Official Name: Republique Francaise (Republic of France)
Area: 551,000 sq km
Population: 57,287,000
Capital: Paris 2,152,000 inhabitants (City of Paris); 10,740,000 inhabitants (Ile-de-France or Paris region)
Main Cities: 12 cities with more than 350,000 inhabitants, including:
Lyon 1,260,000; Marseille 1,200,000; Lille 1 million;
Bordeaux 700,000; Toulouse 650,000; Nantes 500,000;
Strasbourg 400,000
People: 92% French, 3% North African, 2% German, 1% Breton, 2% Other
Languages: French, minority Breton, Alsatian German, Flemish, Italian, Basque, Catalan
Religion: 90% Roman Catholic, 2% Muslim, 1% Protestant, 1% Jewish, 6% Other
Government: Democracy
President: Jacques Chirac
Prime Minister: Lionel Jospin
Currency: French Franc (FF)
Electricity: 220 vac
Countries bordering France:
Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain,
Monaco and Andorra and across the Channel, the United Kingdom
Bodies of water bordering France:
North Sea, English Channel, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea
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