The word hexagone is French for hexagon, a 2-dimensional figure having six sides.Hexagone in its French form is also used sometimes to refer to the Nation of France, or the territory in Europe that is France, because it has the rough shape of a hexagon
Metropolitan France is often referred to a 'l'Hexagone, and is indeed roughly hexagonal in shape.
Based on its general shape, French may refer their country to as "the hexagon". There is no name based on its location.
The Hexagon or in French, le Hexagon.
sometimes France is referred to as l'hexagone (the hexagon) due to the general shape of the country.
'The Hexagon' is another name for France. It refers to the shape of the country. So all mainland French cities are in the Hexagon.
The French call their home country "la patrie", meaning "the land of our fathers", aka Fatherland.
the word hexagon is used as an alternative name for France itself because of the general shape of the country, which fits (very roughly) in an hexagon.
A hexagon can have perpendicular lines, but it depends on the specific type of hexagon and its arrangement. In a regular hexagon, the diagonals can intersect at right angles, but the sides themselves are not perpendicular to each other. In irregular hexagons, perpendicular lines can exist depending on the angles and side lengths.
The French word hexagone means "hexagon" (a 2-dimensional, 6-sided shape). It is sometimes used to refer to mainland France because of its general hexagonal shape. L'Hexagone is roughly synonymous with la Métropole, or contiguous "metropolitan" France.
because the outline of France is like the shape of a hexagon
The word "hexagone" (French for "hexagon") is sometimes used to refer to the French territory because the borders of the French Republic in Europe form a roughly hexagonal shape.In that sense, on the sides of the Hexagone of France are:Bay of Biscay and Celtic SeaEnglish ChannelBelgium, Luxembourg, and GermanyGermany, Switzerland, and ItalyMonaco and Mediterranean SeaSpain and Andorra