France lies on the western coast of Europe, bounded to the west by the North Sea, to the north by the English Channel, and to the west by the Bay of Biscay (North Atlantic Ocean). France shares boundaries with Germany, Switzerland, and Italy in the east, Belgium and Luxembourg in the northeast, the Mediterranean Sea in the southeast, Monaco, Spain, and Andorra in the south. Furthermore, France and the United Kingdom have shared maritime borders.

With an area of 551,695 km², Metropolitan France, often known as Mainland France, includes the island of Corsica. In comparison, it is larger than the United Kingdom or the state of Colorado by more than two times.

The population of France is 65.2 million in 2021, out of a total of 67.4 million.population in its overseas regions (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, and Reunion) and around 2.2 million in Metropolitan France (the European portion of France including Corsica). New Caledonia and French Polynesia are two more significant dependents.

Paris is the capital and biggest city. French is the language spoken.