Location: metropolitan France: Western Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain
Population: total: 63,718,187
Religions: Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4%
Languages: French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
National holiday: Fete de la Federation, 14 July (1790); note - although often incorrectly referred to as Bastille Day, the celebration actually commemorates the holiday held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille (on 14 July 1789) and the establishment of a constitutional monarchy; other names for the holiday are Fete Nationale (National Holiday) and quatorze juillet (14th of July)
Currency (code): euro (EUR)
Exchange rates: euros per US dollar - 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003)
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Agen, Aime, Ainhoa, Aix-en-provence, Aix-les-bains, Ajaccio, Albert, Albi, Alencon, Ales, Ambilly, Amboise, Amiens, Ancelle, Andrezieux-boutheon, Angers, Anglet, Annecy, Antibes, Arcachon, Arcueil, Argenteuil, Arles, Armbouts Cappel, Arras, Asnieres, Asnieres-sur-nouere, Aspin-en-lavedan, Aubagne, Aubenas, Auch, Audierne, Aulnat, Auray, Auxerre, Avermes, Avignon, Avoriaz, AvranchesB
Bagnolet, Bailleul, Balaruc-le-vieux, Bandol, Baratier, Barentin, Bastia, Bayeux, Bayonne, Beaulieu-sur-mer, Beaune, Beausoleil, Beauvais, Beauvoir, Beblenheim, Begles, Belley, Benodet, Bergerac, Besancon, Beziers, Biarritz, Blagnac, Blois, Bobigny, Boismorand, Boissy-saint-lÉger, Bollene, Bondues, Bonne, Bordeaux, Bormes-les-mimosas, Bouguenais, Boulazac, Bouliac, Boulogne Billancourt, Bourges, Bourgoin-jallieu, Bourgueil, Bouzies, Brando, Brest, Bricquebec, Brides-les-bains, Briollay, Bron, Brunet, Bruz, Bry-sur-marne, Buc, Bussy-saint-georgesC
Cabourg, Cachan, Caen, Cahors, Caissargues, Calais, Cambrai, Cambremer, Cannes, Capbreton, Carcassonne, Carnac, Carnon, Carpentras, Carquefou, Carqueiranne, Cassis, Castets, Caudan, Cavaillon, Cestas, Chagny, Chaintre, Chambery, Chambray-les-tours, Chambretaud, Chamonix, Champigne, Chanteloup-en-brie, Chantepie, Chantilly, Chaponnay, Chartres-de-bretagne, Chartres, Chasseneuil-du-poitou, Chasseneuil, Chassieu, Chateauroux, Chatellerault, Chatillon, Chatou, Chelles, Cheverny, Chinon, Cholet, ChÂteauneuf-du-rhÔne, Clamart, Cleon, Clermont-ferrand, Clichy, Collias, Colmar, Colombes, Colombier-saugnieu, Combrit, Compiegne, Contrexeville, Coquelles, Corbas, Couiza, Courbevoie, Courchevel, Cran-gevrier, Creteil, Cricqueboeuf, Crolles, CuincyD
Danjoutin, Dardilly, Dax, Deauville, Decines-charpieu, Dijon, Dinard, Divonne-les-bains, Dole, Douai, Dourdan, DreuxE
Ecully, Egletons, Epinal, Epinay-sur-orge, Epiniac, Epone, Erbalunga, Eu, Evian-les-bains, Evreux, Evry, EzeF
Fabregues, Falaise, Faverges, Fayence, Ferney-voltaire, Figari, Floure, Foix, Fontvieille, Forbach, Fouesnant, Fourmies, Frejus, FresnesG
Gaillard, Gap, Geispolsheim, Gennevilliers, Gien, Gieres, Gonesse, Gordes, Gouesnou, Gourdon, Goussainville, Grasse, Grenoble, Gressy, Grigny, Gueret, GuetharyH
Haguenau, Harfleur, Hem, Hendaye, Hennebont, Herblay, Honfleur, Horbourg, Houdemont, HyeresI
Igny, Illkirch-graffenstaden, Illzach, Issoire, Issoudun, Issy-les-moulineauxJ
Jausiers, Joigny, Joue-les-tours, Juan-les-pinsL
La Bastide-clairence, La Bresse, La Chaussee-sur-marne, La Ciotat, La Clusaz, La Creche, La Defense, La Gaude, La Glacerie, La Londe-les-maures, La Penne-sur-huveaune, La Plagne, La RiviÈre-saint-sauveur, La Roche-sur-yon, La Rochelle, La Tour-de-salvagny, La Turballe, Labege, Lacelle, Lalinde, Landeda, Langueux, Laon, Lascabanes, Lattes, Laval, Laxou, Le Bouscat, Le Cannet, Le Castellet, Le Chatellier, Le Chesnay, Le Corbier, Le Coteau, Le Haillan, Le Havre, Le Hohwald, Le Lavandou, Le Mans, Le Mont-saint-michel, Le Passage, Le Pontet, Le Puy-en-velay, Le Subdray, Le Touquet, Les Angles, Les Deux Alpes, Les Eyzies-de-tayac-sireuil, Les Houches, Les Issambres, Les Menuires, Les Mureaux, Les Tourrettes, Les Ulis, Lescar, Lesquin, Libourne, Lille, Limay, Limoges, Lingolsheim, Lisieux, Lissieu, Loches, Lomme, Lorgues, Lorient, Lourdes, Louviers, Lucciana, Luce, Lunel, Luneville, Lutterbach, Luynes, Luz-saint-sauveur, LyonM
Macinaggio, Magny-le-hongre, Maisons-laffitte, Mandelieu-la-napoule, Manosque, Marcq-en-baroeul, Marignane, Marmande, Marne-la-vallee, Marseille, Martigues, Massieux, Massignac, Massy, Maubeuge, Maurepas, Maxeville, Mayenne, Meaux, Megeve, Melun, Menton, Mercues, Meribel, Merignac, Metz, Meylan, Meyreuil, Meyzieu, Millau, Mirambeau, Mirepoix, Missillac, Montargis, Montauban, Montbard, Montbazon, Montbeliard, Montfavet, Monthieux, Montlucon, Montpellier, Montreuil, Montreuil-sur-mer, Montrouge, Morangis, Mougins, Moulins, Mouroux, Moutiers, MulhouseN
Nancy, Nanterre, Nantes, Narbonne, Neauphle-le-chateau, Nemours, Neufchatel-hardelot, Neuville-en-ferrain, Nice, Nimes, Niort, NoizayO
Obernai, Odos, Orange, Orly, Ottrott, OuistrehamP
Palaiseau, Pamiers, Pantin, Paris, Pau, Perigueux, Peronne, Perpignan, Piana, Plaisir, Poissy, Poitiers, Pontarlier, Pornic, Porticcio, Porto-vecchio, Propriano, Puligny-montrachet, Puteaux, Puy-saint-vincentQ
Quiberon, Quimper, QuimperleR
Ramatuelle, Rambouillet, Reims, Rennes, Riberac, Rivesaltes, Rocamadour, Rochecorbon, Rodez, Roissy-en-france, Romaneche-thorins, Romans, Ronchin, Roquebrune-cap-martin, Roquebrune-sur-argens, Roscoff, Roubaix, Rouen, Rouffiac-tolosan, Rouvignies, Royan, Royat, RungisS
Saclay, Saint-cyr-sur-mer, Saint-didier, Saint-etienne-en-devoluy, Saint-florent, Saint-francois, Saint-jean-de-vÉdas, Saint-julien-en-genevois, Saint-malo, Saint-martin-boulogne, Saint-martin-de-re, Saint-maurice, Saint-nexans, Saint-preuil, Saint-raphael, Saint-remy-de-provence, Saint-saturnin, Saint-saturnin-lÈs-avignon, Sainte-adresse, Saintes, Saintes-maries-de-la-mer, Salers, Salon-de-provence, Saran, Saulieu, Saumur, Sedan, Seez, Serris, Sete, Sevran, Sevres, Seyssins, Sisteron, Six-fours-les-plages, Sochaux, Soissons, Solaize, Sorgues, Souillac, Soulac-sur-mer, Strasbourg, SuresnesT
Taissy, Talloires, Tarbes, Tavel, Thiers, Thuret, Tignes, Tinqueux, Torcy, Toulon, Toulouse, Touques, Tournefeuille, Tourrettes, Tours, Trebeurden, Treillieres, Trelissac, Tremolat, Trevol, Trignac, TrizayU
Ury, Ussac, UzesV
Valbonne, Valence, Valenciennes, Valmeinier, Vannes, Vanves, Veigy-foncenex, Vendome, Verdun, Versailles, Vervins, Vesoul, Vic-la-gardiole, Vichy, Vienne, Vierzon, Villejuif, Villeneuve-les-avignon, Villeneuve-les-beziers, Villeneuve-loubet, Villepinte, Villers-semeuse, Villeurbanne, Vineuil, Vire, Vitrac, Vitre, Vitrolles, Vivonne, Voglans, Vonnas, Voreppe, VouilleW
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