General Area Info
Population:
62 million inhabitants (January 2004)
Density: 111 inhabitants per sq. km
France has 73 urban areas with over 100,000 inhabitants
The five largest are:
1. Paris 11,2 million
2. Lyon 1,7 million
3. Marseille-Aix-en-Provence 1,5 million
4. Lille 1,2 million
5. Toulouse 1,1 million
Climate:
Three types: Oceanic in the West
Mediterranean in the South
Continental in Central and Eastern France
Relief:
Plains cover two thirds of the total area.
Principal mountain ranges: the Alps (of which the highest peak,
Mont Blanc, rising to 4,807 meters, is the highest mountain in
Western Europe), Pyrénées,Jura, Ardennes, Massif Central and
Vosges.
Coastline: Bordered by four bodies of water : North Sea, English
Channel, Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea; France has 5,500 km
of coastline.
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