Emergency numbers
- 17
- Police
- 18
- Ambulance
- 15
- Fire Department
- 112
- Emergency Line
General Information
Capital city
Paris
Language
French
Time zone
UTC+1 (summer time: UTC+2)
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Voltage
230V
Climate
The weather is sunny, cloudy, a bit rainy, it depends on the days
Country dialing code
+33
SIM card providers
Population
67 million
Cities with IAESTE LCs
In France we have 1 cities with local committees:
Grenoble
Transportation
Places that we recommend visiting:
Traditional cuisine
Baguette
Most famous bread
Fondue savoyarde
Melted cheese with white wine, that you eat with pieces of bread
Raclette
Melted cheese with potatoes and cooked meats
Did you know ?
France is the biggest country in Europe, with 633 000 km², followed by Spain and Sweden.
Never put the “Baguette” upside down in the table!! It will bring bad luck.
We eat frog legs, snails, oyster, rabbit or foie gras, but not every day! Usually we eat it for Christmas or New Year, but not all together!
France is the only European country to have pigeon in the army. There are 150 homing pigeon in the French army, “in case of major emergency”.
More than half of the roundabouts in the world are in France… Very useful for traffic, they are also very well decorated
The Statue of Liberty in New York had been built by the French nation and offered to the USA for the centenary of their independence.
Gallery
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