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FRA | F | FR | FRA | FR | .fr | 250 | F | FRA | EUR | 978 | 33 | +1 |
EDM code : Etudiants Du Monde / Students of the World. ITU code : International Communication Union. FIPS code (FIPS 10-4) : intended for general use throughout the US Government. ISO codes : International Organization for Standardization. |
Area : | 552 000 Km2 | |||
Water : | 0.26 % | |||
Lands under cultivation : | 35 % | |||
Wild pasture lands : | 20 % | |||
Forests : | 28 % |
Min. Height : -2 m (Rhone Delta) | |
Max. Height : 4808 m (Mt Blanc) |
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2002 | 2005 | Population (2005) : | 60 737 000 people |
Density : | 110 people / Km2 | |||||||||||||||||
Fertility rate : | ||||||||||||||||||
Life expectancy : | 80 years | |||||||||||||||||
76 % |
Main cities : | |||
10 500 000 people | Paris (aggl.) | ||
2 156 000 people | Paris (capital) | ||
1 600 000 people | Lyon (or Lyons) (aggl.) | ||
1 350 000 people | Marseilles (aggl.) | ||
1 110 000 people | Lille (aggl.) | ||
918 000 people | Toulouse (aggl.) | ||
882 000 people | Bordeaux (aggl.) | ||
675 000 people | Nantes (aggl.) | ||
558 000 people | Strasbourg (aggl.) | ||
557 000 people | Nice (aggl.) | ||
505 000 people | Grenoble (aggl.) | ||
485 000 people | Rennes (aggl.) | ||
325 000 people | Orleans (aggl.) | ||
291 000 people | Le Havre (aggl.) | ||
275 000 people | Brest (aggl.) | ||
French Regions - Population 2005 | |||
11 362 000 | Ile-de-France | ||
5 947 000 | Rhône-Alpes | ||
4 743 000 | Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur | ||
4 032 000 | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | ||
3 385 000 | Pays de la Loire | ||
3 072 000 | Aquitaine | ||
3 044 000 | Bretagne | ||
2 731 000 | Midi-Pyrénées | ||
2 497 000 | Languedoc-Roussillon | ||
2 490 000 | Centre | ||
2 334 000 | Lorraine | ||
1 877 000 | Picardie | ||
1 806 000 | Haute-Normandie | ||
1 805 000 | Alsace | ||
1 687 000 | Poitou-Charentes | ||
1 626 000 | Bourgogne | ||
1 445 000 | Basse-Normandie | ||
1 334 000 | Champagne-Ardenne | ||
1 330 000 | Auvergne | ||
1 143 000 | Franche-Comté | ||
724 000 | Limousin | ||
275 000 | Corse |
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