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The following outline is provided as an overview and topical guide of France:
France – country in Western Europe with several overseas regions and territories. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. From its shape, it is often referred to in French as l’Hexagone ("The Hexagon").
Spain 623 km Belgium 620 km Switzerland 573 km
Italy 488 km Germany 451 km Luxembourg 73 km
Andorra 57 km Monaco 4 km
Brazil 673 km
Suriname 510 km
France is divided into 22 administrative Regions:
1. Alsace 2. Aquitaine 3. Auvergne 4. Lower Normandy 5. Burgundy 6. Brittany 7. Centre 8. Champagne-Ardenne 9. Corsica (special status) 10. Franche-Comté 11. Upper Normandy
12. Île-de-France 13. Languedoc-Roussillon 14. Limousin 15. Lorraine 16. Midi-Pyrénées 17. Nord-Pas de Calais 18. Pays de la Loire 19. Picardy 20. Poitou-Charentes 21. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 22. Rhône-Alpes
French departments are roughly analogous to English counties.
Metropolitan France is bordered by:
France is also linked to:
France's overseas departments share borders with:
François Hollande, current President of France
Charles de Gaulle was the leader (and General) of the Free French Forces during World War II, he founded the Provisional Government of the French Republic, was a prime minister of the French Fourth Republic, and was the first president of the French Fifth Republic.
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France is the most visited country in the world, receiving over 79 million foreign tourists annually (including business visitors, but excluding people staying less than 24 hours in France).[4]
The three stages of the education process in France:
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