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:''For creation apologetics information in the French language: see the [[:fr:|French CreationWiki]]'' | :''For creation apologetics information in the French language: see the [[:fr:|French CreationWiki]]'' | ||
'''France''' or the '''French Republic''' ([[French language|French]]: | '''France''' or the '''French Republic''' ([[French language|French]]: ''République française'') is a country in southwestern [[Europe]]. It is bordered by [[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 is the largest West European nation, with a total area of 547,030 square kilometers. The country’s capital is Paris, which is the only French city with more than 1 million inhabitants. Paris has a population of 2,142,800 in the city proper (as of 2004) and 11,330,700 in the metropolitan area (2003 estimate). Greater metropolitan Paris encompasses more than 15 percent of the country’s total population.<ref name=loc>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/France.pdf Country Profile: France] by the U.S. Library of Congress]</ref> | France is the largest West European nation, with a total area of 547,030 square kilometers. The country’s capital is Paris, which is the only French city with more than 1 million inhabitants. Paris has a population of 2,142,800 in the city proper (as of 2004) and 11,330,700 in the metropolitan area (2003 estimate). Greater metropolitan Paris encompasses more than 15 percent of the country’s total population.<ref name=loc>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/France.pdf Country Profile: France] by the U.S. Library of Congress]</ref> | ||
