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  2. Mining in France - Wikipedia

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    This was followed by the construction of Europe (the Coal and Steel Community), but ended in a major industrial crisis in the 1970s and 1980s, with the rapid closure of pits and mines following the exhaustion of resources that could be exploited at reasonable cost and in the face of competition from other countries. [5]

  3. List of forests in France - Wikipedia

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    3,700,000 hectares (14,000 sq mi) of forests in France are publicly owned, with the remaining 10,100,000 hectares (39,000 sq mi) being privately owned. Two-thirds of privately owned forests are larger than 10 hectares (25 acres), and 48% are larger than 25 hectares (62 acres). The largest forests in France by region are as follows:

  4. Geography of France - Wikipedia

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    A topographic map of the Republic, excluding all the overseas departments and territories Simplified physical map. The geography of France consists of a terrain that is mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in the north and the west and mountainous in the south (including the Massif Central and the Pyrenees) and the east (the country's highest points being in the Alps).

  5. List of countries by proven oil reserves - Wikipedia

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    Different estimates may or may not include oil shale, mined oil sands or natural gas liquids. Because proven reserves include oil recoverable under current economic conditions, nations may see large increases in proven reserves when known, but previously uneconomic deposits become economic to develop.

  6. List of countries by natural gas proven reserves - Wikipedia

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    Trends in the five countries with largest proven reserves of natural gas, according to the US Energy Information Administration Countries by natural gas proven reserves (2014), based on data from CIA The World Factbook Countries by natural gas and oil proven reserves (2015) World natural gas proven reserves 1960–2012 (OPEC)

  7. List of National Nature Reserves of France - Wikipedia

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    The list of National Nature Reserves of France presents the list of National Nature Reserves, in French Réserves Naturelles Nationales, (RNN) located on French territory. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Since the law on local democracy of 2002, the six former RNN 24, 51, 85, 120, 147 and 151, located in Corsica , are now known as "Corsican Nature Reserves", in ...

  8. Lists of countries by mineral production - Wikipedia

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    Largest producer Second largest producer Complete list Coal [1] China India: List of countries by coal production: Natural Gas [2] United States Russia: List of countries by natural gas production: Petroleum United States Russia: List of countries by oil production

  9. Western European broadleaf forests - Wikipedia

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    The Western European broadleaf forests is an ecoregion in Western Europe, and parts of the Alps. It comprises temperate broadleaf and mixed forests , that cover large areas of France, Germany and the Czech Republic and more moderately sized parts of Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and South Limburg (Netherlands).