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France ([fɹæns] (help·info) or /fɹɑns/, French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃s]), officially the French Republic (French: République française, French pronunciation: [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe and tha http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France

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