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because the outline of France is like the shape of a hexagon
the word hexagon is used as an alternative name for France itself because of the general shape of the country, which fits (very roughly) in an hexagon.
Metropolitan France is often referred to a 'l'Hexagone, and is indeed roughly hexagonal in shape.
No, it's a hexagon.
No: the Hexagon (l'Hexagone) - from the shape of the country. French children are taught to draw a map of France starting with a regular hexagon. Oddly, in a hexagon ABCDEF, lines FB and AD intersect in Paris.