France

Location

France is the largest nation in Western Europe with a population of 60,000,000, The North West coastline is in the Bay of Biscay and the English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the UK; it also borders the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain.

France is split into 22 regions and covers a total of some 547,030 sq km
The economy of France is fairly widespread and covers diverse activities such as machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft, electronics; textiles, food processing; and of course tourism. Tourism in France also covers a wide spectrum from wine tasting vineyard tours, biking, sunbathing at the ‘French Riviera’, city trips to Paris or Nice and wintersports in the Alps or the Pyrenees.
France is a country rich with history. In each region you'll witness the depths of France's past. .... Contrasting landscapes, traditions galore, a variety of dialects. 40,000 monuments including 10000 châteaux, abbeys and manor houses, France’s main national park is the largest French reserve in the Alps. It offers a 600km hiking network, with a wide range of multiple theme tours : the Alps pastoral life, fauna in general, marmot population management
The Alsace Wine Route takes you past some of the world's most famous wine-farming estates. The vineyards cover thousands of acres, forming a magnificent panorama as they climb the sunny slopes of the Vosges, past medieval villages and ancient castles.