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Area > A note
includes only metropolitan France; excludes the overseas administrative divisions |
Area > Comparative
slightly less than twice the size of Colorado |
Area > Note
the first numbers include the overseas regions of French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Reunion |
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Capital city with population
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Paris - 2,144,700 |
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Elevation extremes > Highest point
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Mont Blanc 4,807 m |
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Elevation extremes > Lowest point
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Rhone River delta -2 m |
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Forested Land
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97% |
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[97th of 193]
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Geography > Note
largest West European nation |
Land boundaries > Border countries
Brazil 673 km, Suriname 510 km |
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Land use > Arable land
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17 %
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[17th of 241]
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Land use > Other
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208 %
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[208th of 241]
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Largest city population
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11 |
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[11th of 174]
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Largest city with population
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Paris - 2,144,700 |
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Map references
Europe |
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Maritime claims > Contiguous zone
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29 nm
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[29th of 82]
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Maritime claims > Continental shelf
200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation |
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Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone
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66 nm
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[66th of 121]
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Maritime claims > Territorial sea
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64 nm
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[64th of 190]
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Population density
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93 people per sqkm |
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[93rd of 256]
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Precipitation
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58 mm |
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[58th of 95]
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SOURCES: ; The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America.
; This entry includes three subfields. Total area is the sum of all land and water areas delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines. Land area is the aggregate of all surfaces delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines, excluding inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Water area is the sum of the surfaces of all inland water bodies, such as lakes, reservoirs, or rivers, as delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines.
; Capital cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified.; Highest point above sea level
; Lowest point relative to sea level
; Forested land as a proportion of total land area, estimate by FAO; This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
; Length of land boundaries by border country
; The percentage of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice
; The percentage share of used land that is not arable or under permanent crops. This includes permanent meadows and pastures, forests and woodlands, built-on areas, roads, barren land, etc.
; The population of the country's largest city; Largest cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified.; The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries.
; Contiguous zone - according to the LOS Convention (Article 33), this is a zone contiguous to a coastal State's territorial sea, over which it may exercise the control necessary to: prevent infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration, or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea; punish infringement of the above laws and regulations committed within its territory or territorial sea; the contiguous zone may not extend beyond 24 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured (e.g. the US has claimed a 12-mile contiguous zone in addition to its 12-mile territorial sea). A full and definitive definition can be found in the Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention.
; Continental shelf - the LOS Convention (Article 76) defines the continental shelf of a coastal State as comprising the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond its territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its land territory to the outer edge of the continental margin, or to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured where the outer edge of the continental margin does not extend up to that distance; the continental margin comprises the submerged prolongation of the landmass of the coastal State, and consists of the seabed and subsoil of the shelf, the slope and the rise; it does not include the deep ocean floor with its oceanic ridges or the subsoil thereof. A full and definitive definition can be found in the Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention.
; Exclusive economic zone (EEZ) - the LOS Convention (Part V) defines the EEZ as a zone beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea in which a coastal State has: sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natura
; territorial sea - the sovereignty of a coastal State extends beyond its land territory and internal waters to an adjacent belt of sea, described as the territorial sea in the LOS Convention (Part II); this sovereignty extends to the air space over the territorial sea as well as its underlying seabed and subsoil; every State has the right to establish the breadth of its territorial sea up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles. A full and definitive definition can be found in the Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention.
; People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.; Average Annual Precipitation in Largest City (mm, 1931-1960)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
France, French Republic, Republique Francaise
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