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I don't know what you mean by cold and organized, but by looking at your writing style, you sound like a hot tempered Iberian...
I am not from Spain, far from it in fact; I am just very direct so often people assume I am being defensive!
Germany is 50% catholic but it is not a latin-European nation like France, Portugal, Italy or Spain... Germany is Germanic.
The problem here lies in the fact that France is diverse enough and you cannot define it as if if was just black or white, there is too much diversity inside it to simplify it and water it down so that we can asnwer the question the thread creator asks!
Location: Near Tours, France about 47°10'N 0°25'E
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Alright smart, I'm sure you would agree that the UK is North West Europe yes? Well if France is South West Europe then where exactly is Central West Europe? The Isle of Wight!!!?
The latitude line of 50°N (about Luxemburg-Prague line) cut in two equal halfs Europe. This line is about the middle of mailand Europe. North of it is the northern half of Europe, south of it the southern part...
The concept of central-western Europe is not usually used. Central Europe is used but it refer to somthing else.
central Europe refers mainly to landlocked places that are "central" on a north-south axis, but also more specifically on a east-west axis. Also, culturally speaking, "central Europe" used to relates to places and countries linked with southern-German and Austrian culture and domination. In France only Alsace could be considered centralEurope.
If we want at all price to consider a concept of "central western Europe" this could relates to the northern third of France, wich lies lined west of central Europe (west of Alsace, southern Germany and Austria)
This area would stop further South of the Loire Valley and Burgundy ( along a Poitiers-Macon line, we enter in south-western part of Europe. Which correspond about to areas situated south of the Alpine chain that divide Italy (southern Europe) with central Europe (austria, Bavaria), along the latitude line of 47°N. About 55-60% of France is located further south than this limit...
That is to say that on north-south axis of Europe, France lies from central-western Europe (about northern Half of France) from south-wester Europe (southern half of the country), but in no way could be northern Europe (well, maybe nord-pas-de-Calais can be considered northern European, that's all) since its northernmost points are around only the 50°N..
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I agree with you, I lived in France and Germany and they are VERY DIFFERENT.... the only region in france that bears some resemblance to Germany is Alsace!!!
Germany is definitely Germanic, organized, colder, more ruled, much more similar to the netherlands or the Flanders in Belgium....
the french are more chaotic, colorful.... plus they're historically vastly roman catholic and speak a latin language (I also think france has more in common with spain)
Also culturally they are more mixed with spaniards as you said france has the largest number of spaniards on the planet and spain also has a considerable number of french.
This colorful chaos seems to be a trait of the Romance cultures LOL. If France is like that then I would say it certainly wouldn't be like Germany, a country known for organized efficiency.
I am not from Spain, far from it in fact; I am just very direct so often people assume I am being defensive!
Germany is 50% catholic but it is not a latin-European nation like France, Portugal, Italy or Spain... Germany is Germanic.
The problem here lies in the fact that France is diverse enough and you cannot define it as if if was just black or white, there is too much diversity inside it to simplify it and water it down so that we can asnwer the question the thread creator asks!
Look at this thread. You are arguing with people who are basing what they're saying on shallow things like outward physical appearance. They're different because they don't look the same. Everything you're saying makes sense but you can't argue with that kind of ignorance.
The division between Germanic and Latin is only political and not ethnocultural. For example up to 60% of English words are of Romance origin.
See that's misleading though, because most of the everyday words used in conversation in English are from Germanic, as well as all of English grammar. BTW I was kidding about Spain being more like the Phillippines and Latin America, I was just making fun of the whole concept of Africa beginning at the Pyrenees. I'd still say France is a bit more like Germany, at least southern Germany. It's probably more like Spain than it is like Protestant northern Germany, though.
French are Gallo Romance with a strong Germanic and Atlantic input. Even the word "French" is of German origin from the Germanic Franks.
Iberians are Romance with Celtic, Jewish and Moorish influences. There are no latinos in Europe.
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