France is one of the wonderful countries in Europe. France located in Western Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the UK. France also bordering the Mediterranean Sea and it located between Italy and Spain. France is 547,030 sq km, which include water is about 1,400 sq km and land is 545,630 sq km the land in France includes only urban France, but excludes the in a foreign country managerial divisions. The lands in France is mostly flat plains or quietly rising and falling hills in north and west; remainder is mountainous, especially Pyrenees in south, Alps in east. The population in France is 59,551,227 on July 2001 est. France's population growing rapidly, so the rate of growth is 0.37% (2001 est.). The main religion in France is Roman Catholic, which is 90%. There are many different religions in France such as Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim (North African workers) 3%, unaffiliated 4%. The main language in France is French and there are many other languages like languages Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, and Flemish. The climate in France is very nice, which generally cool in winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; infrequent strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral. France environment is very awful, because some forests are damage from acid rain (major forest damage occurred as a result of severe December 1999 windstorm); air pollution from industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution from urban wastes, agricultural overflow.