Information about FranceFrance has borders with Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra, and Spain. Due to its overseas territories it also shares land borders with Brazil and Suriname (bordering French Guiana) , and the Netherlands Antilles (bordering Saint-Martin). France is also linked to the UK by the Channel Tunnel, which passes underneath the English Channel.
Major cities include Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Nice, Nantes, Strasbourg, Montpellier, Bordeaux, Rennes, Le Havre, Reims, Lille, Saint-Étienne, Toulon, Grenoble, Angers, Brest, Le Mans and Dijon.
French people often refer to Metropolitan France as L’Hexagone (The Hexagon) because of the geometric shape of the country. |
