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Introduction on surfing in France: France, the place to be in
summertime, has a good variety of waves, from mellow beachbreaks, to
big wave offshore
reefs
Climate: France's climate ranges
from a Mediterranean in the south with warm humid winters and hot
dry summers to a maritime in the northwest with mild winters and
cool summers as well as frequent fine rain or drizzle. In the east a
continental climate is dominant, characterized by cold winters with
frost, long periods of snow cover and warm summers with
thunderstorms. France receives an average of 450 billion cubic
metres of precipitation per annum as either rain or snow and no part
of the country receives less than 508 mm (20 inches) annually.
Average temperature ranges in Paris are from 1 to 6 degrees Celsius
(34 to 46 degrees Fahrenheit) in January to 14 to 25 degrees Celsius
(57 to 77 degrees Fahrenheit) in July.
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 .
Coordinates: 46 00 N, 2 00 E
Coastline: 3,427
km
Languages: French 100%, rapidly
declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton,
Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
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