Capital city:                          Paris

Region:                                Western Europe

Area:                                     547 030 km²

Population:                          59 765 983

Main cities:                          Lyon, Marseille, Lille, Toulouse, Nice, Strasbourg, Nantes, Bordeaux, Saint

                                              Etienne, Montpellier, Le Havre, Rennes, Reims, Toulon, Grenoble, Brest, Cannes,

                                              Clermont-Ferrand, Antibes, Sète, Montpellier, Dijon

Currency:                             euro

Dial code:                            33

Internet code:                      FR

Information: France is located in Western Europe. It is a member of the European Union and of the Euro zone and Schengen area. It is a permanent member of the UN Security Council. It is the largest country in Europe (after Russia and Ukraine). France is bordered by four seas: The North Sea, the Channel, The Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Total length of its coasts reaches 3,427 km. France is the fifth world economic power, after the United States, Japan, Germany and United Kingdom.