Geography
Due to its roughly six-sided shape, France has been dubbed ‘L’Hexagone’ by its inhabitants. Paris sits in the north of the hexagon, along the Seine River, which runs north-west out of the city to the English Channel. While bordered by six other western European nations, mainland France also enjoys over 3,400 kilometres of coastline: the…
France Timeline
250 BC Celtic Parisii tribe establishes fishing village on banks of the Seine 52 BC Julius Caesar seizes control of Gaul, quashing revolt led by Vercingetorix 250 AD St. Denis, Paris’ first bishop, martyred at Montmartre 506 Clovis I makes Paris capital of his Merovingian dynasty 987 Hugues Capet establishes Capetian Dynasty, which will last…
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