail
  • Terms
  • Blogs