First I wanted to apologize for replying to your comment so late… I just didn’t see it coming through my wall! If you’d like to go to the Alps between January and April, it will definitely be Winter (and cold!). Here are more photos of the seasons of the year in France, starting with winter.īonjour Brittney. Pictures of the seasons of the year in France June-July-August-September Autumn – l’automne Winter – l’hiverĭecember-January-February-March Spring – le printemps In addition, here are the seven days of the week in French:Īll weekdays are masculine and are preceded with the article le.Ĭlick on the images below to reach our dedicated pages on the seasons of France. Note that all seasons are masculine and are therefore preceded with the article le or l’. Let’s learn about the 12 months and 4 seasons in France… in French, starting with winter. Autumn would begin on September 1 and end on November 30.Summer would be between June 1 and August 31.Spring would begin on 1 March and end on 31 May.Winter would generally cover a period from 1 December to 28 February.These two periods represent winter and summer.Ī study carried out by the Weather Channel for the years 2000/2013 confirmed this fact by indicating that there would be a gap of about 20% in relation to the dates on the calendar. In order not to let the world die, a compromise was found between Zeus, Hades and Demeter: Persephone had to spend six months in the underworld and six months on Earth. Wanting to recover her daughter, Demeter, goddess of agriculture and harvests, stopped making the earth bear fruit. The cycle of the seasons is also present in Greek mythology with the myth of Persephone.ĭaughter of Zeus and Demeter, she married against her will the god Hades who held her prisoner in the underworld. The seasons of the year in Greek mythology Then, astronomer Hipparchus of Nicaea discovered the precession of the equinoxes in the 2nd century AD. In the 3rd century BC, the astronomer and mathematician Eratosthenes managed to calculate the inclination of the earth’s axis, the phenomenon responsible for the seasons. The notion of the season has been known since the Ancient Times. The Ancient Times and the seasons of the year in France The spring and autumn equinoxes and the summer and winter solstices mark the beginning of each season. These four periods of the year have approximately constant weather conditions. These four seasons (spring, summer, autumn and winter) each last about three months.
The tilt of the Earth’s axis combined with the rotation of the Earth around the Sun produces an alternation of seasons. The Earth revolves around the Sun in 365 days. 13 Like what you read? Pin it now! What is a season in France?
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