Introduction
France is a beautiful country with lots of variety. Few people didn't know this. It belongs to the most popular holiday destinations in the world.
There are many millions of tourists every year, which can run up to 90 million. People from all over the world come here to enjoy the holidays, notably Germans, Belgians, Dutch and English come to this region.
Because of the many tourists, it is a relatively good source of income for the country. It represents about 7% of gross domestic product, and only in hospitality employs more than 700,000 people.
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The Paris region is exceptionally crowded. The most popular attractions are; Euro Disney, the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, and Centre Pompidou. When added together, these sites account for some 30 million tourists per year.
However, these are not the only attractions, because France has so much more to offer. During your holiday, you are almost forced to admire the beautiful rural nature. In the major wine regions and fields of lavender, you find yourself in a beautiful environment. But the famous attractions in Paris are worth a visit.
France is perhaps the biggest nation in Europe.
It has a surface of 543,965 km ² (excluding overseas territories) in size and is the largest country in Western Europe with a population of more than 60 million. The capital of Paris is the most visited city in Europe. Forests cover more than one-quarter of the country, and more than half of it is meant for the agricultural sector. The soil and its location have made France one of the largest wine countries in the world.
Most borders are natural. To the west lies the Atlantic Ocean, in the north the strait of Calais and the Channel, in the east the Rhine, the Jura Mountains and the Alps, in the south the Mediterranean and the Pyrenees.
In the north, it borders Belgium and Luxembourg, in the east to Germany, Switzerland, and Italy, in the south the Mediterranean, Monaco, Andorra, and Spain, and in the west to the Atlantic Ocean.
The Mediterranean island of Corsica, on the Italian coast, belongs to France. France has two parts in Europe, especially the north and west consist mainly of lowlands; the south and east of the country consist mostly of highlands and mountains. The high plains and mountains have a geologically old and new history.
In the northeast are the Ardennes and the Vosges, the Armorican Massif in the west and the south, the Central Massif, the "old" mountains. In the east, the Jura borders Switzerland and the Alps which borders Italy, and in the south, the Pyrenees are "young" mountains which also form a natural border to Spain.
The French state contains abroad divisions:
Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Reunion, the" collectivités territoriales "Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon and Mayotte, and four abroad regions: New Caledonia, Vanuatu, French Polynesia, and Wallis and Futuna. Moreover, France also claims a part of Antarctica: Adelieland. New Caledonia has since 1 January 2000 a new status.
The overseas departments (DOM) count about 1.7 million inhabitants, and the overseas territories (TOM) and New Caledonia counted in 1996 just over 430,000 inhabitants.
Including the overseas territories, the country has an area of 674,843 km ² and a population of 65,400,000 (January 2010). Because of the hexagonal form called l'Hexagone, is the largest country by surface in the European Union. The capital, Paris, is also by far the largest city in the country.
Regions
The country has a variety of landscapes. The region of Alsace (Strasbourg) for example, has been in German hands and still has its characteristics. The area and the coast of the Mediterranean (Côte d'Azur) have a different look in terms of climate, landscapes, and "mentality", and have famous places like Marseille, Nice, and Cannes.
This region has long been the area for the "jet set" (famous, rich people) in Europe, because of the climate, landscape, beaches, and picturesque fishing villages, in short, a loved area.
There are 22 administrative regions, which themselves can be divided into seven central cultural regions, where common points.
- Île-de-France
- The region around the French capital, Paris.
- Northern France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Picardie, en Haute-Normandie).
- A region where the world wars left many scars.
- Northeastern France (Alsace, Lorraine, Champagne-Ardenne, and Franche-Comté):
- A region where a more comprehensive European culture (and particularly Germanic culture) has merged with the French, which led to exciting results.
- Western France (Bretagne, Basse-Normandie and Pays de la Loire):
- An ocean region with a culture strongly influenced by the ancient Celtic people.
- Central (Centre, Poitou-Charentes, Burgundy, Limousin, and Auvergne):
- A mostly agricultural and wine-growing region, with river valleys, castles, and historic towns.
- Southwestern France (Aquitaine and Midi-Pyrénées):
- An area of sea and wine, with beautiful beaches on the Atlantic Ocean and young high mountains close to Spain.
- Southeastern France: (Rhone-Alpes, Languedoc-Roussillon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and the Mediterranean island of Corsica):
- The central tourist region of the country outside Paris, with a warm climate and azure blue sea, contrasting with the mountainous French Alps.
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