France

France (UK /?fr??ns/; US Listeni/?fr�ns/; French: [f???s] ( listen)), officially the French Republic (French: R�publique fran�aise [?epyblik f???s?z]), is a sovereign country in Western Europe that includes overseas regions and territories.[note 12] Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of only three countries (besides Morocco and Spain) to have both Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines. Due to its shape, it is often referred to in French as l�Hexagone (“The Hexagon”).