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Country profile: France
| Location: | Western Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain,0 |
| Climate: | generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral |
| Terrain: | mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in north and west; remainder is mountainous, especially Pyrenees in south, Alps in east |
| Size: | 547030 sq. km total (Land area: 545630 sq. km Water area: 1400 sq.km) |
| Population: | 60,876,136 in metropolitan France (July 2008 est.) |
| Languages: | French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) |
| Government: | republic |
| Capital city: | Paris |
| Legal system: | civil law system with indigenous concepts; review of administrative but not legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Currency: | euro (EUR) |
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Country profile
In 2004, France consumed 11.2 quadrillion Btu of total energy. Nuclear energy was the largest share, representing 39 percent, followed by oil (36 percent), natural gas (16 percent) and hydroelectricity (5 percent). France is the second-largest producer of nuclear power in the world, after the United States, however, nuclear energy is a much larger share of France’s total energy consumption than the United States (8 percent in 2004).
Energy production and consumption
| Oil | Gas | |
| Production: | 73,180 bbl/day (2005 est.) | 1 billion cu m (2004 est.) |
| Consumption: | 1 million bbl/day (2005 est.) | 47 billion cu m (2004 est.) |
| Exports: | 474,200 bbl/day (2005 est.) | 863 million cu m (2004 est.) |
| Imports: | 1 million bbl/day (2005 est.) | 47 billion cu m (2004 est.) |
| Reserves: | 158 million bbl (1 January 2006 est.) | 341 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.) |
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France - recent news
| 06 May 26 |
TotalEnergies develops Pangea 5, a Next-Generation Supercomputer that will increase its computing power sixfold TotalEnergies, in collaboration with Dell Technologies and NVIDIA, has announced the signing of a contract for the design and installation of Pangea 5, its next high-performance supercomputer. |
| 05 May 26 |
France: Ocean Winds delivers its first power from floating offshore wind project in France Ocean Winds (OW), the international offshore wind energy company created by EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has started electricity production at its 30 MW Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) floating offshore wind farm. With first power now delivered to the French grid, the project is already supplying renewable energy to homes and businesses in South of France. |
| 10 Apr 26 |
France: VSB commissions new wind farm in Puy-de-Dôme VSB France has announced the commissioning of a new wind farm: 'Éoliennes de Bosjean', located in Saint-Sulpice in the Puy-de-Dôme department (63). the wind farm comprises six Vestas V110 wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 12.8 MW. |
| 30 Mar 26 |
France: TotalEnergies and EDF sign partnership to secure low-carbon electricity supply for TotalEnergies’ refining & chemicals sites in France Under this agreement, EDF will allocate to TotalEnergies a share of the output of its operating nuclear fleet. This allocation will enable TotalEnergies to cover around 60% of the electricity needs of its refining and chemicals sites in France, estimated at 400 MW. |
| 29 Mar 26 |
TotalEnergies and EDF sign a long-term partnership to secure low-carbon electricity supply for TotalEnergies’ refining and chemicals sites in France TotalEnergies and of the EDF Group have signed a Nuclear Production Allocation Contract for a duration of 12 years, starting on January 1, 2028. Under this agreement, EDF will allocate to TotalEnergies a share of the output of its operating nuclear fleet. This allocation will enable TotalEnergies to cover around 60% of the electricity needs of its refining and chemicals sites in France, estimated at 400 MW. |
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