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France
Location:
France, officially
French Republic (in French, République
Française), country in western Europe,
bounded on the north by the English Channel, the
Strait of Dover, and the North Sea (which separate
it from Great Britain); by Belgium, Luxembourg,
and Germany on the north-east; on the east by
Germany, Switzerland, and Italy; on the south-east
by the Mediterranean Sea; on the south by Spain;
and on the west by the Bay of Biscay (an arm of
the Atlantic Ocean).
France is
approximately hexagonal in shape, with an extreme
length from north to south of about 965 km (600
mi) and a maximum width of about 935 km (580 mi).
The capital and largest city is Paris.
The
republic of France includes ten overseas possessions.
These include the overseas departments of French
Guiana, in South America; Martinique and Guadeloupe,
in the Caribbean; and Réunion, in the Indian
Ocean. Territorial collectivities and dependencies
include St Pierre and Miquelon, Mayotte, New Caledonia,
French Polynesia, the French Southern and Antarctic
Territories, and Wallis and Futuna Islands.
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