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___MASK57___ ( pronounced or ), officially called Guiana , is an overseas department and region of ___MASK35___ , located on the north Atlantic coast of ___MASK39___ 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 ___MASK35___ and the largest outermost region within the European Union . ___MASK37___ (; Niçard , classical norm , or "", nonstandard , ) is the fifth most populous city in France and the capital of the Alpes - Maritimes " département ". The urban area of ___MASK37___ extends beyond the administrative city limits , with a population of about 1 million on an area of . Located in the French Riviera , on the south east coast of France on the Mediterranean Sea , at the foot of the Alps , ___MASK37___ 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 . ___MASK37___ is about 13 kilometres ( 8 miles ) from the principality of Monaco , and its airport is a gateway to the principality as well . ___MASK38___ ( Gascon Occitan : "") is a ___MASK64___ city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern ___MASK35___ . The Rhine (, , ) is a European river that begins in the Swiss ___MASK75___ of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss ___MASK12___ , 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 ___MASK60___ 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 . ___MASK99___ 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 ___MASK60___ , from the Atlantic Ocean , and from Paris . It is the fourth - largest city in France with 466 , 297 inhabitants in January 2014 . The ___MASK99___ 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 . Europe is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . Europe is bordered by the ___MASK55___ to the north , the ___MASK58___ to the west , and the Mediterranean ___MASK60___ to the south . To the east and southeast , Europe is generally considered as separated from ___MASK2___ 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 . The ___MASK32___ (" the Sleeve " [ hence ] " ___MASK60___ of Brittany " " British ___MASK60___ "), 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 ___MASK60___ to the rest of the Atlantic Ocean . ___MASK85___ 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 ". ___MASK61___ is a city in northern ___MASK35___ , in French Flanders . On the Deûle River , near ___MASK35___ ' s border with Belgium , it is the capital of the Hauts - de - ___MASK35___ region and the prefecture of the Nord department . The North ___MASK60___ is a marginal ___MASK60___ of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain , Scandinavia , Germany , the Netherlands , Belgium , and France . An epeiric ( or " shelf ") ___MASK60___ on the European continental shelf , it connects to the ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian ___MASK60___ in the north . It is more than long and wide , with an area of around . ___MASK30___ ( French : ) is the capital and ___MASK71___ 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 ___MASK30___ Region , which has an area of and a population in 2014 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 19 of the member states of the European ___MASK11___ : ___MASK20___ , Belgium , Cyprus , ___MASK59___ , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , the Netherlands , ___MASK73___ , Slovakia , Slovenia , and Spain . The currency is also officially used by the institutions of the European ___MASK11___ 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 Mediterranean ___MASK60___ ( pronounced ) is a ___MASK60___ 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 ___MASK60___ is sometimes considered a part of the Atlantic Ocean , although it is usually identified as a separate body of water . Laurent Riboulet ( 18 April 1871 in ___MASK61___ , ___MASK35___  4 September 1960 in ___MASK61___ , ___MASK35___ ) was a tennis player competing for ___MASK35___ . He reached two singles finals at the Amateur French Championships , winning in 1893 over defending champion Jean Schopfer , and losing in ___MASK4___ to 1894 winner André Vacherot . ___MASK35___ , officially the French Republic , is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . The European , or metropolitan , area of ___MASK35___ extends from the Mediterranean ___MASK60___ to the English Channel and the North ___MASK60___ , and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean . Overseas ___MASK35___ include French Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian oceans . ___MASK35___ 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 , ___MASK37___ , Toulouse and Bordeaux . The ___MASK58___ 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 ". Francis L . Fassitt was an American tennis player residing in ___MASK35___ who finished runner - up to Jean Schopfer in the singles event of the Amateur French Championships in 1892 . Jean Schopfer ( 28 May 1868  9 January 1931 ) was a tennis player competing for ___MASK35___ , and a writer , known under the pseudonym of Claude Anet . He reached two singles finals at the Amateur French Championships , winning in 1892 over British player Fassitt , and losing in 1893 to Laurent Riboulet .