The European part of France is called Metropolitan France and it is located in one of the occidental ends of Europe. It is bordered by the North Sea in the north, the English Channel in the north-west, the Atlantic Ocean in the west and the Mediterranean sea in the south-east. It borders Belgium and Luxembourg in the north east. It also borders Germany and Switzerland in the east, Italy and Monaco in the south-east, Spain and Andorra in the south west, Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea belonging to France.Foreign natural persons or corporate personswho are over 18 years old can be shareholders or directors in France. The valid business license in host country should be submitted, if the shareholder is a corporate person, and director should be a person who is French or has right to live in France for over 10 years with good commercial credit and no criminal records.