France, officially deFrench Republic, be a country wey dey locate primarily insyd Western Europe. Ein overseas regions den territories dey include French Guiana insyd South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon insyd de North Atlantic, de French West Indies, den many islands insyd Oceania den de Indian Ocean, wey dey give am one of de largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones insyd de world. Metropolitan France dey share borders plus Belgium den Luxembourg to de north;Germany to de northeast; Switzerland to de east; Italy den Monaco to de southeast; Andorra den Spain to de south; den a maritime border plus deUnited Kingdom to de northwest. Ein metropolitan area dey extend from de Rhine to de Atlantic Ocean den from de Mediterranean Sea to de English Channel den de North Sea. Ein eighteen integral regions—five of wich dey overseas—dey span a combined area of 632,702 km2 (244,288 sq mi) wey e get an estimated total population of over 68.6 million. France be a semi-presidential republic wey ein capital, largest city den main cultural den economic centre be Paris.
Demographics
Major cities
France be a highly urbanised country, plus ein largest cities (for terms of metropolitan area population insyd 2021[1]) be Paris (13,171,056 inh.), Lyon (2,308,818), Marseille (1,888,788), Lille (1,521,660), Toulouse (1,490,640), Bordeaux (1,393,764), Nantes (1,031,953), Strasbourg (864,993), Montpellier (823,120), den Rennes (771,320).
