- France is the world’s most popular tourist destination
- France is the largest country in the EU and known as ‘the hexagon’
- Louis XIX was the king of France for just 20 minutes, the shortest ever reign
- Liberté, égalitié, fraternité meaning ‘liberty, equality and fraternity’ (or brotherhood) is the national motto of France
- The French Army was the first to use camouflage in 1915 (World War 1)
- The French have produced a number of world-renown inventions
- France was the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food