Country name :

conventional long form: French Republic

conventional short form: France

local long form: République Française

local short form: France

Area :

total: 547,030 sq km

land: 545,630 sq km

water: 1,400 sq km

note: includes only metropolitan France; excludes the overseas administrative divisions

Land boundaries :

total: 2,889 km

Border countries :

Andorra 56.6 km, Belgium 620 km, Germany 451 km, Italy 488 km, Luxembourg 73 km, Monaco 4.4 km, Spain 623 km, Switzerland 573 km

Coastline : 3,427 km

Maritime claims :

territorial sea: 12 nm

contiguous zone: 24 nm

exclusive economic zone: 200 nm (does not apply to the Mediterranean)

continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Elevation extremes :

lowest point: Rhone River delta -2 m

highest point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m

Government type :

Republic

Capital : name: Paris

geographic coordinates: 48 52 N, 2 20 E

Internet country code : fr