FRANCE

Location

Located in Western Europe, France has coastlines on the North Sea, Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Belgium and Luxembourg are the north, West Germany to the north-east, Switzerland and Italy to the east and Spain to the south- west. Corsica is off the coast to the south-east in the Mediterranean Sea.

Capital

Paris

Language

French,
declining regional dialects

Monetary Unit

French Franc

Largest Cities

Paris,
Marseilles,
Lyons,
Toulouse,
Nice,
Nantes,
Strasbourg,
Bordeaux.

Principal rivers

Rhine,
Loire,
Rhone,
Seine,
Garonne,
Saone.

Places to Visit

Agen,
Albi,
Amboise,
Bayonne,
Bordeaux,
Calais,
Paris,
Marseilles,
Lyons

Air Ports

Le Sequestre Airport (Albi),
St. Symphorein Airport (Amboise),
Paris-Plage Airport (Le Touqvet),
Lourdes International Airport,
Satolas Airport (Lyons),
Paris International Airport.