France Informative Speech

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go to France? Try all the delicious foods see all the amazing sights. I’m going to tell you all about it. First I’m going to tell you about the geography of France. France is the largest country in western Europe. It is made up of high mountain ranges that separate it from Spain, Italy, and Switzerland. And it’s a large flat plain with several rivers. The rivers were mostly navigable (maneuverable or crossable) and they are also wide and deep enough to for ships to pass through. Most of France has a climate that is ideal for farming. France has very rich soil in their lowland for their crops so it’s easy to grow crops which also makes France an important food producer.
France's official name is the French Republic. France has a semi-Presidential Republic. It has both a President and a Prime Minister. The semi-presidential system (refered to as semi-presidentialism) is a system of government in which a popularly elected fixed term president and along with a prime minister and that is responsible to the government of a state. The current president and prime minister is Francois Hollande and Manuel Valls. The French parliament is the government building.
France’s first inhabitants are the French people that are the descendants of Gauls and Belgae, western
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Five of them are civil holidays (New Year's Day, May Day, Victory in Europe Day, Bastille Day and WWI Armistice Day) and they have six religious origin based on the Catholic faith (Easter Monday, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Assumption Day, All Saints' Day, and Christmas). France like many countries has a interest for popular sports like Rugby, Football, Horse racing, Cycling and basketball. Cycling is also a very well known sport. Sports that are typically played are cycling and horse racing. Cycling is a well followed sport and many people have it as a hobby. Horse racing in france is an important especially

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