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France
(
French Republic
)
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Unitary sovereign state & transcontinental country. Territory
in western Europe & several overseas regions and territories.
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European area of France extends from Mediterranean Sea to
Channel and North Sea, and from Rhine to Atlantic Ocean.
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Overseas France: French Guiana (South American) & islands
in Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.
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66,736,000 inhabitants on 643,801 km
2
= 116/km
2
.
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Capital = Paris: 2.2 (12) million inhabitants.