France

France France, also known as the French Republic or Repulique Francaise is country in western Europe and is one of the most popular countries in the world. It is also one of the oldest and historically and culturally most important nations of Europe and indeed, of the whole Western world. It is the biggest country in Europe. The population is nearly 55 million people. It lies near the western end of the great Eurasian landmass, largely between latitudes 42 degrees and 51 degrees north, and covers a total area of 210,026 square miles. Roughly hexagonal in outline, its continental territory is bordered on the northeast by Belgium and Luxembourg, on the east by Germany, Switzerland and Italy. From the south by the Mediterranean Sea, Spain and Andorra, on the west by the Bay Biscay and the north it faces southeastern England. The capital is Paris. Paris, the hub of France is by far the largest urban agglomeration and cultural center. The city and its immediate environs house roughly one-fifth of the total population. The rest is distributed unevenly across more than 36,000 communes, France’s smallest administrative units. Paris was founded more than 2,000 years ago on an paris, city, western, one, museum, world, intellectual, france, europe, cultural, center, trees, theaters, theater, parks, oldest, new, modern, main, france’s, fashion, country, century, been, years, total, square, shops, roughly, river, powerhouse, population, popular, north, national