Wikijunior:Europe/France
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France is the third largest country in Europe (after Russia and Ukraine). It's located in Western Europe and shares borders with Andorra, Spain, Monaco, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium. It is connected to the United Kingdom by the Channel Tunnel. The capital city is Paris. Other big cities are Lyon and Nice. France uses the Euro as its currency along with 14 other countries in Europe.
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[edit] France's History
During Roman times, France was known as Gaul. Julius Caesar conquered parts of it. It was part of the Roman Empire until the Frankish kingdoms took over. It later became its own country. A king ruled France until 1789, when a group of people made him leave. His name was Louis the Sixteenth. The people set up a government that did not work well and lots of people died. Eventually a man named Napoleon took over and also took over most of Europe. Eventually he died and the empire was broken. Later France was occupied by Germany during World War 2. Germany was deafeated and France was free.
[edit] France's Geography
[edit] France's People
Most of the people are between 15 and 64 years old. Most people live to be 80 years old and almost everyone older than 15 can read. Most familes have 2 children and are Roman Catholic. The majority of people speak French.
[edit] France's Sights
France is the most popular country in the world for tourism. The most famous sights include Paris, the Alps and the coast in the south of the country.
[edit] References
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fr.html
