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//Before travelling abroad it is always helpful to do some research on your destination... just as you are doing right now by visiting our multi-faceted wiki space. Below some fact are listed regardiing France://

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 * Location:** Western Europe
 * Currency:** The Euro
 * Capital:** Paris
 * Climate:** France has fairly cool winters and mild summers, unlike the extreme cold of the winters experienced in Canada. Summer temperatures are more mild along the Mediterranean.
 * Population:** 60,424,213
 * Ethnic Make-up:** Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities
 * Religions:** Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated
 * Government:** republic

In Canada, as detailed on our page devoted to Canada the country is divided into provinces and territories. France however is divided into regions and departments. This is key to know when asking for directions in France or planning a business or social itinerary. The break down of the regions and departments are compiled in the table below:


 * ~ Region ||~ Departments ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Alsace.svg/22px-Flag_of_Alsace.svg.png width="22" height="15"]] Alsace || Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Aquitaine_flag.svg/22px-Aquitaine_flag.svg.png width="22" height="13"]] Aquitaine || Dordogne, Gironde, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Auvergne_flag.svg/22px-Auvergne_flag.svg.png width="22" height="13"]] Auvergne || Allier, Cantal, Haute-Loire, Puy-de-Dôme ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Normandy-flag.gif width="22" height="15"]] Basse-Normandie || Calvados, Manche, Orne ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Bourgogne_flag.svg/22px-Bourgogne_flag.svg.png width="22" height="13"]] Bourgogne || Côte-d'Or, Nièvre, Saône-et-Loire, Yonne ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Brittany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brittany.svg.png width="22" height="15"]] Bretagne || Côtes-d'Armor, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine, Morbihan ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Centre_flag.svg/22px-Centre_flag.svg.png width="22" height="13"]] Centre || Cher, Eure-et-Loir, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Loiret, Loir-et-Cher ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Champagne-Ardenne_flag.svg/22px-Champagne-Ardenne_flag.svg.png width="22" height="13"]] Champagne-Ardenne || Ardennes, Aube, Haute-Marne, Marne ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Flag_of_Corsica.svg/22px-Flag_of_Corsica.svg.png width="22" height="13"]] Corsica (//Corse//) || Corse-du-Sud, Haute-Corse ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Franche-Comt%C3%A9.svg/22px-Franche-Comt%C3%A9.svg.png width="22" height="14"]] Franche-Comté || Doubs, Haute-Saône, Jura, Territoire de Belfort ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Haute-Normandie_flag.svg/22px-Haute-Normandie_flag.svg.png width="22" height="13"]] Haute-Normandie || Eure, Seine-Maritime ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/%C3%8Ele-de-France_flag.svg/22px-%C3%8Ele-de-France_flag.svg.png width="22" height="13"]] Île-de-France || Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Paris, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne, Val-d'Oise, Yvelines ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Languedoc-Roussillon2.svg/22px-Flag_of_Languedoc-Roussillon2.svg.png width="22" height="12"]] Languedoc-Roussillon || Aude, Gard, Hérault, Lozère, Pyrénées-Orientales ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Limousin_flag.svg/22px-Limousin_flag.svg.png width="22" height="15"]] Limousin || Corrèze, Creuse, Haute-Vienne ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Lorraine.svg/22px-Lorraine.svg.png width="22" height="13"]] Lorraine || Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle, Vosges ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Flag_of_Midi-Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es.svg/22px-Flag_of_Midi-Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es.svg.png width="22" height="15"]] Midi-Pyrénées || Ariège, Aveyron, Gers, Haute-Garonne, Hautes-Pyrénées, Lot, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Nord-Pas-de-Calais_flag.svg/22px-Nord-Pas-de-Calais_flag.svg.png width="22" height="13"]] Nord-Pas-de-Calais || Nord, Pas-de-Calais ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Pays-de-la-Loire_flag.svg/22px-Pays-de-la-Loire_flag.svg.png width="22" height="13"]] Pays de la Loire || Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Mayenne, Sarthe, Vendée ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Picardie.jpg/22px-Picardie.jpg width="22" height="15"]] Picardie || Aisne, Oise, Somme ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Poitou-Charentes_flag.svg/22px-Poitou-Charentes_flag.svg.png width="22" height="13"]] Poitou-Charentes || Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres, Vienne ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te-d%27Azur_flag.svg/22px-Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te-d%27Azur_flag.svg.png width="22" height="15"]] Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur || Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Alpes-Maritimes, Bouches-du-Rhône, Hautes-Alpes, Var, Vaucluse ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Blason_rhonalpe.png/22px-Blason_rhonalpe.png width="22" height="15"]] Rhône-Alpes || Ain, Ardèche, Drôme, Haute-Savoie, Isère, Loire, Rhône, Savoie ||



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