North-Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean and connected seas
Tsunami Information Centre
France
General Information
General Information
The Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and connected seas (ICG/NEAMTWS) was formed in response...
Country Information
| Location | 48°51.4′N 2°21.05'E1 |
| Area | 551,500 km2 3 |
| Coastline | 4,853 km* |
| Climate | France has four broad climatic zones: the humid seaboard zone west of the line Bayonne-Lille with cool summers; a semi-continental zone with cold winters and hot summers in Alsace-Lorraine, along the rhodanian corridor and in the mountainous massifs (Alps, Pyrenees, Massif Central); an intermediate zone with cold winters and hot summers in the North, the Paris region and the central region; and a Mediterranean zone with mild winters and quite hot summers in the south of France. |
| Terrain | |
| Population | 63,937,0003 |
| Official Languages | French1 |
| Natural Hazards | Storm and flood2 |
- Sources :
- 1 Wikipedia
- 2 Prevention web
- 3 UN Data
- * The World factbook
Awareness and Education Materials
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