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___MASK98___ 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 ___MASK89___ , from the Atlantic Ocean , and from Paris . It is the fourth - largest city in France with 466 , 297 inhabitants in January 2014 . The ___MASK98___ Metro area is , with 1 312 304 inhabitants as of 2014 , France ' s 4th metropolitan area after Paris , Lyon and Marseille and ahead of Lille and Bordeaux . The ___MASK32___ (" the Sleeve " [ hence ] " ___MASK89___ of Brittany " " British ___MASK89___ "), also called simply the Channel , is the body of water that separates southern England from northern France , and joins the southern part of the North ___MASK89___ to the rest of the Atlantic Ocean . ___MASK45___ is a city in northern ___MASK77___ , in French Flanders . On the Deûle River , near ___MASK77___ ' s border with Belgium , it is the capital of the Hauts - de - ___MASK77___ region and the prefecture of the Nord department . The Rhine (, , ) is a European river that begins in the Swiss ___MASK65___ of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss ___MASK26___ , forms part of the Swiss - Austrian , Swiss - Liechtenstein , Swiss - German and then the Franco - German border , then flows through the Rhineland and eventually empties into the North ___MASK89___ in the Netherlands . The largest city on the river Rhine is Cologne , Germany , with a population of more than 1 , 050 , 000 people . It is the second - longest river in Central and Western Europe ( after the Danube ), at about , with an average discharge of about . ___MASK23___ ( pronounced or ), officially called Guiana , is an overseas department and region of ___MASK77___ , located on the north Atlantic coast of ___MASK90___ 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 244 , 118 inhabitants in 2013 living in the metropolitan area of Cayenne , its capital . By land area , it is the second largest region of ___MASK77___ and the largest outermost region within the European Union . The ___MASK12___ ( or " Abhainn na Bóinne ") is a river in Leinster , Ireland , the course of which is about long . It rises at Trinity Well , Newberry Hall , near Carbury , County Kildare , and flows towards the Northeast through County Meath to reach the Irish Sea between Mornington , County Meath and Baltray , County Louth . The Peerage of ___MASK76___ comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of ___MASK76___ before the Act of Union in 1707 . In that year , the Peerages of ___MASK76___ and ___MASK83___ were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain . ___MASK14___ ( Gascon Occitan : "") is a ___MASK31___ city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern ___MASK77___ . Europe is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . Europe is bordered by the ___MASK30___ to the north , the ___MASK43___ to the west , and the Mediterranean ___MASK89___ to the south . To the east and southeast , Europe is generally considered as separated from ___MASK84___ by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of Europe  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to Europe also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . ___MASK35___ (; Niçard , classical norm , or "", nonstandard , ) is the fifth ___MASK7___ populous city in France and the capital of the Alpes - Maritimes " département ". The urban area of ___MASK35___ extends beyond the administrative city limits , with a population of about 1 million on an area of . Located in the ___MASK2___ , on the south east coast of France on the Mediterranean ___MASK89___ , at the foot of the Alps , ___MASK35___ is the second - largest French city on the Mediterranean coast and the second - largest city in the Provence - Alpes - Côte d ' Azur region after Marseille . ___MASK35___ is about 13 kilometres ( 8 miles ) from the principality of Monaco , and its airport is a gateway to the principality as well . The North ___MASK89___ is a marginal ___MASK89___ of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain , Scandinavia , Germany , the Netherlands , Belgium , and France . An epeiric ( or " shelf ") ___MASK89___ on the European continental shelf , it connects to the ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian ___MASK89___ in the north . It is more than long and wide , with an area of around . The euro ( sign : €; code : EUR ) is the official currency of the eurozone , which consists of 19 of the member states of the European ___MASK95___ : ___MASK1___ , Belgium , Cyprus , ___MASK54___ , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , the Netherlands , ___MASK29___ , Slovakia , Slovenia , and Spain . The currency is also officially used by the institutions of the European ___MASK95___ 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 . ___MASK77___ , officially the French Republic , is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . The European , or metropolitan , area of ___MASK77___ extends from the Mediterranean ___MASK89___ to the English Channel and the North ___MASK89___ , and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean . Overseas ___MASK77___ include French Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian oceans . ___MASK77___ 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 . The Mediterranean ___MASK89___ ( pronounced ) is a ___MASK89___ connected to the Atlantic Ocean , surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land : on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia , on the south by North Africa , and on the east by the Levant . The ___MASK89___ is sometimes considered a part of the Atlantic Ocean , although it is usually identified as a separate body of water . ___MASK79___ or ( more archaically ) Lyons ( or ) is a city in east - central France , in the Auvergne - Rhône - Alpes region , about from Paris and from Marseille . Inhabitants of the city are called " Lyonnais ". ___MASK11___ ( French : ) is the capital and ___MASK7___ populous city of France . It has an area of and a population in 2013 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 ___MASK11___ Region , which has an area of and a population in 2014 of 12 , 005 , 077 , comprising 18 . 2 percent of the population of France . ___MASK46___ is one of the oldest towns in ___MASK4___ , known for its tourism and as a centre of industry , and medical care . It is located in County ___MASK34___ on the Dublin - Belfast corridor on the east coast of ___MASK4___ , 49 km or 30 miles north of Dublin . It is the last bridging point on the ___MASK12___ before it enters the Irish Sea . The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Newgrange is located 8 km to west of the town . The ___MASK43___ 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 29 percent of its water surface area . It separates the " Old World " from the " New World ". Friedrich Hermann ( or Frédéric - Armand ) , 1st Duke of Schomberg , 1st Count of Mertola ( originally von ___MASK9___ ) , KG ( 6 December 1615 -- 1 July 1690 ) , was a marshal of France and a General in the English and Portuguese Army . He was killed at the ___MASK62___ of the Boyne in 1690 . Duke of Schomberg in the Peerage of ___MASK76___ was created in 1689 . The title derives from the surname of its holder ( originally Schönberg ). The ___MASK62___ of the Boyne was a ___MASK62___ in 1690 between the English King James II , and the Dutch Prince William of Orange , who , with his wife , ___MASK24___ II ( his cousin and James ' s daughter ), had overthrown James in England in 1688 . The ___MASK62___ took place across the ___MASK12___ near the town of Drogheda on the east coast of Ireland , and resulted in a victory for William . This turned the tide in James ' s failed attempt to regain the British crown and ultimately aided in ensuring the continued Protestant ascendancy in Ireland .