EGP of France

The country is located in Western Europe. Consider the EGP of France, first - its geographical location.

France is the largest country in Europe,borders with Belgium, Italy, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Andorra and Spain. The border in the north with Great Britain is along the straits of the Atlantic. In the south of the country is a small principality of Monaco. Basically the country's territory is hilly, with hills, lowlands and medium-high mountains. The highest mountain in the country and in the whole of Western Europe is Mont Blanc, its height is more than 4800 meters.

The EGP of France is due in large part to itslocation and availability of natural resources. The country mainly lies on the plain. Most of it is located in temperate latitudes, and the south captures subtropics. It is rich in water resources, and the complex of hydroelectric power stations of France is the largest in Europe. More than 500 hydroelectric power stations, which produce about twenty thousand megawatts of power, are located on its territory.

The minerals of France are represented inmainly with uranium and iron ore reserves. According to the explored reserves of uranium ores, the country is in the first place in Western Europe. Lorraine (a region in the northeast of France) is rich in deposits of iron ore. There are also deposits of bauxite, rock and potassium salts, concentrated in the north and east of the country. There are small reserves of natural gas, oil, and coal. The largest coal basins are the Central Massif and Lille.

From fuel and energy resourcesThe uranium ore is of primary importance for the country. Electric power stations, of which there are 59 in the country, are of great importance in the production of electricity. They produce about 80% of all electricity in the country. Of great importance for the state are the recreational resources of France. In this respect, the seaside and the areas of the Pyrenees and the Alps are particularly valuable. A significant tourist potential - in major cities of the country including, of course, in Paris.

France's EGP is such that it does not usethe natural advantages of the state, from a very advantageous geographical position in Europe to access to the main sea trade routes of Western Europe (the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, the English Channel) would be, to put it mildly, not quite right.

France occupies the 6th place in the world in terms ofeconomic indicators after China, USA, Germany, Japan and Great Britain. This is a highly developed agrarian-industrial country. The leading branches of the manufacturing industry are machine building, including automobile manufacturing, electronic (washing machines, televisions and others) and electrical engineering, shipbuilding (sea ferries, tankers), aircraft and machine tools. The country is one of the major producers of petrochemical and chemical products (including synthetic rubber, caustic soda, mineral fertilizers, plastics, pharmaceuticals, etc.), non-ferrous (lead, aluminum and zinc) and ferrous metals. Popular in the world markets are French footwear, clothing, perfumes, cosmetics, jewelry, wines, cheeses (more than four hundred varieties are produced), cognacs.

In France, the railwaytransport. High-speed trains TGV (abbreviated as Train à Grande Vitesse, which means "high-speed train"), as well as local trains, connect Paris with almost all the cities of the country and the neighboring countries of Western Europe. Trains TGV move with an average speed of 325 kilometers per hour. The total length of the French railways is almost 30,000 kilometers. The railway network of France, thus, is one of the longest in the countries of Western Europe.

Thus, we presented in the main features of the EGP of France.