Découvrons la France! Let us discover France! The shape of the French map resembles to an hexagon because of which itis also known as" Hexagone". Parisisthe capital of the France. Itis also knownas Ville Lumiére. ‘The water bodies that surround France are: The North Sea, The English Channel, The Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, The main water bodies of France are La Seine, La Garonne, Le Rh6ne, Le Rhinand_LaLoire. Some major cities in France are: Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Toulouse, Bordeauxand Nice. The famous mountain ranges of France are: Les Alpes, Les Pyrénées, Le Jura, Les Vosges et Le Massif Central. Since 2002, the French (Franc) which was the currency of France has disappeared and Euro (€) has takenits place. ‘The famous monuments of France are: la tour Eiffel, le musée du Louvre, les Invalides, Notre Dame de Paris, le Sacré-Coeur et le Panthéonam,2 La tour Eiffel Ha el The national festival of France is on The French flag has three 14" July commonly known as colours. 'anniversaire de la Prise de la Bastille. : The famous cheese of The cock symbolises France are: le camembert, the pride of the Le buste de Marianne le gruyére et le roquefort. people of France. symbolises the Republic.