France

Summary :

INTRODUCTION

NATURE

HOUSES

OUR LANDSCAPE

THE TEMPEST

Introduction

France is a country with a lot of mountains and a lot of big plains. Here, we are speaking about the “Loire” which there are some mountains. In winter there is some snow : in some parts of the” Loire” there is a lot of snow in winter. There are some photos.

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NATURE

There are ten villages in the “canton” (the area)

They are as beautiful as the landscapes.

There are : Champoly, Chausseterre, Chérier, Crémeaux, Juré, Saint Just en Chevalet, Saint Marcel d’Urfé, Saint Priest la Prugne, Saint Romain d’Urfé and la Tuilière .

There are 31% of woods in the area.

Crémeaux and Juré: less than 20% of forests.

Chérier, Saint Just en Chevalet,Saint Marcel D’Urfés and Saint Romain d’Urfé from 20% to 30% of forest .

Champoly and la Tuiliére: from 30% to 50% of forests.

Saint Priest la Prune and Chausseterre : more than 50 % of forests.

There are mainly firs trees in these forests.

The quality of the wood is good.

In these small villages there aren’t many broad-leaved.

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HOUSES

The roofs of the houses are covered with red tiles. The walls of typical houses are made of stones but recent houses are painted in a soft colour (beige, sandy colours)

The windows are made of wood with shutters.

Houses usually have two floors with a balcony but there are also houses without any floors.

These houses usually have a terrace.

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Our landscape

St Just en Chevalet village

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The tempest

In 1999, on the 26^th of December there was a tempest.

More than 300 millions of trees were down after the tempest. (4% of the forest in France), not to mention all the trees which had to be cut after.

62 persons were killed and more than 150 persons were injured.

In the park of the castle in Versailles ten thousands trees were destroyed.

It will take 100 years to have the same trees.

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RETOUR

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