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French civic exam: numbers to remember

52 official questions have a number as their answer: 23 for the multi-year residence card, 16 for the resident card and 28 for naturalisation. Here they all are, with a quiz to test yourself.

Your application

52 questions, all applications · 29 numbers to remember

Every application type is shown. 52 questions, 29 numbers to remember.

CSP = multi-year residence card · CR = resident card · NAT = naturalisation

Terms of office10 questions

How long are the President, députés and senators elected for?

5years

President of the Republic, députés, European elections

CSPCRNAT
The 5 official questions

6years

Senators, municipal council and mayor

Half of the Senate is renewed every 3 years.

CSPCRNAT
The 5 official questions
How many?11 questions

How many departments, regions and communes are there?

Ages18 questions

At what age can you vote, work, start school?

18years old

Voting, majority, standing in municipal elections, buying alcohol

CSPCRNAT
The 6 official questions

500sponsorships

from elected officials to stand for President (and aged at least 18)

NAT
The 2 official questions

3 to 16years old

Compulsory education, for all children

Children go to école maternelle from 3 to 6.

CSPCRNAT
The 7 official questions
Daily life12 questions

Emergency numbers, working hours, deadlines: daily life

5days

To register a birth at the town hall’s civil registry

CSPNAT
The 2 official questions
Constitution1 question

What majority is needed to amend the Constitution?

Side by side

Numbers not to mix up

In 20 questions, a close number hides among the wrong options. Side by side, the difference is easy to see.

Regions

13in mainland France

5overseas

18regions in all

How to tell them apart: 18 regions in all: 13 in mainland France and 5 overseas. 27 is the number of EU member states.

Emergency numbers

How to tell them apart: 15 for the SAMU, 17 for the police, 18 for the fire brigade. And 112 for any emergency.

Test yourself: 10 number questions

Short practice on the questions on this page, in French as in the exam, with the English underneath. After each answer: the correction and the explanation. Questions from every application type.

Question 1 of 10Score: 0
  1. Question 1 of 10

    Pour combien de temps est élu le président de la République française ?

    For how long is the President of the French Republic elected?

  2. Question 2 of 10

    Quelle est la durée du mandat du Président de la République française ?

    What is the term of office of the President of the French Republic?

  3. Question 3 of 10

    Pour combien de temps sont élus les députés ?

    For how long are members of the National Assembly (députés) elected?

  4. Question 4 of 10

    Quelle est la durée du mandat des députés ?

    What is the term of office of members of the National Assembly (députés)?

  5. Question 5 of 10

    À quelle fréquence les élections européennes sont-elles organisées ?

    How often are European elections held?

  6. Question 6 of 10

    Pour combien de temps sont élus les sénateurs ?

    For how long are senators elected?

  7. Question 7 of 10

    Quelle est la durée du mandat des sénateurs ?

    What is the term of office of senators?

  8. Question 8 of 10

    Quand sont élus les sénateurs ?

    When are senators elected?

  9. Question 9 of 10

    Quelle est la durée du mandat du conseil municipal et du maire ?

    How long is the term of office of the municipal council and the mayor?

  10. Question 10 of 10

    Quelles sont les durées du mandat du conseil municipal et du maire ?

    What are the terms of office of the municipal council and the mayor?

Teachers and associations: the sheet fits on 2 pages. Free, no account, print it and hand it out.

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Sources

The questions are the official lists of the French Ministry of the Interior: formation-civique.interieur.gouv.fr(multi-year card, resident card) and immigration.interieur.gouv.fr(naturalisation). Each answer is checked against the text cited on the question’s page, on Légifranceor service-public.fr.

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