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France (in French, République Française),
country in western Europe, bounded on the north by the English
Channel, the Strait of Dover, and the North Sea (which separate
it from Great Britain); on the north-east by Belgium, Luxembourg,
and Germany; on the east by Germany, Switzerland, and Italy;
on the south-east by the Mediterranean Sea; on the south by
Spain; and on the west by the Bay of Biscay (an arm of the Atlantic
Ocean).
Capital - Paris
Population - 58,317,450
Languages - French, many regional dialects,
including Alsatian, Breton,Basque,Provencal
Religions - 90% Roman Catholicism
France is in the Central European Time Zone. Central European
Standard Time (CET) is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time
(GMT+1).
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