France
Country name:
- conventional long form: French Republic
- conventional short form: France
- local long form: Republique Francaise
- local short form: France
Location: France is located in western
Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and English Channel,
between
Belgium and
Spain,
southeast of the
UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between
Italy and
Spain.
Geographic coordinates: 46º 00 N', 2º 00' E
Total area: 547.030 km²
- land: 545.630 km²
- water: 1.400 km²
Land boundaries:
- total: 2.889 km
- border countries: Andorra 56.6 km,
Belgium 620 km,
Germany 451 km,
Italy 488 km,
Luxembourg 73 km, Monaco 4.4 km,
Spain 623 km,
Switzerland 573 km
Coastline: 3.427 km
Elevation extremes:
- lowest point: Rhone River delta -2 m
- highest point: Mont Blanc 4.807 m
Population of France: 60.656.178 (July 2005 est.)
Capital of France is Paris
Administrative divisions: France is divided in 22 regions (regions, singular - region);
- Alsace
- Aquitaine
- Auvergne
- Basse-Normandie
- Bourgogne
- Bretagne
- Centre
- Champagne-Ardenne
- Corse
- Franche-Comte
- Haute-Normandie
- Ile-de-France
- Languedoc-Roussillon
- Limousin
- Lorraine
- Midi-Pyrenees
- Nord-Pas-de-Calais
- Pays de la Loire
- Picardie
- Poitou-Charentes
- Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
- Rhone-Alpes
note: metropolitan France is divided into 22 regions (including the "territorial collectivity" of Corse or Corsica) and is subdivided into 96 departments;
National holiday: Bastille Day, 14 July
Currency (code): euro (EUR)
Internet country code: .fr
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