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(New page: {{Stub}} thumb|250px|Map of France (circa 1991) Category:Geography '''France''' is a modern-day country in southwestern Europe, bordering [[Belgi...) |
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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)]] | ||
[[Category:Geography]] | [[Category:Geography]] | ||
'''France''' 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''', 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. | ||
France's name comes from a tribe that originally occupied the area post Roman-Empire, called the Franks. | |||
[[Category:World geography]] | [[Category:World geography]] | ||
[[Category:Europe]] | [[Category:Europe]] | ||
