Spain is a member of the European Union, its territory occupies most of the Iberian peninsula, over the archipelagos of the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. Spain is the third largest country after Russia and France, with a land area of 504,645 square km, is the most mountainous country after Switzerland. Share limits on the north by the Bay of Biscay, France and Andorra, on the east by the Mediterranean Sea, south by the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean and west by the Atlantic Ocean and Portugal. (más…)