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1. France biggest city is Paris.
2. Ballet is type of dance that is done in France but it came from Italy
3. France is actually called the French republic
4. Disney land Paris is in France
5. In Paris is museum where is Mona Lisa
6. France produces 400 types of cheese!
7. It’s illegal to name a pig napoleon in France
8. France have artists – Adriano Celentano and Dalida
9. There is a Victor Hugo street in every town in France
10. Coco channel’s real name was Gabrielle Bonheur
11. The most visited attraction in Paris isn’t the Eiffel Tower (5.5 million), or the Louvre (5 million), but Disneyland Paris at 13 million people.
12. The Eiffel Tower is painted every 7 years.
13. France is one of the most romantic cities in the world
14. The word “salut” means both “hello” and “goodbye”
15. There are about 2 new cook books that are published every day in France.
16. The French eat snails, frog’s legs and horsemeat
17. France is the most visited country in the world with 75 million tourists yearly
18. France is known as the birthplace of fashion, champagne and cognac, here are doing the best perfumes
19. 20% of the French live in the Parisian region
20. Famous French inventions include: the hot air balloon, the submarine, and the parachute.
21. The heir to the French throne was called Le Dauphin, which also means “dolphin”
22. It’s the official language of the United Nations
23. France is the third largest European country in terms of land area, after Russia and the Ukraine.
24. There are some 40,000 châteaux (castles, manors, palaces…) in France
25. French people are the second biggest consumers of alcohol per capita in the Western world – after Luxembourg…
26. In 2004, France produced 56.6 million hectolitres of wine
27. The Canal du Midi in France is Europe’s oldest functional canal. It was built from 1666 and 1681. It is 240 km (150 miles) long, has 63 locks, 126 bridges, 55 aqueducts, 7 canal-bridges, 6 barrages and 1 tunnel.
28. 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 year to year.
29. •European France borders eight countries: Belgium, Spain, Luxembourg, Italy, Germany, Monaco, Andorra and Switzerland