France is surrounded at West by the Atlantic Ocean, at North by the "Manche" (for french people) or the "Channel" (for English people).
At East, France is bordered with (from North to South) Belgium, Luxemburg, Deutchland, Swiss and Italy.
At South, France get a coast on the Meditteranean Sea, and a frontier with Spain.
the economic, political, and cultural capital of France.
It was not acquired. It is the area surrounding the French capital, Paris. It has always been part of France, since Roman times when France was called Gaul. Note that the Ile de France is not an island, but a region of continental France.
Jacques Cartier is the French explorer who claimed the area of present-day Canada for France in the 16th century, specifically the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the region surrounding it.
stars are hotter than the surrounding area because the surrounding area isn't so hot.
the surrounding metropolitan area of tours
the city itself had an population of 113237 inhabitants (as of 2006). Including the surrounding area, Orleans had 274000 inhabitants as of 1999. Source www.orleans.fr
The area code for Lyon, France, is 04. When dialing from abroad, you would use the international code +33, followed by 4 and the local number, omitting the leading zero. Lyon's area code encompasses the surrounding region, making it part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes administrative region.
Paris is its own administrative region. The region surrounding Paris is Ile de France.
The Alps
The area surrounding a city is typically referred to as the city's outskirts or suburbs.
the area of france in area sq km is 543, 965.
Sunspots are dark areas on the sun's surface that are cooler than the surrounding area.