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INDEXDIMENSIONS………………….....1 POPULATION…………………....2 ECONOMY ………………………...3 CLIMATE…………………………….4 PARIS………………………………….5FAMOUS PEOPLE(1)………….6FAMOUS PEOPLE(2)…………7FAMOUS MODELS…………...8FAMOUS BRANDS…………...9RECORDS………………………….10POLITICAL SYSTEM………….11FRENCH FLAG…………………..12EMBLEM OF FRANCE………13

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION........14

GASTRONOMY……………………………15

FASHION…………………………………….16

MUSIC………………………………………….17

LITERATURE/PHILOSOPHY………18

FRENCH ART………………….....19

CINEMA……………………………20

CINEMA –FILMS………………….21

MONUMENTS………………........22

RELIEF…………………………….29

CREDITS…………………………………….38

DIMENSIONSAdriana Casal Lago

France is the biggestcountry of Europe. Theseare its characteristics:

France makes borderswith Spain, Germany, Switzerland and theEnglish Channel unitingFrance with the UK.

Its surface are 640,679 km².

POPULATIONAntonia Caridad Silvera Valdés

In France there are live 63,920,000 people and the 75% lives in urbans cores.

ECONOMYANA MÉNDEZ GESTEIRO

France it’s the fifthmundial economy , and it is based in farming and in theindustry (like Citroën) , but many peoplethink that a veryimportant thing in their economy are theservices.

CLIMATEIago Suárez Fernández Gorosti

France has different climates because in the North there is a tempered weather, in the South there is a hotter climate, and in general there is a rainy weather.

PARISANA MÉNDEZ GESTEIRO

It’s the capital of France, it’s known like the «City of the light» or the «City of love».There are a rivercalled Sena and some coolmonuments like the Eiffel Tower, the Arch of Triumph, the Obelisc…There are some deliciousrestaurants, expensiveshops and a football team(the Paris Saint Germain).

FAMOUS PEOPLEANA MÉNDEZ GESTEIRO (1)

Sportsman/woman:

Zinedine Zidane

Karim Benzema

Laurent Blanc

Lucie Décosse

Julie Bresset

Émilie Fer

FAMOUS PEOPLEANA MÉNDEZ GESTEIRO (2)

Actors/actress:

Eva Green

Léa Seydoux

Adèle Exarchopoulos

Jean Reno

François Cluzet

Omar Sy

Famous modelsAdriana Casal Lago

WomansValerie Begue

Sophie Marceau

Alexandra Paressct

Malika Ménard

MensGaspard Ulliel

Vincent Cassel

Olivier Martinez

Garrett Neffni,

FAMOUS FRENCH

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ChanelDiorCitroënBicLacosteRenaultLeroy merlinCarrefour Lóréal

RECORDSANA MÉNDEZ GESTEIRO

Yohann Diniz has themundial record of 20 and 50 km marching.The French train «Train à Grande Vitesse» beats themaximum train’s speedwith 574 km/h.Ludovic Chorgnon made 41 Ironmans ( the hardesttriathlon of the world) consecutives in 41 days(he’s the real ironman).

France is a republic.The institutions of governance of France are defined by the Constitution, being that of the Fifth Republic.The Fifth Republic was established in 1958.The President, elected by universal suffrage for a 5-year term is: François Hollande.The prime minister is: Manuel Valls.

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THE FRENCH POLITICAL SYSTEM

The French parliament is made up of two chambers: Aseemblée nationale and the Sénat.

The French flag

It was officially adopted on February 15, 1794.

The flag - the tricolore - consists of three vertical bands of equal width, displaying the country's national colors: blue, white and red. The blue band is positioned nearest the flag-staff, the white in the middle, and the red on the outside.

Red, white and blue have come to represent liberty, equality and fraternity - the ideals of the French Revolution. Blue and red are also the time-honored colors of Paris, while white is the color of the Royal House of Bourbon.

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Emblem of France

The current Emblem of France has been a symbol of France since 1953.

It consists of:

It has got a lion-head and an eagle-head, "RF" means RépubliqueFrançaise.

A olive branch symbolises peace.

An oak branch symbolises perennity.

The currency of France: the euro

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GASTRONOMYIago Suárez Fernández Gorosti

The French gastronomy is known because it’s varied and refined. Its principal type of food are: butter, chesses, tomatoes, pig meat, fine herbs… Some famous food there are crêpes, galette, ratatouille, vichyssoise, quiche Lorraine, foie-grass…

The French Revolution was a revolution in France from 1789 to

1799. It led to the end of the monarchy. King Louis XVI was

executed in 1793. The revolution ended when Napoleon Bonaparte took power in November 1799 and in 1804 he became Emperor.

Before 1789, France was ruled by the nobles and the church. The

ideas of the Enlightenment were beginning to make the ordinary

people want more power. They could see that the American

Revolutionhgad created a country in wich people had power,

instead of a king.

HISTORY- THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

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FASHION IN FRANCEADRIANA CASAL LAGO

The history of France is long

and variated but always

interesting.

If you go to France you have

to go a fashion show.

Paris is home to many premier

fashion designers including

Chanel, Pierre Cardin, Céline,

Chloe, Dior, Givenchy, Jean

Paul Gaultier, Hermès, Lanvin,

Rochas, Vuitton, and Yves

Saint Laurent.

Music of France

The music of France reflects a diverse array of styles.

In the field of classical music, France has produced a number of legendary baroques and romantic composers: Lully, Couperin, Rameau, Debussy, Ravel, Gounod, Bizet (Carmen), Massenet (Werther), Fauré,…

Folk and popular music have seen the progress of the chanson (Edith Piaf) and cabaret style. France has produced many internationally artists, especially in the new chanson and electronic music (Jean Michel Jarre)

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French Literature and Philosophy

French literature, one of the world's most brilliant because the French are a literate people, passionately interested in questions of language and in the exploration of ideas.

The most famous French writers were: Voltaire, Descartes, Camus, Sartre, Diderot, Montesquieu, Balzac, Molière, Victor Hugo, Dumas, Verne, Mallarmé, Rimbaud, …

France has many important works for literature and knowledge universal like: Les misérables, Mme Bovary, L’ Émile, La peste, Le petit prince, Le tartuffe…

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French Art

France has enjoyed an exceptional position in European art too.

France has got very important works of architecture, sculpture or painting.

Between the most famous architects are Le Corbusier or Eiffel.

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Famous Impressionist painters, among others, were : Renoir (The Swing), Dégas (A Cotton Office in New Orleans), Monet (Impression, Sunrise), Manet (Olympia), Cézanne (Mont Sainte-Victoire),…

Between Pointillism painters was important Georges-Pierre Seurat (A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte)

FRENCH CINEMAAuguste and Louis Lumière invented the cinématographe.

The French film industry in the late 19th century and early 20th century was among the world's most important.

The most famous French directors were: Jean-Luc Godard, Jean Renoir, Jean Cocteau, François Truffaut, …

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FILMSADRIANA CASAL LAGO

Amelie 2001

Intouchables 2011

The boys of the choir2004

The artist 2011

Adéle’s life 2013

The profesional 1994

In the house 2012

Love me if you dare 2003

The evasion 1960

LUXEMBOUG PALACE

The Luxembourg Palace, surrounded by the garden, was created in 1617.The construction of the palace, opening onto a park comprising8 hectares, was entrusted to Salomon de la Brosse. It now houses theFrench Senate.

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MONT-SAINT-MICHEL

Mont Saint-Michel is a island located in Normandyat the mouth of theCouesnon River, near the city of Avranches. The highest point of the island isthe spire at the top of the Abbey’s bell tower, 170 metres above sea level. They are currently less than 50 people living on the island. The unique featureof Mont Saint-Michel is that it is completely surrounded by water and can only be accessed at low tide

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The world-famous metallic tower was built for the Paris

International Exhibition in 1889 for the centenary of the

French Revolution. At the time of its inauguration, it was

the world’s tallest monument. It was built by Gustave Eiffel.

EIFFEL TOWERAntonia Caridad Silvera

The cathedral of Notre-Dame-de-Paris is a jewel of Gothic

architecture and arguably one of the best churches in Europe.

Built from the Middle-Ages, it is renowned for being at the

centre stage of “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame”, a 19th

century novel written by French writer Victor Hugo.

NOTRE-DAMEAntonia Caridad Silvera

THE LOUVREThe Louvre, originally a royal palace but now the world's most famous

museum, is a must-visit for anyone with a slight interest in art. Some of the

museum's most celebrated works of art include the Mona Lisa and the Venus

of Milo.

The Louvre Museum is one of the largest and most important museums in

the world. It is housed in the expansive Louvre Palace, situated in the 1st

Arrondissement, at the heart of Paris.

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Sacré-Cœur

The Romanesque-Byzantine basilica of Sacré-

Coeur shares more resemblance with the Taj Mahal

in India than the Notre-Dame cathedral! It was built

between 1875 and 1914 by architect Paul Abadie.

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Panthéon

This neo-classical white monument originally a

church, the Panthéon has since become a

necropolis for France’s greatest citizens and a

popular national monument.

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Opéra Garnier

The opulent Paris Opera house was built from 1861 to 1875 by Charles

Garnier during the reign of Napoleon III. It is part of the great

reconstruction of Paris by Baron Haussmann during the Second

Empire. The auditorium seats nearly 2,000 people and features the

grand chandelier and a fine ceiling painting by Marc Chagall.

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Les Invalides

The grand complex of Les Invalides in the 7th arrondissement is

easily recognisable with its magnificent golden dome. It was built by

Louis XIV to house the homeless and wounded veterans of his army.

Today the Hôtel des Invalides is famous for housing the tomb of

French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The Hôtel des Invalides also

hosts three museums: the Army museum, the Musée de l’Ordre de la

Libération, and the Musée des Plans-Reliefs.

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RELIEF OF FRANCE

To understand the rivers of France it is useful to

first have a little knowledge of the geography of

the country.

Essentially France is mountainous along its

eastern border with (from north to south) the

mountains of the Vosges, Jura and Alpes, with

further mountains in south-central France

(Massif central) and along the southern border

with Spain (the Pyrenees)

The principal rivers largely reflect this

geography, and flow from the mountains to the

sea - usually flowing north and west to the

Atlantic Ocean and the English Channel except

for the Rhone which flows south to the

Mediterranean.

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RHONE RIVER812 kilometres long, flows into the Mediterranean.

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SEINE RIVER776 kilometres long, flows into the English Channel.

It is the river that passes through Paris.

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LOIRE RIVER1012 kilometres long, flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

The Loire River passes east to west just south of Paris.

The river is notably UNESCO listed in the Loire Valley, a popular region because of the large number of impressive Renaissancecastles along the river.

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645 kilometres long, flows into the Gironde Estuarythen the Atlantic Ocean.

GARONNE RIVER Adriana Casal Lago

DORDOGNE RIVER483 kilometres long, flows into the GirondeEstuary then the Atlantic Ocean.

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RHINE RIVER1325 kilometres long, of which only 188 kilometres is in France, flows into the North Sea.

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