France has a long and influential history and culture. It is the largest country in Western Europe, located in central-western Europe, with borders shared with countries like Spain, Italy, Germany, and more. France has played a major role in European power and culture over centuries, with renowned art, architecture, literature, philosophy, and science. French culture also includes influential cuisine and fashion industries. Administratively, France is divided into 27 regions which are further divided into 101 departments.

2. 1. Introduction
2. Geography
3. History
4. Culture
5. Cuisine
6. Fashion
7. Administrative
8. Bibliography

3. France is the largest country in Western Europe and the third-largest
in Europe as a whole. It possesses the second-largest exclusive
economic zone in the world. France has been a major power with
strong cultural, economic, military, and political influence in Europe
and around the world. From its shape, it is often referred to in French
asl’Hexagone ("The Hexagon").

4. France is situated mostly
between latitudes 41° and 51°
N (Dunkirk is just north of 51°),
and longitudes 6° W and 10° E,
on the western edge of Europe,
and thus lies within the
northern temperate zone. From
southwest to northeast, France
shares borders with Spain,
Andorra, Monaco, Italy, Switzerla
nd, Germany, Luxembourg, and
Belgium.
A relief map of Metropolitan France,
showing cities with over 100,000 inhabitants.

5. French territorial evolution from
985 to 1947.
Frankish expansion from the early
Clovis I' kingdom (481) to the divisions
ofCharlemagne's Empire (843/870).

6. France has been a center of Western cultural development for
centuries. Many French artists have been among the most
renowned of their time, and France is still recognized in the world
for its rich cultural tradition.
Culture
1. Art
2. Architecture
3. Literature
4. Philosophy
5. Science

7. Le Penseur by Auguste Rodin(1902),
Musée Rodin, Paris.
Claude Monet found the Impressionist
movement (Femme avec un parasol,
1886, Musée d'Orsay).

8. Saint Louis' Sainte Chapelle represents
the French impact on religious architecture.
The world's most visited paid monument,[280
Tower
is an icon of both Paris and France.

9. French literary figures. Clockwise from
top left: Molière is the most played
author in the Comédie-
Française; Victor Hugo is one of the
most important French novelists and
poets, and is sometimes seen as the
greatest French writer of all time. 19th
century poet, writer, and
translator Charles Baudelaire; 20th
century philosopher and
novelist Jean-Paul Sartre.

10. René Descartes,
founder of modern philosophy.

11. Ariane 4 launched from Kourou,
French Guiana (1988)

12. French cuisine is renowned for being one of the finest in the world.
French cuisine is extremely diverse and has exerted a major
influence on other western cuisines. According to the regions,
traditional recipes are different, the North of the country prefers to
use butter as the preferred fat for cooking, whereas olive oil is more
commonly used in the South.
Foie gras with mustard seeds and
green onions in duck jus.

13. Fashion has been an important industry and cultural export of
France since the 17th century, and modern "haute couture"
originated in Paris in the 1860s. Today, Paris, along with London,
Milan, and New York City, is considered one of the world's fashion
capitals, and the city is home or headquarters to many of the
premier fashion houses.

14. France is divided into 27 administrative regions. 22 are
in metropolitan France (21 are on the continental part of
metropolitan France; one is the territorial collectivity of Corsica),
and five are overseas regions. The regions are further subdivided
into 101 departments which are numbered (mainly alphabetically).
This number is used in postal codes and vehicle number plates
amongst others.
A relief map of Metropolitan France, showing cities with
over 100,000 inhabitants.

15. Reference form
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