-France is the most visited country in the world: 83 million tourists in 2012.
-France once controlled more than 8% of the world's land
-OFFICIAL NAME: French Republic
-FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Republic
-CAPITAL: Paris
-POPULATION: about 66,259,012
-OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: French
-MONEY: Euro
-AREA: 210,026 square miles (543,965 square kilometers)
-MAJOR MOUNTAIN RANGES: Alps, Pyrenees, Massif Central
-MAJOR RIVERS: Seine, Rhine, and Rhône
-how to say hello in french is "Bonjour"
-France once controlled more than 8% of the world's land
-OFFICIAL NAME: French Republic
-FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Republic
-CAPITAL: Paris
-POPULATION: about 66,259,012
-OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: French
-MONEY: Euro
-AREA: 210,026 square miles (543,965 square kilometers)
-MAJOR MOUNTAIN RANGES: Alps, Pyrenees, Massif Central
-MAJOR RIVERS: Seine, Rhine, and Rhône
-how to say hello in french is "Bonjour"