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 | |  | | About France: |
 | Location: Europe
Status: UN Country
Capital City: Paris
Main Cities: Lyon, Marseille, Lille, Bordeaux, Toulouse
Population: 57,571,000
Area: 551,500 km2
Currency: 1 euro = 100 cents
Languages: French
Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Muslim |
| More about France: a republic in W Europe, between the English Channel, the Mediterranean, and the Atlantic: the largest country wholly in Europe; became a republic in 1793 after the French Revolution and an empire in 1804 under Napoleon; reverted to a monarchy (1815-48), followed by the Second Republic (1848-52), the Second Empire (1852-70), the Third Republic (1870-1940), and the Fourth and Fifth Republics (1946 and 1958); a member of the European Union. It is generally flat or undulating in the north and west and mountainous in the south and east. Official language: French. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Paris. Pop.: 60 434 000 (2004 est.). Area: (including Corsica) 551 600 sq. km (212 973 sq. miles) Related adjs: French , Gallic |
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