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The Mediterranean Sea ( pronounced ) is a sea connected to the ___MASK73___ , surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land : on the north by Southern ___MASK12___ and ___MASK91___ , on the south by North Africa , and on the east by the Levant . The sea is sometimes considered a part of the ___MASK73___ , although it is usually identified as a separate body of water . ___MASK81___ ( French : ) is the capital and ___MASK77___ 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 ___MASK81___ Region , which has an area of and a population in 2014 of 12 , 005 , 077 , comprising 18 . 2 percent of the population of France . ___MASK9___ , officially the French Republic , is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . The European , or metropolitan , area of ___MASK9___ extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea , and from the ___MASK16___ to the Atlantic Ocean . Overseas ___MASK9___ include French Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in the Atlantic , Pacific and ___MASK51___ oceans . ___MASK9___ 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 ___MASK16___ (, , ) is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of ___MASK68___ in the southeastern Swiss Alps , 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 Sea in the Netherlands . The largest city on the river ___MASK16___ 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 . Les Ambassadeurs was a restaurant in ___MASK81___ , ___MASK9___ . It closed on March 31 , 2013 , due to renovations of the Hôtel de Crillon . The hotel will reopen in 2015 . The English Channel (" the Sleeve " [ hence ] " Sea ___MASK64___ Brittany " " British Sea "), also called simply the Channel , is the body ___MASK64___ water that separates southern ___MASK20___ from northern France , and joins the southern part ___MASK64___ the North Sea to the rest ___MASK64___ the Atlantic Ocean . A republic ( from ) is a sovereign state , country , or government which is organized with a form ___MASK64___ government in which power resides in elected individuals representing the citizen body and government leaders exercise power according to the rule ___MASK64___ law . In modern times , the definition ___MASK64___ a republic commonly refers to a government which excludes a monarch . Currently , 147 ___MASK64___ the world ' s 206 sovereign states use the word " republic " as part ___MASK64___ their official names ; not all ___MASK64___ these are republics in the sense ___MASK64___ having elected governments , nor do all nations with elected governments use the word " republic " in their names . ___MASK21___ is a city in ___MASK65___ ___MASK9___ , in French Flanders . On the Deûle River , near ___MASK9___ ' s border with Belgium , it is the capital of the Hauts - de - ___MASK9___ region and the prefecture of the ___MASK56___ . Île - de - ___MASK9___ (, , " Island of ___MASK9___ "), also known as the " région parisienne " (" Parisian Region "; see Etymology ), is one of the 18 regions of ___MASK9___ , and includes the city of Paris . It covers 12012 square kilometers ( 4638 square miles ), and has its own regional council and president . It has a population of 12 , 005 , 077 as of January 2014 , or 18 . 2 percent of the population of ___MASK9___ . ___MASK8___ is the capital city ___MASK64___ the southwestern French department ___MASK64___ Haute - Garonne , as well as ___MASK64___ the Occitanie region . The city lies on the ___MASK60___ ___MASK64___ 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 2014 . The ___MASK8___ Metro area is , with 1 312 304 inhabitants as ___MASK64___ 2014 , France ' s 4th metropolitan area after Paris , Lyon and Marseille and ahead ___MASK64___ Lille and Bordeaux . The Hôtel de Crillon in ___MASK81___ is a historic luxury hotel that opened in 1909  in a building dating to 1758 . Located at the foot ___MASK64___ the Champs - Élysées , the Crillon along with the Hotel de la Marine is one ___MASK64___ two identical stone palaces on the Place de la Concorde . With 103 guest rooms and 44 suites , the facility also features three restaurants , a ___MASK11___ , outdoor terrace , gym and health club on the premises . ___MASK50___ 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 ". The ___MASK87___ Sea is a marginal sea ___MASK64___ the ___MASK73___ located between Great Britain , Scandinavia , ___MASK85___ , the Netherlands , Belgium , and France . An epeiric ( or " shelf ") sea on the European continental shelf , it connects to the ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north . It is more than long and wide , with an area ___MASK64___ around . The Place de la Concorde is one ___MASK64___ the major public squares in Paris , ___MASK9___ . Measuring in area , it is the largest square in the French capital . It is located in the city ' s eighth arrondissement , at the eastern end ___MASK64___ the Champs - Élysées . ___MASK90___ (; Niçard , classical norm , or "", nonstandard , ) is the fifth ___MASK77___ populous city in France and the capital of the Alpes - Maritimes " département ". The urban area of ___MASK90___ extends beyond the administrative city limits , with a population of about 1 million on an area of . Located in the ___MASK79___ , on the south east coast of France on the Mediterranean Sea , at the foot of the Alps , ___MASK90___ 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 . ___MASK90___ is about 13 kilometres ( 8 miles ) from the principality of ___MASK24___ , and its airport is a gateway to the principality as well . ___MASK46___ ( Gascon Occitan : "") is a port city on the Garonne River in the ___MASK34___ department in southwestern France . The ___MASK73___ 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 ". ___MASK86___ ( pronounced or ), officially called Guiana , is an overseas department and region of ___MASK9___ , located on the north Atlantic coast of South America in the Guyanas . It borders ___MASK48___ 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 ___MASK9___ and the largest outermost region within the ___MASK98___ . The euro ( sign : €; code : EUR ) is the official currency ___MASK64___ the eurozone , which consists ___MASK64___ 19 ___MASK64___ the member states ___MASK64___ the ___MASK98___ : 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 ___MASK64___ the ___MASK98___ and four other European countries , as well as unilaterally by two others , and is consequently used daily by some 337 million Europeans . Outside ___MASK64___ Europe , a number ___MASK64___ overseas territories ___MASK64___ EU members also use the euro as their currency . ___MASK12___ is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . ___MASK12___ is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the ___MASK69___ , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the ___MASK22___ and southeast , ___MASK12___ is generally considered as separated from Asia 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 ___MASK12___  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to ___MASK12___ also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . The term cult usually refers to a social group defined by their religious , spiritual , or philosophical beliefs , or common interest in a particular personality , object or goal . The term itself is controversial and has divergent definitions in popular culture and in academia and has been an ongoing source ___MASK64___ contention among scholars across several fields ___MASK64___ study . In the sociological classifications ___MASK64___ religious movements , a cult is a social group with socially deviant or novel beliefs and practices , although this is often unclear . Other researchers present a less - organized picture ___MASK64___ cults on the basis that cults arise spontaneously around novel beliefs and practices . The word " cult " has always been controversial because it is ( in a pejorative sense ) considered a subjective term , used as an " ad hominem " attack against groups with differing doctrines or practices . Cults range in size from local groups with a few members to international organizations with millions . The ___MASK76___ des Champs - Élysées is an ___MASK76___ in the ___MASK1___ , long and wide , running between the Place de la Concorde and the Place Charles de Gaulle , where the Arc de Triomphe is located . It is known for its theatres , cafés and luxury shops , for the annual Bastille Day military parade , and as the finish of the Tour de France cycle race . The name is French for the Elysian Fields , the paradise for dead heroes in Greek mythology . The French proudly call their world - famous boulevard "" la plus belle ___MASK76___ du monde "" (" the world ' s most beautiful ___MASK76___ ").