FranceListe CR, n° 150 · History, geography and culture

Which country shares a land border with mainland France?

In the exam (French)

Quel pays a une frontière terrestre avec la France métropolitaine ?

  1. aPortugalLe Portugal
  2. bThe NetherlandsLes Pays-Bas
  3. cBelgiumLa BelgiqueCorrect answer
  4. dAustriaL’Autriche

Why?

Mainland France shares a land border with 8 countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Andorra and Monaco. Portugal, Austria and the Netherlands do not touch mainland France.

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Source

Knowledge questions: Ministry of the Interior (DIAN), official lists of knowledge questions CSP and CR, formation-civique.interieur.gouv.fr, Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 21 October 2026; the official list for naturalisation, immigration.interieur.gouv.fr (DGEF), Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 25 October 2026. The answer options, the explanations, the situations and the English translation are ours, written with AI; in the exam the questions are in French. This is not a ministry service.

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