France
“In Paris they just simply opened their eyes and stared when we spoke to them in French! We never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language.”
Introduction
Yes, everybody has an opinion about France. Some people love it. Some just love to hate it. Regardless of how you feel about France or the French, there’s no question of its importance in history. It may not have quite the same clout it once had, but all that history has left a mark.
In addition to some of Europe’s greatest cultural attractions, France is also an intensely rural country, with every type of landscape imaginable, beautifully maintained farms, and picturesque villages.
Just the Facts
- Dimensions: About 600 miles wide, 450 miles high (the largest country in Western Europe)
- Area: 210,000 square miles (a little smaller than Texas)
- Population: 64 million people (about double California)
- Capital: Paris
- Type of Government: Republic
- Chief of State: President Emmanuel Macron (since May 2017)
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Édouard Philippe (since May 2017)
- Language: French
- Money: Euro (€), here pronounced “oooh-RHOH”
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