FranceListe CR, n° 159 · History, geography and culture

Which country borders mainland France in the north-east?

In the exam (French)

Quel pays a une frontière avec la France métropolitaine au nord-est ?

  1. aItalyL’Italie
  2. bSpainL’Espagne
  3. cLuxembourgLe LuxembourgCorrect answer
  4. dPortugalLe Portugal

Why?

In the north-east, France borders Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. Spain is in the south-west, on the other side of the Pyrenees, and Italy in the south-east. Portugal has no border with 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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