France

France, officially de French Republic, be a country wey dey locate primarily insyd Western Europe. Ein overseas regions den territories dey include French Guiana insyd South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon insyd de North Atlantic, de French West Indies, den many islands insyd Oceania den de Indian Ocean, wey dey give am one of de largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones insyd de world. Metropolitan France dey share borders plus Belgium den Luxembourg to de north; Germany to de northeast; Switzerland to de east; Italy den Monaco to de southeast; Andorra den Spain to de south; den a maritime border plus de United Kingdom to de northwest. Ein metropolitan area dey extend from de Rhine to de Atlantic Ocean den from de Mediterranean Sea to de English Channel den de North Sea. Ein eighteen integral regions—five of wich dey overseas—dey span a combined area of 632,702 km2 (244,288 sq mi) wey e get an estimated total population of over 68.6 million. France be a semi-presidential republic wey ein capital, largest city den main cultural den economic centre be Paris.

 Demographics 

 Major cities 
France be a highly urbanised country, plus ein largest cities (for terms of metropolitan area population insyd 2021) be Paris (13,171,056 inh.), Lyon (2,308,818), Marseille (1,888,788), Lille (1,521,660), Toulouse (1,490,640), Bordeaux (1,393,764), Nantes (1,031,953), Strasbourg (864,993), Montpellier (823,120), den Rennes (771,320).
 Largest metropolitan areas insyd France

2021 censusRankNameRegionPop.RankNameRegionPop.1ParisÎle-de-France13,171,05611GrenobleAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes722,9042LyonAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes2,308,81812RouenNormandy709,0653MarseilleProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur1,888,78813NiceProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur626,2184LilleHauts-de-France1,521,66014ToulonProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur581,9485ToulouseOccitania1,490,64015ToursCentre-Val de Loire522,5976BordeauxNouvelle-Aquitaine1,393,76416NancyGrand Est508,7937NantesPays de la Loire1,031,95317Clermont-FerrandAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes508,6998StrasbourgGrand Est864,99318Saint-ÉtienneAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes500,5629MontpellierOccitania823,12019CaenNormandy478,10510RennesBrittany771,32020OrléansCentre-Val de Loire456,452

 References 

 External links 

 France at Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
 France at UCB Libraries GovPubs
 France at the EU

 Key Development Forecasts for France from International Futures

Economy

 INSEE

 OECD France statistics

Government
 France.fr – official French tourism site (insyd English)
 Gouvernement.fr – official site of the government (insyd French)
 Official site of the French public service – links to various administrations and institutions
 Official site of the National Assembly

Culture
 Contemporary French Civilization. Archived 27 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Journal, University of Illinois.
 FranceGuide. Archived 17 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Official site of the French Government Tourist Office.


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