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European Union Capital: Brussels (Belgium) Population: 456,953,258 The Geography of European Union Total Size: 3,976,372 square km Size Comparison: less than one-half the size of the US Geographical Coordinates: World Region: Europe General Terrain: fairly flat along the Baltic and Atlantic coast; mountainous in the central and southern areas Geographical Low Point: Lammefjord, Denmark -7 m; Zuidplaspolder, Netherlands -7 m Geographical High Point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m; note - situated on the border between France and Italy Climate: cold temperate; potentially subarctic in the north to temperate; mild wet winters; hot dry summers in the south The People of European Union Type of Government: Languages Spoken: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish; note - only official languages are listed; Irish (Gaelic) will become the 21st language on 1 January 2007 Independence: 7 February 1992 (Maastricht Treaty signed establishing the EU); 1 November 1993 (Maastricht Treaty entered into force) National Holiday: Europe Day 9 May (1950); note - a Union-wide holiday, the day that Robert SCHUMAN proposed the creation of an organized Europe Nationality: Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, Muslim, Jewish Economy of European Union Major Industries: among the world's largest and most technologically advanced, the European Union industrial base includes: ferrous and non-ferrous metal production and processing, metal products, petroleum, coal, cement, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, rail transportation equipment, passenger and commercial vehicles, construction equipment, industrial equipment, shipbuilding, electrical power equipment, machine tools and automated manufacturing systems, electronics and telecommunications equipment, fishing, food and beverage processing, furniture, paper, textiles, tourism Agricultural Products: wheat, barley, oilseeds, sugar beets, wine, grapes; dairy products, cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry; fish Natural Resources: iron ore, arable land, natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, lead, zinc, hydropower, uranium, potash, fish Major Exports: machinery, motor vehicles, aircraft, plastics, pharmaceuticals and other chemicals, fuels, iron and steel, nonferrous metals, wood pulp and paper products, textiles, meat, dairy products, fish, alcoholic beverages. Major Imports: machinery, vehicles, aircraft, plastics, crude oil, chemicals, textiles, metals, foodstuffs, clothing Currency: euro, British pound, Cypriot pound, Czech koruna, Danish krone, Estonian kroon, Hungarian forint, La National GDP: $12,180,000,000,000 Total Export Revenue: $1,318,000,000,000 Brief History of European Union: Following the two devastating World Wars of the first half of the 20th century, a number of European leaders in the late 1940s became convinced that the only way to establish a lasting peace was to unite the two chief belligerent nations - France and Germ Back to Geography Home Page

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