FRANCE
France (French: La France), officially the French Republic (French: la République française), is a constitutional republic with a centralized system and a parliamentary a tendency presidential, and a population of about 66 million inhabitants, is located in Western Europe, and has several regions and territories scattered worldwide [Note 2] capital of Paris, and its official language is French and the euro currency motto (freedom equality fraternity), flag consists of three colors, respectively vertical blue, white, red national anthem is Amarsez.
France is an old country configured back to the Middle Ages, and is considered one of the important areas in Europe since the Middle Ages, has arrived in France to the height of its power during the 19th century and early 20th century, it had the second largest colonial empire in 1950.
France is one of the founding countries of the European Union, and one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, it is also a member of several international institutions, including the Francophonie, the Group of Eight and the Group of Twenty, NATO, the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development and the World Trade Organization, and the Latin Union , which is the largest country in Western Europe and the European Union in terms of area and the third largest country in Europe in general, after Russia and Ukraine,
France plays a prominent role in the history of the world through the influence of culture and the spread of the French language, and values of democracy, secularism and republic in the entire five continents, and France is a global hub prominent culture and fashion and lifestyle, which includes the fourth-largest list in terms of the World Heritage Sites of UNESCO, the number of visitors from tourists an average of 83 million foreign tourists per year more than any other country in the entire world.
France is one of the giants in the fields of economic, military and political important in Europe in particular and the world in general It is the sixth largest country in terms of military spending in the world, and the third-largest stockpile of nuclear weapons, and the second largest diplomatic corps after United States. It is also the second largest economy in Europe. and the fifth in terms of GDP in the world. in terms of total household wealth, France is the richest country in Europe and fourth in the world. French citizen enjoys a high standard of living, his country is a good performance in the rankings of education and health care, and civil liberties, and human development index
Geography
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Geography of France
France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel until the North Sea, and from the Rhine River to the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of three states (along with Morocco and Spain) that have the Atlantic coast and the other Mediterranean. , Often referred to as the hexagon any b (in French: Hexagone) due to their shape pistol.
While the main section is located to France in Western Europe, France also formed from some of the small territory in North America, the Caribbean, South America, Western Indian Ocean and the South, the North and South Pacific, and Antarctica (not recognized by most countries).
France has a large variety of landscapes, ranging from coastal plains in the north and west, which constitute two-thirds of the total area of France , where the juxtaposition of France, the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, to the mountains in the south-western region and the Alps in the south-eastern region. In the middle regions of high, rocky and heavily wooded, in addition to comprehensive river basin. The mountains are the main Alps, and is the highest peak of the Moon Blanc, which is the highest mountain in Western Europe, 4808 meters, and the Pyrenees, and the Jura, Les Ardenne, but Omasev Central, and cohort .
Because of its divisions overseas numerous territories scattered in all oceans, France has the second largest special economic zones (EEZ) in the world, covering 11,035,000 km 2, just behind the Special Economic Zone of the United States (11.351.000 square kilometers), and before the economic zone private, Australia (8.232.000 square kilometers). Cover the special economic zone in France about 8% of the total surface of each special economic zones of the world, while the size of the area of the French Republic only 0.45% of the total land area of the Earth.
Surface
French regions differ from each other in terms of geography and consists of two regions north and west of the mainly flat plains and undulating hills and mountains rise in the regions of East, Central and South of the country. The French territory is divided into ten regions are: the hills of Brittany Normandy, and the plains of Northern France, and the plateau north-east and the Valley of the Rhine, and the land low Aloquetanah, and the Central Highlands, and the French Alps and the Jura Mountains and the Pyrenees, and the region low on the Mediterranean Sea and the Rhone Valley Elson and finally Island Corsica.
Brittany Hills Normandy consists of rounded hills and plains scalable and Earth rocks immemorial covered with poor soil fertile parts along the coast and the apple orchards and dairy farms and grassy areas. There are many bays make their rugged coastlines in which a number of important ports for fishing. The plains of northern France. This is characterized by plains with fertile soil and abundant production industries. These flat plains and hills interspersed with scalable and hills covered with forests. Paris is located in this region distinct population density. The Paris Basin area round and wide being the Seine River and other major rivers, as there are coal mines, near the Belgian border.
Northern Highlands is located where the mountains of eastern Alerddens which extends inside the Belgian border. This region covered forest increasingly rougher in the south-eastern mountains when Vosdz, which contains large amounts of iron ore, which is used in the manufacturing process of iron and steel, and farmers raising cattle, and growing many types of crop varieties.
Rhine Valley province is characterized by severe slopes and flat ground in the fertile valleys and farms along the river. This is the river that forms the borders with France, Germany, the road is the main river in Europe, and roads and rail lines Bmoisath task.
Aloquetanah being low land where the Garonne River and the streams that feed them, and sandy beaches stretching along the coast. Abound pine forests in the central part of the county, where there are also sloping plains and dunes of sand and grape orchards abound in it. And near Landis no oil and gas fields. There is a wooded area about 100 kilometers south of the port of Bordeaux.
The high lands of Central and sparsely populated with poor soil areas except the valleys, where it is grown rye and other crops and sheep grazed in the lower lands grasslands, and forests cover the slopes. The Loire River originates from France's longest river, the mountains Seveni.
Region of the French Alps and the Jura mountains form the border with Italy, Switzerland and the rise summit Mont Blanc 4,807 m the highest summit in France. Tourists come to the nearby Chamonix and other resorts. Mountain streams and provide the region large amounts of electrical energy.
Pyrenees, located along the border with France, Spain and the tops rise to more than 3,000 m and this rugged areas weak soil.
Depressions Mediterranean and the Rhone Valley Elson. Where areas of fertile agricultural produce, fruits, vegetables and grapes, which is used in the wine industry and the method is used for irrigation in the region frequently. The Port of Marseille in the French Riviera on the Mediterranean Sea, one of the main ports of France.
Corsica, a French island located on the Mediterranean Sea, 160 km south-east of mainland France. The hills and mountains of Corsica is similar to the mountains and hills of the central highlands which are of poor soils in general, and the rocky coastline and steep cultivated crops in the valleys and sheep graze on the slopes of the mountains.
Transport and Communications
France has the fastest trains in the world, The train, which runs between Paris and Lyon speed up to 300 km / h. The airports of Orly and Charles de Gaulle of the busiest and there are several airports in other cities, as many of the ships operating in the transfer of some rivers and canals.
Published in the daily newspaper France 85, the most widespread newspaper Aust France (western France) and published in the city of Rennes in 45 different edition. It is the other major daily newspapers: Le Figaro and Le Monde and France bracelet and Libération. It is important news weeklies: Crown Express newspaper me Nouvel Observateur, France has many radio and television networks runs mostly independent government agencies. The annual tax on TVs and radios to secure the necessary funding for radio and television. And oversees a government agency on the French film industry.
France is an old country configured back to the Middle Ages, and is considered one of the important areas in Europe since the Middle Ages, has arrived in France to the height of its power during the 19th century and early 20th century, it had the second largest colonial empire in 1950.
France is one of the founding countries of the European Union, and one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, it is also a member of several international institutions, including the Francophonie, the Group of Eight and the Group of Twenty, NATO, the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development and the World Trade Organization, and the Latin Union , which is the largest country in Western Europe and the European Union in terms of area and the third largest country in Europe in general, after Russia and Ukraine,
France plays a prominent role in the history of the world through the influence of culture and the spread of the French language, and values of democracy, secularism and republic in the entire five continents, and France is a global hub prominent culture and fashion and lifestyle, which includes the fourth-largest list in terms of the World Heritage Sites of UNESCO, the number of visitors from tourists an average of 83 million foreign tourists per year more than any other country in the entire world.
France is one of the giants in the fields of economic, military and political important in Europe in particular and the world in general It is the sixth largest country in terms of military spending in the world, and the third-largest stockpile of nuclear weapons, and the second largest diplomatic corps after United States. It is also the second largest economy in Europe. and the fifth in terms of GDP in the world. in terms of total household wealth, France is the richest country in Europe and fourth in the world. French citizen enjoys a high standard of living, his country is a good performance in the rankings of education and health care, and civil liberties, and human development index
Geography
Crystal Clear app kdict.png detailed article: Geography of France
Geography of France
France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel until the North Sea, and from the Rhine River to the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of three states (along with Morocco and Spain) that have the Atlantic coast and the other Mediterranean. , Often referred to as the hexagon any b (in French: Hexagone) due to their shape pistol.
While the main section is located to France in Western Europe, France also formed from some of the small territory in North America, the Caribbean, South America, Western Indian Ocean and the South, the North and South Pacific, and Antarctica (not recognized by most countries).
France has a large variety of landscapes, ranging from coastal plains in the north and west, which constitute two-thirds of the total area of France , where the juxtaposition of France, the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, to the mountains in the south-western region and the Alps in the south-eastern region. In the middle regions of high, rocky and heavily wooded, in addition to comprehensive river basin. The mountains are the main Alps, and is the highest peak of the Moon Blanc, which is the highest mountain in Western Europe, 4808 meters, and the Pyrenees, and the Jura, Les Ardenne, but Omasev Central, and cohort .
Because of its divisions overseas numerous territories scattered in all oceans, France has the second largest special economic zones (EEZ) in the world, covering 11,035,000 km 2, just behind the Special Economic Zone of the United States (11.351.000 square kilometers), and before the economic zone private, Australia (8.232.000 square kilometers). Cover the special economic zone in France about 8% of the total surface of each special economic zones of the world, while the size of the area of the French Republic only 0.45% of the total land area of the Earth.
Surface
French regions differ from each other in terms of geography and consists of two regions north and west of the mainly flat plains and undulating hills and mountains rise in the regions of East, Central and South of the country. The French territory is divided into ten regions are: the hills of Brittany Normandy, and the plains of Northern France, and the plateau north-east and the Valley of the Rhine, and the land low Aloquetanah, and the Central Highlands, and the French Alps and the Jura Mountains and the Pyrenees, and the region low on the Mediterranean Sea and the Rhone Valley Elson and finally Island Corsica.
Brittany Hills Normandy consists of rounded hills and plains scalable and Earth rocks immemorial covered with poor soil fertile parts along the coast and the apple orchards and dairy farms and grassy areas. There are many bays make their rugged coastlines in which a number of important ports for fishing. The plains of northern France. This is characterized by plains with fertile soil and abundant production industries. These flat plains and hills interspersed with scalable and hills covered with forests. Paris is located in this region distinct population density. The Paris Basin area round and wide being the Seine River and other major rivers, as there are coal mines, near the Belgian border.
Northern Highlands is located where the mountains of eastern Alerddens which extends inside the Belgian border. This region covered forest increasingly rougher in the south-eastern mountains when Vosdz, which contains large amounts of iron ore, which is used in the manufacturing process of iron and steel, and farmers raising cattle, and growing many types of crop varieties.
Rhine Valley province is characterized by severe slopes and flat ground in the fertile valleys and farms along the river. This is the river that forms the borders with France, Germany, the road is the main river in Europe, and roads and rail lines Bmoisath task.
Aloquetanah being low land where the Garonne River and the streams that feed them, and sandy beaches stretching along the coast. Abound pine forests in the central part of the county, where there are also sloping plains and dunes of sand and grape orchards abound in it. And near Landis no oil and gas fields. There is a wooded area about 100 kilometers south of the port of Bordeaux.
The high lands of Central and sparsely populated with poor soil areas except the valleys, where it is grown rye and other crops and sheep grazed in the lower lands grasslands, and forests cover the slopes. The Loire River originates from France's longest river, the mountains Seveni.
Region of the French Alps and the Jura mountains form the border with Italy, Switzerland and the rise summit Mont Blanc 4,807 m the highest summit in France. Tourists come to the nearby Chamonix and other resorts. Mountain streams and provide the region large amounts of electrical energy.
Pyrenees, located along the border with France, Spain and the tops rise to more than 3,000 m and this rugged areas weak soil.
Depressions Mediterranean and the Rhone Valley Elson. Where areas of fertile agricultural produce, fruits, vegetables and grapes, which is used in the wine industry and the method is used for irrigation in the region frequently. The Port of Marseille in the French Riviera on the Mediterranean Sea, one of the main ports of France.
Corsica, a French island located on the Mediterranean Sea, 160 km south-east of mainland France. The hills and mountains of Corsica is similar to the mountains and hills of the central highlands which are of poor soils in general, and the rocky coastline and steep cultivated crops in the valleys and sheep graze on the slopes of the mountains.
Transport and Communications
France has the fastest trains in the world, The train, which runs between Paris and Lyon speed up to 300 km / h. The airports of Orly and Charles de Gaulle of the busiest and there are several airports in other cities, as many of the ships operating in the transfer of some rivers and canals.
Published in the daily newspaper France 85, the most widespread newspaper Aust France (western France) and published in the city of Rennes in 45 different edition. It is the other major daily newspapers: Le Figaro and Le Monde and France bracelet and Libération. It is important news weeklies: Crown Express newspaper me Nouvel Observateur, France has many radio and television networks runs mostly independent government agencies. The annual tax on TVs and radios to secure the necessary funding for radio and television. And oversees a government agency on the French film industry.
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