Capital: PARIS
Area: 248,573 Km²
Population: 67,595 000 inhabitants
Climate: Mediterranean, characterized by mild winters and hot summers, lots of sunshine and frequent strong winds. There are few rainy days, irregularly distributed over the year.
Language: French
Telephone code: + 33
France is bordered by the North Sea to the north, the English Channel to the northwest, the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the southeast. It borders Belgium and Luxembourg to the northeast, Germany and Switzerland to the east, Italy and Monaco to the southeast and Spain and Andorra to the southeast. west.
The territory of France is in the shape of a hexagon. . Balanced, it opens onto three large maritime facades and is limited by three land borders. To the south, the border with Spain is formed by the chain of the Pyrenees. To the east, the Alps and the Jura close the borders with Italy and Switzerland, while the Middle Rhine separates France from Germany. To the north, the border with Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium is on the contrary much more open. France has the exceptional privilege of opening onto three maritime facades, if not four. To the south it is Mediterranean, to the southwest it is Atlantic and to the northwest it opens onto the English Channel and the North Sea.