Childrens Illustrated Encyclopedia

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Mediterranean

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Alderney

Guernsey

Jersey

Île

d’Ouessant

Belle Île

Île d’Yeu

Île de Ré

Île

d’ Oléron

Îles d’Hyères

Corsica

Sardinia

(to Italy)

Channel

Islands

(to UK)

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BELGIUM

MONACO

FRANCE

ANDORRA

Puy de Sancy

1885m

Mont Blanc

4807m

Vignemale

3298m

Monte Cinto

2706m

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Central

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Cherbourg

Bayeux

Coutances

dieppe

Abbeville

Alençon

Chartres

Hirson

fontainebleau

sedan

Haguenau

Épinal

Chaumont

Auxerre

Cosne-Cours-

sur-loire

nevers

Blois

guéret

moulins

mâcon

rochefort

saintes

royan

les sables-d’olonne

Arcachon

Houilles

mont-de-marsan

Biarritz

Auch

Bergerac

Périgueux

Cahors mende

Carcassonne

le Puy

gap

digne

Bastia

sartène

Bonifacio

Boulogne-sur-mer

la roche-sur-Yon

Agen Mari

time Alps

Brest

Quimper

st-Brieuc

lorient

Beauvais

versailles Créteil

Troyes

Charleville-mézières

Châlons-en-

Champagne nancy

Belfort

Annecy

olivet

gien

Bourges

Châteauroux

Chalon-sur-

Poitiers saône

niort

la rochelle

Angoulême

montauban

Tarbes

Arles

Avignon

valence

Chambéry

Ajaccio

Calais

dunkerque

Pau

Lille

roubaix

Channel

Tunnel

Amiens

reims

rouen

le Havre

Caen

rennes

le mans

Orléans

st-nazaire Angers Tours

nantes

limoges

Bordeaux

Clermont-

ferrand

st-Étienne

Lyon

villeurbanne

grenoble

Aix-en- Nice

Provence

Toulon

nîmes

Toulouse montpellier

Perpignan

dijon

Besançon

mulhouse

strasbourg

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Marseille

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Champagne

Normandy

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Channel tunnel

The Channel Tunnel runs from

England to France beneath the

English Channel. It comprises

three tunnels 31 miles (50 km)

long: two for rail traffic, and

one for safety.

Southern FranCe

Summer temperatures in the

south of France often rise to

more than 80°F (27°C). In the

town squares trees provide shade

from the sun, and fountains

cool the air. agriculture is

important almost everywhere

in France, but most farms

are small, and many farmers

sell all their surplus produce

in local markets (below).

MarItIMe alpS

Most of the French countryside consists of

gently rolling hills and valleys, but there are

high mountain ranges in the southwest

and southeast. on France’s southeast

border a range of mountains called

the alps reaches the Mediterranean

Sea at the Côte D’azur (blue coast).

the hills inland from the Côte

D’azur are called the Maritime alps

(right). the whole region depends

on tourism, and there are many

fashionable resorts.

MonaCo

Area: 0.77 sq miles

(2 sq km)

Population: 30,500

Capital: Monaco

anDorra

Area: 181 sq miles

(468 sq km)

Population: 85,500

Capital: andorra la Vella

stAtistiCs

Area: 212,930 sq miles

(551,500 sq km)

Population: 66,554,000

Capital: paris

Languages: French,

provençal, German,

Breton, Catalan, Basque

Religions: roman

Catholic, Muslim,

protestant, Jewish,

Buddhist

Currency: euro

Perched high in the

Maritime Alps, this peaceful

village has a spectacular view

of the surrounding area.

Volcano Mountain Capital

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