Metropolitan France is often referred to a 'l'Hexagone, and is indeed roughly hexagonal in shape.
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.
Turkey's area is 780 580 sq km. France's area is 550 500 sq km. So Turkey is nearly 1.5 times the area of France.
France is roughly the same size as Texas if you include oversea territories. It is midway between California and Texas if you consider mainland France only.
Colorado is not the same size as France, Texas is. The previous answer did not recognize the difference between square miles and square kilometers. France is 260K square miles, Texas is 269K square miles (Colorado is 270K square KILOMETERS) I think the closest to the size of France is Colorado,because Texas is off to me
Spain is roughly the same size as France, both in terms of land area and population.
The area of Gaulcorresponds roughly to modern France.
Europe is a subcontinent that spans 11,100,000 square kilometers, while Mexico has 1,972,550. Roughly 5.6 countries the size of Mexico would fit inside Europe.However, on a country by country basis, Mexico is roughly the same size of Spain, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Germany put together.
Roughly the size of Maryland.
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You should be more specific. Mexico is a big country three times the size of Texas, or roughly the same size of Spain, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Germany put together.
France is roughly the size of Texas, much smaller than the United States.
Metropolitan France is often referred to a 'l'Hexagone, and is indeed roughly hexagonal in shape.
Because it is a pretty large country, three times the size of Texas, the approximate size of Alaska, or on a more "international scale", roughly the same size of Spain, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Germany put together.
The country of Germany is 137,847 square miles in size. The country of France is 246,201 square miles in size. Therefore France has more land than Germany.
France is often referred to as l'hexagone because of its geographical shape. The country's mainland is roughly hexagonal in shape, hence the nickname. This term is commonly used in France due to the distinct outline of the country.
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