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France is the largest West European nation, with a total area of 547,030 square kilometers. The country’s capital city 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 city 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> | ||
==History== | |||
In ancient times France was part of the Celtic territory known as [[Gaul]] or ''Gallia'' and was primarily inhabited by Celtic peoples such as the Gauls, who eventually adopted the [[Rome|Roman]] culture and language and became the modern French people. Is present name is derived from the [[Latin]] ''Francia'', meaning "country of the Franks," a Germanic people who conquered the area during the 5th century, at the time of the fall of the Western Roman Empire. | |||
== Religion == | == Religion == | ||
