Our France Travel Guide For Kids provides a great introduction to this wonderful country.
France is made up of 13 regions which contain over 100 departments. These departments are made up of 334 ‘arrondissements’, which are towns and villages. Each of these region and departments has their own specialties, things to do and most probably cheeses. In fact France produces about 400 different kinds of cheese and each one will have local variations so there are probably thousands out there.
France is a pretty diverse country with lots to offer and lots to do. You can ski or snowboard in the Alps, swim in the Mediterranean, fish in the Bay of Biscay, walk and bike in the countryside for days on end or visit fabulous chateaux and palaces. You can go boating, hang-gliding, parasailing, para-gliding or cycle along sections of the famous Tour de France and even drive through the streets of Monaco where the Monaco Grand Prix is held.
The regions of France
Grand-Est
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Occitanie
Hauts-de-France
Normandie
Bretagne
Corse
Centre
Île-de-France – Paris
Pays de la Loire
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Franc is bigger than you think – France Travel Guide For Kids
Did you know that France has more time zones than any other country in the world?
This is because France also has ’11 Overseas Territories’ which are located all over the world.
Click to view the overseas territoriesRéunion
Guadeloupe
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Martinique
Mayotte
New Caledonia
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Martin
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Wallis and Futuna
Quick Facts: – France Travel Guide For Kids
Population: 65,248,041 (2018)
Languages Spoken: French (official),
Currency: Euro
Capital City: Paris
Airport Codes for France
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Ajaccio | AJA | |
Albi | LBI | |
Annecy | NCY | |
Aurillac | AUR | |
Bastia | BIA | |
Bergerac – Roumanieres | EGC | |
Biarritz | BIQ | |
Bordeaux – Bordeaux Airport | BOD | |
Brest | BES | |
Calvi | CLY | |
Cannes – Mandelieu Airport | CEQ | |
Chambery | CMF | |
Clermont Ferrand | CFE | |
Dinard | DNR | |
Disneyland Paris | DLP | |
Figari | FSC | |
Frejus | FRJ | |
Grenoble | GNB | |
La Rochelle | LRH | |
Lannion | LAI | |
Lille – Lille Airport | LIL | |
Limoges | LIG | |
Lorient | LRT | |
Lourdes/Tarbes | LDE | |
Lyon – Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport | LYS | |
Marseille – Marseille Provence Airport | MRS | |
Metz – Frescaty | MZM | |
Metz/Nancy Metz-Nancy-Lorraine | ETZ | |
Montpellier – Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport | MPL | |
Mulhouse | MLH | |
Nancy | ENC | |
Nantes – Nantes Atlantique Airport | NTE | |
Nice – Cote D’Azur Airport | NCE | |
Nimes | FNI | |
Paris | PAR | |
Paris – Charles de Gaulle | CDG | |
Paris – Le Bourget | LBG | |
Paris – Orly | ORY | |
Pau | PUF | |
Perpignan | PGF | |
Poitiers – Biard | PIS | |
Quimper | UIP | |
Rennes | RNS | |
Roanne | RNE | |
Rodez | RDZ | |
Saint Brieuc | SBK | |
St. Etienne | EBU | |
Strasbourg – Strasbourg Airport | SXB | |
Toulouse – Blagnac Airport | TLS |