What are some interesting facts about france?

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Triggsy257

Capital of France is Paris
Largest City in France - Paris (2,175,200)
Language French
Currency 1 French franc = 100 centimes
Population 56,942,000; 271.1 persons per square mile
Main Religions Roman Catholicism
Government Democratic parliamentary republic
Area more than 210,000 square miles includes the island of Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea
Agriculture Crops apples, apricots, barley, carrots, cauliflower, corn (maize), grapes, green peas, oats, peaches, plums, potatoes, rapeseed, rye, sugar beets, tobacco, tomatoes, wheat. Livestock cattle, horses, pigs, poultry, sheep.
Industry Alcoholic beverages, chemicals, clothing and textiles, electrical machinery, fruits and vegetables, grain, iron and steel, motor vehicles, nonelectrical machinery, nonferrous metals

Interesting Facts about france

Tour de France
Every summer more than 100 professional cyclists race in the Tour de France. The race is approximately 2,000 miles long. The race lasts up to three weeks. It is held in July. The route changes from ye

jaric19

Stupid Americans hate France.
Smart Americans know who they owe their freedom to.

Cabal

It is probably the most insulted country in the US by people who don't know the first thing about it, never went there, never met a French and like to repeat urban legends just because it insults the French.

French fries come from Belgium
French bread is called lost bread in France and is a dessert, not something for breakfast
The closest French land to the American continent is 25kms from Canada (St Pierre et Miquelon). We're next door neighbours in fact.
There's no French kiss in France, we give it another name
The Brits say to take French leave, we say running off like the English.
The study that says that the French do not buy as much soap as the rest of Europe also said that they washed just as often as their neighbours. The study had ignored the sales of unperfumed soap, considering it was not used to wash people. In France unperfumed soap made up half the sales of soap used by people at the time of the study. (Source: The Economist)
The smart card is a French invention and has been in use in France for more than 20 years now
The French do not smile when they meet someone they don't know, they just look pleasant and neutral, which is polite in France. For smiling Americans this is a shock and enhance the belief that the French are rude. For French people the huge grin of the Americans is a rudeness. Talk about misunderstanding.
Yes, we really eat frogs and snails. Yummy. We also eat raw meat (steak tartare). Double yummy. And beef tongue, veal head, liver, heart and kidneys. Did I gross you out? (evil grin). And stinky cheese is the best.

Henri IV

This is the most visited country in the world.

Austerlitz

"they surrendered".
Maybe... like in Verdun (ils ne passeront pas), in Bir-Hakeim (Friedrich von Mellenthin, one of the staff officers of the Afrika Korps, would later write that he "had not ever been confronted, during the whole desert campaign, to such a relentless and heroic defense"). ?????
Jean Moulin also surrendered did you know this ? ("Interrogated in Lyon by Klaus Barbie, head of the Gestapo there, and later in Paris, he never revealed anything to his captors."). And GÃ©nÃ©ral de Gaulle too ("France lost a battle but France has not won the war").

PÃ©tain surrendered in 1940 I don't deny this. But PÃ©tain doesn't represent all the French. They are not sentenced to be the-people-who-surrendered until the end of the times. Some fought and died like heroes. Be fair when you talk about them.

@Cabal : bravo pour votre rÃ©ponse trÃ¨s juste qui remet les choses en place! un pouce levÃ© pour vous. Je reconnais lÃ un compatriote...

albert p

When you get to the Eiffel Tower the first thing you see is signs in 10 different languages telling you to "Watch for pickpockets". The art museum The Louvre is fantastic. The food is well over priced.

Misty M

there's the eiffel tower

sugarsugarhoneybuns8

its located in europe

veg_hel

The French like to preserve their language. When a new word appears in English rather than use it directly they like to adopt their own translation. For instance a computer is an ordinateur.

Marco L

It has amazing crepe shops :P

twinotegossipgirl

Fedor400

LOL french people live there... that made me laugh.. stupid! but it made me laugh

Total Jackarse

They don't have obscenity laws like every other country... meaning you could streak through the streets!!! YEAH!k

Most Def

French people live there.

I love to LMFAO :D

They speak French

copywrong

Wine is free with most meals (including lunch) but you have to pay for milk for your coffee.

Public toilets usually have no toilet seat, and you have to pay to get in

inroughdiamond

they surrender

NAP BQ

Well besides the obvious of speaking french, they have good food, liberal attractive women, great historical architect (cathedrals, etc), and are very snotty people who cannot get over the fact that their culture and language do not rule/influence the world. English language rules the world.

maha rishi

there are NO MOSQUITOES in France...

nam_miles

they don't use deodorant. They don't clean up their dog's poop.

trojen4u

that they are arogant and thinks that their farts don't stink. besides, i been there so many times i don't even like their food. the food in Belgium tests better and the Belgians are nicer.

pink_is_metal

French Fries aren't from france ooooo
French surrendered to the Germans stupid bas tards
French women don't shave their armpits I know ew

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