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[[Image:Map of Modern France.jpg|thumb|250px|Map of France (circa 1991)]] | [[Image:Map of Modern France.jpg|thumb|250px|Map of France (circa 1991)]] | ||
'''France''', or the '''French Republic''', is a modern-day country in southwestern [[Europe]], bordering [[Belgium]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Germany]], [[Switzerland]], [[Italy]], and [[Spain]], as well as the [[English Channel]] and [[Bay of Biscay]] (bodies of the [[Atlantic Ocean]]) to the west, and the [[Mediterranean Sea]] to the southeast. | '''France''', or the '''French Republic''', (French: ''France'' or ''République française'') is a modern-day country in southwestern [[Europe]], bordering [[Belgium]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Germany]], [[Switzerland]], [[Italy]], and [[Spain]], as well as the [[English Channel]] and [[Bay of Biscay]] (bodies of the [[Atlantic Ocean]]) to the west, and the [[Mediterranean Sea]] to the southeast. | ||
France occupies roughly the same territory known to ancient [[Rome]] as Gaul. | France occupies roughly the same territory known to ancient [[Rome]] as Gaul. | ||
