Location | 48°51.4′N 2°21.05'E1 |
Area | 551,500 km2 3 |
Coastline | 4,853 km* |
Climate | France has four broad climatic zones: the humid seaboard zone west of the line Bayonne-Lille with cool summers; a semi-continental zone with cold winters and hot summers in Alsace-Lorraine, along the rhodanian corridor and in the mountainous massifs (Alps, Pyrenees, Massif Central); an intermediate zone with cold winters and hot summers in the North, the Paris region and the central region; and a Mediterranean zone with mild winters and quite hot summers in the south of France. |
Terrain | |
Population | 63,937,0003 |
Official Languages | French1 |
Natural Hazards | Storm and flood2 |