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Of course, but it doesn't answer the question since western Europe is made of southern European countries (Spain, Italy, Portugal) and "northern" ones (Uk, Netherlands, Germany, etc.)...
Is the question relevent anyway ? The answer is never satisfying. France has more in common with Germany and Spain than it does with Poland or Macedonia. Hence why the west /east division makes (a little) more sense to me.
Southern France is more southern Europe than Northern france is northern Europe.
Of course. Southern France is fully southern European(geography and culture) while northern France at best a "centralish area" with a romance language with some central and northern European influences.
Davy is right, if one takes the 45° North Latitude that crosses France in the middle as unity of measure, North of it is more northern Europe, South of it southern Europe. France is actually on the brink, more so then any European nation, hence the schizophrenic French charachter !
Even though Europe spans from 35N to about 75N.. 45N is the midway point for you?
Is the question relevent anyway ? The answer is never satisfying. France has more in common with Germany and Spain than it does with Poland or Macedonia. Hence why the west /east division makes (a little) more sense to me.
Also, i'd rather say south of Bordeaux.
What do Poland and Macedonia have in common though except language? You can now see Macedonia on google street view, to me it looks distinctly southern europe and nothing like Poland.....
What do Poland and Macedonia have in common though except language? You can now see Macedonia on google street view, to me it looks distinctly southern europe and nothing like Poland.....
They are not super similar but they are both different from western european countries i'd say
Geographically, Northern half of France is central-western, while the southern half is southh-western:
The northern half of France is at the latitudes of switzerland, Austria and southern Germany, that is not really "norhern" geographically speaking those places are the middle of European main landmass. Paris region, which is at french scale very "northern" is about at similar latitudes as Stuttgart, Vienna or Munich...
Only the little corner in the far north area around Lille is comparable latitudes with north-western Europe: UK, northern germany, belgium...
The southern half of France, south of La Rochelle, is clearly in southern Europe, lined with Italy
Culturally, with its romance language, catholic historical heritage, wine-culture, France has as special ties with other latin European countries, even is some northern regions have also some superficial cultural features (architecture, foods) or historical links with neighboring countries such as Germany in the north-east (alsace-lorraine), belgium/neitherlands in the Nord, England in Normandy or Cornwall/Wales with Britanny.
Geographically a good part of what is considered northern France lies north of Switzerland. Take a good look at your map!😄
Culturally not necessarily geographically. Geographically France is mainly a Western European country, the culture is Latin-derived thus Southern European.
latin-derived means nothing, just in your head saxonwold. and just in your head too the whole of France is the same (no don't even tell me you didn't say that, it's what you think, lumping all the regions in the same entity). go ask some Chtis how they feel or some Alsatians, and then come back, 'kay?
I know it's hard for you and you're armed with facts and stuff but you don't know France that much.
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