FRANCE

FRANCE FACTS

• The capital is paris
• There president is François Hollande
• There prime minster is Manuel valls
• There government is Parliamentary Republic.
• There population is 66 million

NETHERLANDS

NETHERLAND FACTS

• Offical language is dutch
• 70% of the world's bacon comes from Netherlands.
• The Schiphol Airport is actually 4.5 m below sea level
• 75% of the world's flower bulb production comes from Netherlands
• It has more than 4,000 km of navigable canals, rivers and lakes

BELGIUM

BELGIUM FACTS

• Capital is brussels
• Official language is french,dutch,and german.
• The official name of Belgium is the Kingdom of Belgium.
• Belgium has a population of 10.5 million people (10,444,268) as of July 2013.
• There are three official languages in Belgium. Dutch, spoken by just under 60% of the population, mainly by the Flemish to the north in the Flanders area. French is spoken by around 40% of the population and mainly to the south in the Wallonia region. There is a small group of German-speakers in eastern Wallonia.

GERMANY

GERMANY FACTS

• Capital is berlin
• The name for Germany in the German language is Deutschland.
• The capital of Germany is Berlin, it is also the largest city.
• Germany is a member of the European Union.
• Germany has had an unsettled history, including the Nazi regime and tension between East and West Germany (which were reunified in 1990).

AUSTRIA

AUSTRIA FACTS

• Austria is officially called the Republic of Austria. In German it is called Osterreich which means "eastern kingdom" or "eastern empire".
• Austria is a landlocked country, with a land area of 83,855 km² (32,377 mi²).
• German is the official language of Austria and is spoken by over 88% of the population. Other local languages include Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Turkish and Polish.
• Austria has a population of over 8 million people (8,221,646) as of July 2013.
• Vienna is the capital and largest city of Austria, with a population over 1.7 million.

SWITZERLAND

SWITZERLAND

• The official name of Switzerland is Confoederatio Helvetica in Latin. Which means Swiss Confederation. The Latin name is only used on official documents but it is the reason why Switzerland's abbreviation is CH.
• Apart from occupation by Napoleon's France between 1798 and 1815 Switzerland has been an independent country since the year 1499.
• The capital of Switzerland is Bern, while the largest city is Zürich.
• For over 190 years Switzerland has been a neutral country during wartimes.
• Switzerland has 4 official languages: Swiss German which is spoken by over two thirds of the population, French, Italian, and Romansh.