Although he was called the Sun King and built the ch teau de Versailles, the country suffered from war and poverty during his reign. The French Revolution ended the monarchy and set up the Republic. In 1791, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen proclaimed the principles of liberty and equality for all. It s oceanic in the west, Mediterranean in the south, semi-continental in the center and east.
Some regions are high enough to have a mountain climate.
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