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France is the most visited country in the world. It has everything that you could ever want to see on your holidays: a great city like Paris, good beaches, more monuments than any other country, lovely nature, incredible mountain scenery. France is also a very pleasant place to stay. It has good food, great wines and people enjoy their lives. And the best thing is, maybe apart from Paris, living in France does not have to be expensive. The North of France consists of the flatlands around the town of Lille and the Channel. The area will remind visitors in many ways of Belgium and the Netherlands. Consider also the delights of other lesser-known regions such as Franche-Comté, Gascony or Berry, deep in the green heart of France - regions firmly rooted to the land, whose sleepy villages offer visitors a chance to sample life in provincial France.

The country that gave the world champagne, casseroles and Camembert is justly famous for its cooking, and you'll find there plenty of places to indulge yourself.

France was a founding member of the European Union. It continues to be a driving force behind the EU's progress towards economic and political harmonisation and is still active in almost every other part of the world. France also proudly covets its title of the world's number one tourist destination.

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Official name
The French Republic

Capital
Paris
12.7 million inhabitants

Largest Cities
Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Nice, Nantes

Area
545,630 sq km

Population
64.2 Million

Time Zone
GMT + 1
GMT + 2 Summer time

Currency
Euro

Official language
French, Basque, Breton, English

Neighbouring countries
Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra, Spain

Highest point
Mont Blanc (4807 m)

Lowest point
Rhone River delta (- 2 m)

Longest rivers
The Lorie River (634 miles long), Seine, Rhone

Landing place
Paris, Bordeaux, Grenoble, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Nice

Electricity
220 volts AC, 50Hz
two-pin plugs are widely used

Ethnic groups
French, Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Sub-Saharan African, Indochinese and Basque minorities

Religion
Roman Catholic 83%, Protestant 2%,
Muslim 10%, Jewish 1%,
no religion 4%