1. FRANCE FLAG OF FRANCE NATIONAL EMBLEM
Motto: Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”
Anthem: “La Marseillaise”
Capital: Paris

2. HISTORY OF FRANCE EIFFEL TOWER
The name “France” comes from
Latin Francia, which literally means
“land of the Franks” or “Frankland”.
Another proposed etymology is that
in an ancient Germanic language,
Frank means free as opposed to
slave.
EIFFEL TOWER
Paris signature sight that attract more than
six million visitors a year.

3. MONARCHY TO REPUBLIC
Monarchy ruled france until the French revolution in 1789
Napoleon Bonaparte seized control of the republic in 1799,making himself first consul and later emperor.
He conquered most of continental Europe.
Following napoleons final defeat in 1815 at the Battle of waterloo,the French monarchy was re-established
In 1830,a civil uprising established the constitutional July monarchy,which lasted until 1848
It has colonial possessions,in various forms,since the beginning of the the 17th century until the 1960’s,which came next to British empire.

4. HISTORY
THE PERIOD SAW POWER COME INTO THE HANDS OF MODERATE REPUBLICANS AND FORMER RADICALS.
FRANCE WAS ALLIED WITH RUSSIA AND SERBIA IN FIRST WORLD WAR IN 1914.
FRANCE REQUIRED GERMANY TO PAY HUGE AMOUNTS IN FOOD AND MONEY. IN TURN,GERMANY GREW RESENTFUL OF FRANCE AND ULTIMATELY THIS LED TO WWII.
ENTENTE POWER CONSISTED OF FRANCE,ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.

5. HISTORY
THE LONG TERM RESULTS WERE THAT FRANCE LACKED SUFFICIENT MANPOWER TO ENGAGE IN A FULL FRONTAL WAR WITH THE GERMANS WHEN THEY INVADED IN WWII. THAT IS WHY THEY HAD TO TURN TO A GUERILLA WARFARE MODEL IN WWII
IN WWII IN NOVEMBER 1942,GERMANY FINALLY OCCUPIED FRANCE,WHICH WAS LIBERATED BY ALLIED COUNTRIES IN 1944.

6. Arc de Triomphe photo
The monumental Arc de Triomphe is one of the main landmarks in Paris. Standing at 164ft (50m) at the end of the Champs Elysées, it is the world's largest triumphal arch, commissioned by Napoleon
to commemorate his victories.

8. GEOGRAPHY France possesses a wide variety of landscapes
Coastal plains in the north and west
Mountain ranges of the Alps in the south-east
At 4,807 metres (15,770 ft) above sea-level, the highest point in Western Europe is Mont Blanc
The lowest point in France (2 m / 6.5 ft below sea level).Corsica lies off the Mediterranean coast.

9. GEOGRAPHY
France total land area,with its overseas departments and territories 6,74,843 sq.kms, that is .45% of the total land area on earth.`
It possesses the second-largest Exclusive Economic Zone(EEZ) in the world, covering 11,035,000 square kilometres (4,260,000 sq mi), approximately 8% of the total surface of all the EEZs of the world, just behind the United States.
The north and north west have a temperate climate,while there is varied climate in the rest of the france.