Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
Located in French Guiana it covers 33,900 square kilometres (13,090 sq mi) of land or 41% of land area of the territory.
This makes it the largest National Park not only in France (French Guiana is considered an overseas department of France and hence is also part of the EU), but the biggest in the entire European Union.
More about the park:
The video above from mapsinanutshell, shows The Battle of Tours (also known as The Battle of Poitiers) in 732, which helped save Europe.
More about it below:
And here’s what happened next:
It’s the work Yanko Tsvetkov and was created in 2015 as part of his Atlas of Prejudice map series.
Titled the Culinary Map of Europe According to France, it’s a funny look at how the French look down at the rest of Europe’s food choices.
But before continuing, keep in mind this map is satire.
The video above shows the evolution of France’s borders between 985 and 1947, when it finally arrived at the boarders it still has in 2025.
Here are some of the major key dates:
Here are the details according to Wikipedia:
The map above shows the ceded to France from Italy in the Paris Peace Treaty Of 1947. The map is from the Office of the Geographer, Department of State and reads:
