Climate | We have metropolitan France: 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 the mistral |
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Revenue from forest resources | 0.03% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 33.399 million tons (2015 est.) |
Total renewable water resources | 211 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | Rhin (Rhine) (shared with Switzerland [s], Germany, and Netherlands [m]) - 1,233 km; Loire - 1,012 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
Total water withdrawal | |
Municipal | 5.31 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Industrial | 17.78 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Agricultural | 3.18 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Air pollutants | |
Particulate matter emissions | 10.46 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
Methane emissions | 55.99 megatons (2020 est.) |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 52.7% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 33.4% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 1.8% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 17.5% (2018 est.) |
Forest | 29.2% (2018 est.) |
Other | 18.1% (2018 est.) |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 81.8% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | 0.67% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 11.208 million PARIS (capital), 1.761 million Lyon, 1.628 million Marseille-Aix-en-Provence, 1.079 million Lille, 1.060 million Toulouse, 1.000 million Bordeaux (2023). |
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