Gateway Guide to France [antikvár]

THE COUNTRY 'La République Francaise* or 'La Francé' occupies an area of about 213,000 sq. miles -i.e. over three times that of England and Wales. 42,000 sq. miles are woodlands, 47,000 sq. miles are pastoral land and 6000 sq. miles yield wine. 72,000 sq. miles or about 33 % is arable land. The oldest part of Francé is known as the Central Plaíeau, a mountainous region of extinct volcanoes centred on Auvergne. To the east are the Vosges and the Jura, pass-