name: République Française area: 640,679 km2 population: 66,616,416 density: 116/km2 government style: unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic capital: Paris (2,243,833) main towns: Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Nice, Nantes, Strasburg, Bordeaux, Lille main religion: Christian main languages: French (official), Breton, Corsican, Occitan, Catalan, Basque highest point: Mount Blanc (4,810 m) currency: Euro (1.37 USD) |