Web Sites for
Countries and Cultures: France
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Maps
http://earth.google.com/
This is free to download – click on download Google Earth 4
http://www.oddizzi.com/
Useful interactive map
France
www.franceguide.com/
www.justfrance.org/
Links to the major towns in France, France’s history and culture
www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107517.html
Statistics on France, the land and people
www.map-of-france.co.uk/
Interactive map with regions and cities
France – Regions
www.france-pub.com/list_regions.html
Really useful website - interactive map, click on the regions to find out more
information about them
www.discover-france.info/regions.htm
Map of France showing the different regions. Click on them for a link to the regions.
www.travelnotes.org/1800/France/index.htm
Interactive map showing the different regions of France
www.frenchentree.com/regions-france-holiday/
www.francethisway.com/regions.php
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranked_list_of_French_regions
List of regions and their populations
France – Cities
www.us.franceguide.com/What-to-do/Top-French-Cities/Discover-our-cities
Click on the cities to find out more information
www.bonjourlafrance.net/france-map/map-of-france-cities.htm
www.frenchconnections.co.uk/en/guide/city
Brief information on all of the French cities
Carcassonne
www.carcassonne.org/Carcassonne_EN.nsf/vueTitre/docpgeIntroVisiter
http://www.carcassonne.culture.fr/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14NibDZJaTI&eurl=http://iguide.travel/Carcasson
ne
Tourist video of Carcassonne – a good video but it needs to be forwarded to the
castle visit
Google Images
Agriculture
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107517.html
http://www.france.com/docs/52.html
Good for finding facts and statistics, but probably too detailed for children
Landscapes
www.flying.ineurope.co.uk/france/gatwick-uk-to-nice-france/
Birds-eye view of some landscapes in France
http://www.franceinphotos.com/
Photos of different landscapes
Google Images
Monet
www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/monet/
Catalogue of Monet’s work
www.artofmonet.com
Fantastic website showing Monet’s artwork, history and inspirations
http://giverny.org/gardens/
http://giverny.org/giverny/
Links to Monet’s house & gardens at Giverny
Renoir
www.renoirgallery.com
www.mootnotes.com/art/renoir
Rivers & Bridges
http://about-france.com/french-rivers.htm
Click on a large map of Rivers and their locations. Statistics on the major rivers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4091813.stm
News Report on The Millau Bridge
http://ssa.paris.online.fr/pages/Bridges.htm
The Seine Bridges
www.pariswater.com/ponts/ponts.htm
French website, but it allows you to see the bridges and click to get larger photos
Camargue
www.languedoc-france.info/07020201_camargue.htm
www.beyond.fr/sites/camargue.html
www.franceway.com/regions/provence/camargue/camargue.htm
www.creme-de-languedoc.com/Languedoc/sightseeing/camargue.php
Marais Salants
www.terredesel.fr/,
www.mairie-batzsurmer.fr/1-135-244142/Le%20musée%20des%20marais%20salants.htm
Museum website with lots of information - you need to click on ‘translate’ on the
Google page to get it in English
Chauvet Pont D’Arc
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/index.html
Story and interactive photos about the cave
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=y0ieVPUFpIw
Video stills of the cave paintings with music
http://vm.kemsu.ru/en/palaeolith/shove.html
Cave story link
Castlemoron-d’Albret
www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/France/Aquitaine/Castelmoron_dAlbret131679/TravelGuide-Castelmoron_dAlbret.html
Click on the photos section to see more of the village
There isn’t a lot of information about this commune but you can find out more about
the area by searching for the Aquitaine region
Lyon
www.en.lyon-france.com/
Official website for Lyon
www.lyon.fr/vdl/sections/en/
A guide intended for locals, but useful for more information about the city
French Food
http://www.france-property-and-information.com/french_food.htm
An excellent overview of French cuisine
http://www.aftouch-cuisine.com/regions-de-france_l2.htm
A great map split into regions showing specialities in each one
http://www.nationmaster.com/country/fr-france/agr-agriculture
Statistics!
http://www.france-property-and-information.com/map_of_france.htm
Maps of land use in France (some are quite old...) – takes a while to download
http://maps.howstuffworks.com/france-land-use-map.htm
Basic map showing land use across whole country
http://www.francethisway.com/frenchfood.php
Lots of recipes
http://www.francethisway.com/foodinfrance.php
Food by region
http://www.ffcook.com/
All about French cuisine with recipes and more
http://www.ffcook.com/pages/dinner.htm - great for images
http://www.letscookfrench.com/general/home.cfm
Hundreds of recipes
http://www.cuisine-france.com/recipes/region.htm
Recipes by region
http://www.beyond.fr/food/index.html
French Provencal Food and Cooking
http://www.frenchcookingfood.com/
French cooking by course
http://frenchfood.about.com/od/explorefrenchfood/p/frenchcourse.htm
Explains different courses of a French meal
http://www.indigoguide.com/france/french-cuisine.htm
A wordy but useful and detailed guide to regional food across many regions
http://www.kids-cooking-activities.com/cooking-French-lesson.html
French recipes for children – great!!
http://iguide.travel/France/Eating
Unusual foods, bread, cheese etc (scroll down for the menu)
Unusual Foods
http://www.frenchentree.com/france-provence-fooddrink/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=17402
Camargue rice
http://iguide.travel/France/Eating/Unusual_foods
Various
http://french.about.com/library/begin/bl_food.htm
Perfect for food vocabulary
http://french.about.com/library/express/blex-pain2.htm
All about the many different types of bread
http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Recipe
Useful advice on writing recipes for the teacher to read/ share with the children
http://www.food-worldwide.com/
Search for French recipes