What Country Does France Border

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What Country Does France Border?

Metropolitan France

Country	Length	Bordering regions
Germany	448 km 278.37 mi	Grand Est
Switzerland	573 km 356.05 mi	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Grand Est
Italy	515 km 320.01 mi	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Monaco	4 km 2.49 mi	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

What countries border France?

Roughly hexagonal in outline its continental territory is bordered on the northeast by Belgium and Luxembourg on the east by Germany Switzerland and Italy on the south by the Mediterranean Sea Spain and Andorra on the west by the Bay of Biscay and on the northwest by the English Channel (La Manche).

How many countries border France?

eleven countries

France has land borders with eleven countries. On its eastern border its neighbours include Belgium (652-659 kms) Luxembourg (73 kms) Germany (448 kms) Switzerland (573 kms) Italy (515 kms) and the principality of Monaco (4kms).

What is the biggest country that borders France?

France’s longest border in Europe (or let’s say Metropolitan France’s longest border) is in fact with Spain which narrowly beats out 4 other nations: Spain (623 km) Belgium (620 km) Switzerland (573 km)

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Does Portugal share a border with France?

Portugal borders the country in the west Gibraltar in the south France and Andorra in the northeast while Morocco is bordered by Spain’s autonomous cities of Melilla and Ceuta.

Does France border Brazil?

The Brazil–France border is the line located in the Amazon Rainforest that limits the territories of Brazil and France. The border is located between the Brazilian state of Amapá and the French region of French Guiana.

What are 8 countries that border France?

A: Andorra Belgium Germany Italy Luxembourg Monaco (a principality) Spain Switzerland.

Is Paris a country?

Paris
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Paris
Intercommunality	Métropole du Grand Paris

Does Canada border France?

The country is bordered by Alaska (USA) in west and by 12 US states of the continental United States in south Canada shares maritime borders with Greenland (an autonomous territory of Denmark) and Saint Pierre and Miquelon an island which belongs to France.

Which country has no borders?

Largest Countries with No Borders

km²	Country
270 467	New Zealand
109 884	Cuba
103 000	Iceland
65 610	Sri Lanka

What are the 11 countries that border France?

France borders Belgium and Luxembourg in the northeast Germany Switzerland and Italy in the east the Mediterranean Sea Monaco Spain and Andorra in the south. France also shares maritime borders with the United Kingdom.

What is the capital of France?

Paris

What are the 5 major cities in France?

5 cities to explore in France

Paris.
Bordeaux.
Marseille.
Nantes.
Lyon.

Does Austria border France?

North of the Alps clouds cover France Switzerland Liechtenstein Austria and Slovenia.

Is Spain connected to France?

France–Spain relations are Bilateral relations between France and Spain in which both share a long border across the Pyrenees other than one point which is cut off by Andorra.

Which countries do Spain border?

Land. Spain is bordered to the west by Portugal to the northeast it borders France from which it is separated by the tiny principality of Andorra and by the great wall of the Pyrenees Mountains.

What is the smallest country that borders France?

Monaco is a microstate on the French Riviera. France borders the country on three sides while the other side borders the Mediterranean Sea. Monaco is the 2nd smallest country in the world after Vatican City.

Does France Touch Italy?

Italy is one of the largest European countries in the Mediterranean and has a land border that stretches 1 116 miles in length. France Switzerland Austria and Slovenia are the four countries that share a land border with Italy. … Two additional countries share land borders with Italy San Marino and the Vatican.

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Where do France and the Netherlands share a border?

Saint Martin–
The France–Netherlands border or Saint Martin–Sint Maarten border is the border between the Saint Martin an overseas collectivity of France and Sint Maarten a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on the island of Saint Martin in the Caribbean.

What country is near Paris France?

Paris is my all-time favourite city and a hub for international travel. Located in western Europe France is bordered by Andorra Belgium Luxembourg Germany Italy Monaco Spain and Switzerland and by the English Channel the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

Is France a country Yes or no?

) officially the French Republic (French: République française) is a transcontinental country spanning Western Europe and overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Pacific and Indian Oceans. Including all of its territories France has twelve time zones the most of any country.

Is Paris in London or France?

Are London and Paris in the same country? No London is located in the United Kingdom and Paris is located in France.

Who built Paris?

The city of Paris began in the 3rd century BCE when a Celtic tribe called the Parisii built a fortified settlement on the Ile de la Cite. The Romans conquered the Parisii in 52 CE and they built a town on the River Seine. The Romans called Paris Lutetia.

What language is spoken in France?

French

What island is part of France?

The Islands of Guadeloupe Martinique Saint-Martin Saint-Barthélemy Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Atlantic Ocean) Reunion island Mayotte the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Indian Ocean)

Is France in North America?

France is primarily located in Western Europe but also in South America Africa the Indian Ocean Oceania the Caribbean Sea and North America. The lands of the French Republic.

How many countries border USA?

With a total of eighteen of such states thirteen lie on the U.S.–Canada border four on the U.S.–Mexico border and one consists of a maritime borders with Cuba and The Bahamas.
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Borders with other countries.

State	Length of border	Bordering country
Alaska	1 538 mi (2 475 km)	Russia (water boundary) (Canada to the east)

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Which country has only one Neighbour?

The undisputed countries who share borders with only one other neighbor are Vatican City the United Kingdom Timor-Leste South Korea San Marino Qatar Monaco Portugal Papua New Guinea The Gambia Ireland Haiti Brunei Canada the Dominican Republic and Denmark.

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1.1 India.
1.2 Australia.
1.3 Palestine.
1.4 Turkey.
1.5 China. 1.5.1 Hong Kong.
1.6 Iran.
1.7 Egypt.
1.8 Thailand.

Which countries share the longest border?

Length of longest international land borders worldwide (in kilometers)

Characteristic	Length in kilometers
Canada – United States	8 893
Kazakhstan – Russia	7 644
Argentina – Chile	6 691
China – Mongolia	4 630

Which countries border France on the West?

France is bordered by the English Channel and Bay of Biscay to the west Belgium Luxembourg and Germany to the north Switzerland and Italy to the east and Andorra and Spain to the south.

Does Paris have a flag?

The flag of Paris is vertically divided between the traditional colours of Paris blue and red both of which also feature in the city’s coat of arms. … The colours of Paris are the origin of the blue and red stripes in the flag of France while the white stripe originally symbolised the monarchy.

What is the capital of USA?

United States/Capitals
Since the U.S. Congress was established by the Constitution in 1789 it has convened in three locations: New York Philadelphia and its permanent home in Washington D.C.

Is Italy in Paris?

(in Italian) Solo Parigi è degna di Roma solo Roma è degna di Parigi. “Only Paris is worthy of Rome only Rome is worthy of Paris.”
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France–Italy relations.