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It is called the "English Channel" in English and "La Manche" in French.

The Mont Blanc is part of the Alps (on the Western part, called the French Alps)

'The Hexagon' is another name for France. It refers to the shape of the country. So all mainland French cities are in the Hexagon.

There are many famous gardens in France. The most famous among tourists are the garden of the castle of Versailles, the gardens of the Tuileries next to the Louvre, or gardens such as the gardens of the castle of Villandry on the Loire river.

Another famous garden that many tourists visit is the garden of the painter Claude Monet at Giverny and every year there is an important competition among garden designers in the grounds of the Château of Chaumont-sur-Loire, which I enjoy going to. But there are gardens all over France that are worth seeing whether it's in the Loire Valley, the Dordogne or on the Côte d'Azur, la Bambouseraie near Anduze, Salagon near Forcalquier and so on and so on.

A place's birth rate is the average number of babies born in that place each year.

This refers to French 'départements' overseas ('outre mer'). They count as an integral part of France and are respresented in the National Assembly. Key examples include: La Réunion (island in the Indian Ocean), Guadeloupe and (French Guiana).

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Eiffel tower Louvre Invalides (military museum) Musée d'Orsay Musée Carnavalet (museum of the history of Paris) Centre Georges Pompidou (modern art) Arc de Triomphe (beautiful sightseeing of Paris)

Provence is probably best translated as region or area in English. The area known as La Provence is also a region in south-east France, on the Italian border.

François Mitterand was President of France from 1981-1995, making him the longest serving French President to date. Those years include 1990-1991 when the Persian Gulf Was took place.

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Diplomatic Revolution

France had been a republic since 1870, so no-one was king of France in 1914.

15 for women and 18 for guys

wrong> The form 'la France' is the most common.
J'habite en France = I live in France
J'aime la France, vive la France = I love France, long live France.

Francis II (in French, "François II") died on the 5 december, 1560, from illness. He suffered unbearable pain at the ear and it is assumed that the disease was mastoiditis, or meningitis, or what is called acute bacterial otitis media.

Usually over matters of pay and conditions - the same as any other strikers.

une bergère = a shepherdess

Marseille

yes they do make sure you take it slow if youre younger though

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mayotte island

Lost in France was created in 1976.