Prayer Journey Through the OlympicsSample

## France Congratulations on completing the Prayer Journey Through the Olympics Plan. We trust you found it helpful in giving you a new and innovative way to pray during the Olympic Games. If you would like to be informed about other ways you can learn of prayer requests from the Jesus Film, please [ sign-up here ](https://www.jesusfilm.org/how-to-help/pray/prayer-signup.html "sign-up here" ) . We also have a plan that you may be interested in called, " [ Journey to the Olympics ](https://my.bible.com/reading-plans/26669-journey-to-the-olympics "Journey to the Olympics" ) ." It highlights the stories of eight athletes in their pursuit of an Olympic dream. ## France Location Western Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain Area Total: 643,801 sq km ; 551,500 sq km (metropolitan France) Land: 640,427 sq km ; 549,970 sq km (metropolitan France) Water: 3,374 sq km ; 1,530 sq km (metropolitan France) Climate Generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as the mistral Terrain Mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in the north and west; remainder is mountainous, especially Pyrenees in south, Alps in east Elevation Highest point: Mont Blanc 4,810 Lowest point: Rhone River delta -2 m Population 62,814,233 (July 2021 est.) Ethnic Groups Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque Minorities Religions Christian (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic) 63-66%, Muslim 7-9%, Buddhist 0.5-0.75%, Jewish 0.5-0.75%, Other 0.5-1.0%, None 23-28% (2015 est.) [IMAGE CONTENT]