Europe is not only a continental part, but besides areas that belong to the countries in its areas. The regions of Europe will so besides be the Azores or French Guiana in South America.
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Countries of Europe - a complete and alphabetical list of countries in Europe
There are 46 independent countries in Europe. These are:
Albania,
Andorra,
Armenia,
Austria,
Azerbaijan,
Belgium
Belarus,
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
Cyprus,
Czech Republic,
Denmark,
Estonia,
Finland,
France,
Georgia,
Greece,
Spain,
Netherlands
Ireland,
Iceland,
Liechtenstein,
Lithuania
Luxembourg,
Latvia,
North Macedonia,
Malta,
Moldova,
Monaco,
Germany
Norway,
Poland,
Portugal,
Romania,
San Marino,
Serbia,
Slovakia,
Slovenia,
Switzerland,
Sweden,
Ukraine,
Vatican City,
Hungary,
United Kingdom,
Italy.
Sometimes Kosovo is attached to this list, but it is only partially recognised. Transnistria, in turn, is an unrecognized state.
Outside the continent there are besides "outermost regions" of Europe, which include 9 regions of the associate States of the European Union. Despite the considerable distance between these places and continental Europe, the law of the European Union applies to these places - with any exceptions. These regions form an integral part of the European Union. The point is:
Canary Islands (part of Spain);
Azores and Madeira (part of Portugal);
French overseas departments - French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Mayotte, Martinique, Reunion and Saint-Martin.
Europe besides includes the dependent territories of individual countries, which have greater distinctness and autonomy - e.g. they may have separate currencies or entry rules. Europe's dependent territories include:
Faroe Islands (Denmark);
Greenland (Denmark);
the Åland Islands (Finland);
Gibraltar (UK);
Guernsey (UK);
Jersey (UK);
Isle of Man (UK).
Map of current peculiar territoriesWikimedia Commons
In addition, the European album contains in part the territories of 3 countries: Turkey, Kazakhstan and Russia.
All the countries of Europe - curiosity
Ukraine is the largest country in Europe. The area of this country is 603,500 square kilometres.
The most populous state located entirely in Europe is Germany, whose population is about 84,316,622.
The smallest country is the Vatican - it has 0.44 square kilometres of land and has a permanent population of about 825 people.
The name Europe comes from Greek, but the very meaning of the word is unclear. possibly it comes from the word europos, which means "slightly rising" or Assyrian ereb, meaning "west".
Europe is usually assumed to extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Ural Mountains on the west-east line and from the Arctic Ocean to the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and the Caucasus on the north-south line.
Europe has an area of 10.2 million square km (of which nearly 4 million square km occupies the European part of Russia). Europe's surface area is only 2 percent of the earth's surface area.
The southernmost part of Europe is the Greek island of Gavdos; north is the Russian island of Rudolf; east is the Russian Cape Flissing; west is the island of Flores in the Portuguese Azores.
25% of Europe's surface area is the Nordic, Iberian, Balkan, Apeninski, Kolski, Crimean, Jutland and Breton peninsula.
The highest summit of Europe is Mont Blanc, which is 4811 m above sea level.
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