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  2. Geography of France - Wikipedia

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    A topographic map of the Republic, excluding all the overseas departments and territories Simplified physical map. The geography of France consists of a terrain that is mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in the north and the west and mountainous in the south (including the Massif Central and the Pyrenees) and the east (the country's highest points being in the Alps).

  3. Regions of France - Wikipedia

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    This has meant that the heads of wealthy regions such as Île-de-France or Rhône-Alpes can be high-profile positions. Proposals to give regions limited legislative autonomy have met with considerable resistance; others propose transferring certain powers from the departments to their respective regions, leaving the former with limited authority.

  4. Bay of Biscay - Wikipedia

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    The Bay of Biscay (/ ˈ b ɪ s k eɪ,-k i / BISS-kay, -⁠kee) is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea.It lies along the western coast of France from Point Penmarc'h to the Spanish border, and along the northern coast of Spain, extending westward to Cape Ortegal.

  5. Brittany - Wikipedia

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    Brittany (/ ˈ b r ɪ t ən i / BRIT-ən-ee; French: Bretagne, pronounced ⓘ; Breton: Breizh, pronounced [bʁɛjs, bʁɛx]; [1] [dubious – discuss] Gallo: Bertaèyn or Bertègn, pronounced [bəʁtaɛɲ]) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul.

  6. Cotentin Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    Its southern part, known as "le Marais" (the Marshlands), crosses from east to west from just north west of Saint Lo and east of Lessay and marks a natural border with the rest of Manche. The largest town on the peninsula is Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, a major cross-channel port on the north coast, with a population of approximately 120,000. The ...

  7. List of islands of France - Wikipedia

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    2.2 Mediterranean coast. 2.2.1 Languedoc-Roussillon. 2.2.2 Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur. 2.2.3 Corsica. 2.3 Islands in lakes and rivers. ... This is a list of islands ...

  8. Iroise Sea - Wikipedia

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    The 18th-century maps identify "Passage de l'Iroise" as the channel leading north-west from Pointe Saint-Mathieu and keeping south of Ushant (Ouessant) and the Ponant Islands. [3] From the 19th century, the term Iroise encompassed all the sea along the west coast of Brittany between Ouessant and Sein. [3]

  9. France - Wikipedia

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    France, [X] officially the French Republic, [XI] is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world.