France on canvas, poster, wallpaper and ArtFrame by Evert Jan Luchies

France, officially the French Republic (French: République française), is a country in Western Europe and the third largest European country by area. France is located between the Channel, the Atlantic Ocean and the Bay of Biscay (in the west), Belgium and Luxembourg (in the north), Germany, Switzerland and Italy (in the east) and Spain, Andorra, the Mediterranean and Monaco ( in the south). The island of Corsica in the Mediterranean also belongs to France, as well as many overseas territories. France claims a part of Antarctica: Adélieland.