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France, officially the French Republic, is a sovereign state comprising territory in Western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea in the south to the English Channel and the North Sea in the north, and from the Rhine in the east to the Atlantic Ocean in the west. It spans 551,695 square kilometres (213,011 square miles) and has a total population of 64.7 million (2015). France, a unitary semi-presidential republic, is divided into 18 administrative regions (of which 13 are in metropolitan France), which are further subdivided into 101 departments, then into 342 arrondissements, then into 4,032 communes.

France is considered a major cultural and economic power in the world. It has the largest economy in Europe and the second largest in the European Union. It is also a leading tourist destination, with the world's most visited museum (the Louvre). France is a member of the United Nations, the European Union, the eurozone, the Schengen Area, the G8, the G20, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Latin Union and the Francophonie.