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Brief Overview of this Country
Location: Western Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain |
| Population: 59,329,691 (July 2000 est.) - Capital: Paris |
| Ethnics Groups: Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities |
| Languages: French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) |
Religions: Roman Catholic 90%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim (North African workers) 1%, unaffiliated 6% |
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