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| | France Culture unitary Third Republic Constitution of France Alsace Cantal Meuse Andorra Cantonese French Newspapers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | France has 26 r?ons: 21 of these are in the continental part of metropolitan France, one is Corse on the island of Corsica (although strictly speaking Corse is in fact a "territorial collectivity", not a r?on, but is referred to as a r?on in common speech), 4 are overseas. |
 | | Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the North Sea, and from the Rhine River to the Atlantic Ocean; it is bordered by the United Kingdom, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra, and Spain. |
 | | In 2003, France's natural population growth (excluding immigration) was responsible for almost all the natural growth in European population: the population of the European Union increased by 216,000 inhabitants (without immigration), of which 211,000 was the increase in France's population alone, and 5,000 was the increase in all the other countries of the EU combined. |
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