dissolved_or_abolished association of senones country communes
French Guiana ( pronounced or ), officially called Guiana , is an overseas department and region of France , located on the north Atlantic coast of South America in the Guyanas . It borders Brazil to the east and south , and Suriname to the west . Its area has a very low population density of only 3 inhabitants per km , with half of its ___MASK17___ , 118 inhabitants in ___MASK73___ living in the metropolitan area of Cayenne , its capital . By land area , it is the second largest region of France and the largest outermost region within the European Union . Paris ( French : ) is the capital and most populous city of France . It has an area of and a population in ___MASK73___ of 2 , 229 , 621 within its administrative limits . The city is both a commune and department , and forms the centre and headquarters of the Île - de - France , or Paris Region , which has an area of and a population in ___MASK71___ of 12 , 005 , 077 , comprising 18 . 2 percent of the population of France . The euro ( sign : €; code : EUR ) is the official currency of the eurozone , which consists of ___MASK33___ of the member states of the European Union : Austria , Belgium , Cyprus , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , the Netherlands , Portugal , Slovakia , Slovenia , and Spain . The currency is also officially used by the institutions of the European Union and four other European countries , as well as unilaterally by two others , and is consequently used daily by some 337 million Europeans . Outside of Europe , a number of overseas territories of EU members also use the euro as their currency . The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world ' s oceans with a total area of about . It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth ' s surface and about ___MASK80___ percent of its water surface area . It separates the " Old World " from the " New World ". The Association of Senones Country communes ( French : Communauté de communes du Pays de Senones ) is a French administrative association of communes in the Vosges département of eastern France and in the region of Lorraine . Created in 1998 , the association has its administrative offices at Senones . France , officially the French Republic , is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . The European , or metropolitan , area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea , and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean . Overseas France include French Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian oceans . France spans and had a total population of almost 67 million people as of January 2017 . It is a unitary semi - presidential republic with the capital in Paris , the country ' s largest city and main cultural and commercial centre . Other major urban centres include Marseille , Lyon , Lille , Nice , Toulouse and Bordeaux . Toulouse is the capital city of the southwestern French department of Haute - Garonne , as well as of the Occitanie region . The city lies on the banks of the River Garonne , from the Mediterranean Sea , from the Atlantic Ocean , and from Paris . It is the fourth - largest city in France with 466 , 297 inhabitants in January ___MASK71___ . The Toulouse Metro area is , with 1 312 304 inhabitants as of ___MASK71___ , France ' s 4th metropolitan area after Paris , Lyon and Marseille and ahead of Lille and Bordeaux .