1. Lake Annecy
   Lac du Melu
2. Lac du Bourget
   Lac Vert

Lac du Bourget is generally considered the deepest and, for much of the year, the largest lake in France. There are other lakes like Lake Geneva that are bigger, but that one straddles the border between France and Switzerland

1. Mont Blanc
   Mount Ventoux
2. Grande Casse
   Mont Pourri

Mont Blanc isn't just the name of a company that makes pens. The mountain, which means "White Mountain" in English, rises to 15,774 feet. It's the highest peak in all of France and also the highest in Europe west of the Caucasus range.

1. Germany
   Italy
2. Switzerland
   All of the above

France is the largest country in Western Europe, and its position makes it a hub of activity between many of the countries there since it borders so many. From France, you can get to Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain and Belgium, among others.

1. Spain
   Belgium
2. England
   Germany

The Pyrenees mountain range is the natural border between France and Spain. The highest point in the range is 11,168 feet, and it extends about 305 miles from the Mediterranean Sea to the Bay of Biscay in the Atlantic.

1. 36
   28
2. 22
   11

France used to be made up of 22 administrative regions. That included places like Burgundy, Alsace, Upper and Lower Normandy, Lorraine, Champagne-Ardenne and others. After 2015, they were reduced to 13 regions by merging several.

1. La Seine
   La Loire
2. La Rhine
   La Garonne

The river known as La Loire is 629 miles long. It's the longest in France and the 171st longest in the world. The valleys located along the Loire are known to be extremely lush and the location for exceptional vineyards and other crops.

1. 248,573 sq mi
   136,456 sq mi
2. 432, 980 sq mi
   330, 546 sq mi

Not all of France is located in France, but if you account for the overseas territories and the land it's on in Europe, you get a total area of 248,573 sq mi that makes up France. Metropolitan France is about 213,011 sq mi.

1. 2
   3
2. 4
   5

France lays claim to five overseas regions that, though they are miles away, still fall under the rule of the French government. They include Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte and Réunion. It's worth noting that they are just "overseas regions" and they are still collectivities, countries and territories that are technically different (and have their own rich histories and cultures).

1. Nice
   Rennes
2. Marseille
   Le Mans

Paris is an absolutely massive city with a population of 2.4 million. After Paris, the next largest city is Marseilles in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. Marseille, which dates all the way back to 600 B.C., has a population of about 870,000.

1. Paris
   Toulouse
2. Lyon
   Nice

Toulouse, sometimes called the Pink City, is on the River Garonne. The city started life as a Roman military outpost back in the second century B.C., as it was a prime location along the river for a trading spot.

1. Reims
   Le Havre
2. Nantes
   Bordeaux

Bordeaux wine is so popular, it's its own kind of wine, named for the region in France in which you'll find the city. Interestingly enough, there is no wine production in the actual city of Bordeaux, just the region outside of the city where the grapes are grown.

1. Bay of Biscay
   Mont Blanc
2. The Alps
   The Rhine river

The Upper Rhine river forms the natural border between France and Germany. The river is the second-longest in Europe and spans 760 miles. A number of Germany's most important cities like Cologne and Dusseldorf sit on the Rhine.

1. Colmar
   Cannes
2. Versailles
   All of the above

The city of Cannes, famous for its yearly film festival, is located on the French Riviera. That means it's right on the Mediterranean Sea. Despite its notoriety, it's a relatively small city with a population of around 74,000.

1. Chaîne Anglaise
   La Manche
2. Le Pass
   L'Eau du Nord

In France, the English Channel which is the body of water separating France from England is known as La Manche. That translates literally as "the sleeve." They've been using that name for it since sometime in the 17th century.

1. Marseilles
   Toulon
2. Burgundy
   Dunkirk

Marseilles is the city that sits at the mouth of the Rhone where it empties into the Mediterranean Sea. It's France's largest city on the sea and their largest port as well. It was originally founded as the Greek colony of Massalia.

1. A region
   A town
2. A metropolitan area
   A state

France has 13 regions currently after some governmental restructuring, and Normandy is one of them. Historically, it was the Duchy of Normandy and was home to the Norman people who were a blend of the native residents of France and Vikings.

1. Hauts-de-France
   Nouvelle-Aquitaine
2. Brittany
   Occitanie

Right at the Western tip of France is where you'll find Brittany, which historically had a Celtic heritage. Britons settled here in the Dark Ages after escaping the Anglo-Saxon invasion in Great Britain.

1. Occitanie
   Alsace
2. Lorraine
   Corsica

Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea, and it's the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte, who would go on to become the Emperor of France. Corsica was ruled by the Republic of Genoa for a time and was its own Italian-speaking Republic before France took over.

1. 45
   70
2. 101
   110

In France, there are 101 departments (so long as you count the overseas territories, which would add another 5 to the 96 mainland, for a nice, round 101 departments in total). But just in what they call Metropolitan France, you're looking at 96.

1. Counties
   Arrondissements
2. Subsections
   Divisions

Those 13 regions are cut into 101 departments, which are then broken into an ungainly 332 arrondissements (including 12 overseas). That's based on 2019 numbers, and it changes more often than you'd think.

1. Dunkirk
   Saint-Pierre
2. Avignon
   Nancy

Dunkirk is near the border of Belgium and is the northernmost city in France. It's also the northernmost French-speaking location in Europe, though there are a few cities further north if you head to Quebec in Canada.

1. Switzerland
   Italy
2. Belgium
   Spain

The Alps stretch through eight countries, starting in France and ending in Slovenia. As far as France is concerned the mountain range creates a natural border between it and the country of Italy. The highest peak, Mont Blanc, spans the border between the two.

1. Courbevoire
   La Rochelle
2. La Baule
   Cergy

La Baule-Escoublac, usually just called La Baule, is a seaside town with a massive 9 kilometer (or about 5.5 mile) stretch of beach. It's not just the longest beach in France; it's the longest one in Europe as well.

1. Jura Mountains
   Carpathian Mountains
2. Ural Mountains
   Tatra Mountains

The French and Swiss border follows the path of the Jura Mountains. This is a heavily forested region across both countries, and in fact, the name Jura comes from the Celtic word "jor," which means forest.

1. A10
   A89
2. A4
   A17

Known as the A10, the longest road in France connects Pairs to Bordeaux and stretches an impressive 341 miles. The road also goes by the name of L'Aquitaine when A10 sounds just a bit too formal to use.

1. 6
   7
2. 8
   10

France is right in the middle of everything in Europe and shares a border with a total of eight different countries. They are Andorra, Monaco, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany.

1. Lutetia
   Galily
2. Nord
   Melun

Once upon a time when the Roman were busy conquering the known world, they settled in the area that is present-day Paris and established a city that was called Lutetia. The name Paris came from a local tribe of Celtic people called the Parisii.

1. Grand Est
   Pays de la Loire
2. Nouvelle-Aquitaine
   Hauts-de-France

The largest region in France by area is Nouvelle-Aquitaine, which has an area of about 32,446 square miles. The second-largest region is actually not even in Europe. French Guiana is almost as large as Nouvelle-Aquitaine; it just happens to be an island near South America.

1. Burgundy
   Lyon
2. Strasbourg
   Rennes

Lyon was once known by the somewhat overwhelming name Colonia Copia Claudia Augusta Lugdunum. It was the capital of Gaul, but these days it's the third-largest city in the entire country with a population of about 513,000.

1. Corsica
   Spain
2. Andorra
   Germany

The countries of Germany and France shared a border with the Vosges Mountain range. They're not a particularly massive range of mountains, and the highest peak is called Grand Ballon, which gets up to 4,672 feet.

1. Dijon
   Paris
2. Lourdes
   Calais

Dijon is the city that lies the furthest east in this list. Like many French cities, Dijon was once a Roman settlement that was, at the time, known as Divio. Yes, this is also the birthplace of Dijon mustard, where a man named Jean Naigeon substituted the acidic green juice of unripe grapes for vinegar in traditional mustard.

1. Albi
   Bordeaux
2. Toulouse
   Nice

Toulouse is the most populous town in the region known as Occitanie. The population is roughly 458,298, which makes Toulouse also the fourth most populous town in the entire country. A good portion of the population in the area also speak the language called Occitan.

1. Côte d'Ivoir
   La Manche
2. La Poubelle
   Côte d'Azur

The Côte d'Azur is along the Mediterranean coast of France, though most people know it better in English as the French Riviera. It stretches from Cassis in the west to Menton at the France–Italy border in the east.

1. Montignac
   Marseilles
2. Monpellier
   Grenoble

The Lascaux Caves are located near Montignac, France and are one of the most historically significant locations in all of Europe if not the world. There are cave pantings inside Lascaux Caves that are believed to be 17,000 years old.

1. Nimes
   Angers
2. Lille
   Lamanère

The village of Lamanère is the southernmost town in all of France. Despite the distinction of being the southernmost town in the country, there's not a lot of stuff going on that makes it noteworthy since less than 50 people actually live there.