| Official name: |
French Republic
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| Capital: |
Paris
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| Area: |
total: 547,030 sq km
land: 545,630 sq km
note: includes only metropolitan France; excludes the overseas administrative divisions
water: 1,400 sq km
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| Climate: |
generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral
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| Location: |
Western Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain
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| Geographic coordinates: |
46 00 N, 2 00 E
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| Comparative Area: |
slightly less than twice the size of Colorado
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| Land boundaries: |
total: 2,889 km
border countries: Andorra 56.6 km, Belgium 620 km, Germany 451 km, Italy 488 km, Luxembourg 73 km, Monaco 4.4 km, Spain 623 km, Switzerland 573 km
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| Coastline: |
3,427 km
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| Terrain: |
mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in north and west; remainder is mountainous, especially Pyrenees in south, Alps in east
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| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Rhone River delta -2 m
highest point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m
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