https://padlet.com/semaselenn/5yzu2fcylyyr en-us 2018-05-03 19:40:03 UTC 2025-12-23 03:56:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Optimplaces.png semaselenn https://padlet.com/semaselenn/5yzu2fcylyyr/wish/515805033  France Officially known as the French Republic, most people know the country as France. It is located in Western Europe. Population France has a population of about 67 million people. Only nineteen other countries in the world have a larger population. Cities Paris (population: 2,243,833) is the capital city of France. Other large, well-known cities include Marseille (pop. 850, 726), Lyon (pop. 484, 344) and Toulouse (pop. 441, 802). Climate Most of France has an oceanic climate, which means that it has cool summers and cool (not cold) winters. Other places with this kind of climate include New Zealand, the Pacific Northwest of the United States, the west coast of Canada, and Great Britain. Economy France is a rich country. It has the world’s ninth largest economy, and the second largest economy in the European Union after Germany. It has 31 of the 500 biggest companies in the world. Tourism France is a popular place for tourists. 83 million foreign tourists visited France in 2012, which was more than the USA with 67 million foreign tourists. ]]> 2020-04-19 18:39:35 UTC https://padlet.com/semaselenn/5yzu2fcylyyr/wish/515805033