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Map of metropolitan France. As of January 2019, there were 473 communes in France (metropolitan territory and overseas departments and regions) with population over 20,000, 280 communes with population over 30,000, 129 communes with population over 50,000 and 42 communes with population over 100,000. [1]
List of communes in France (2008 version) This page was last edited on 15 February 2024, at 10:51 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The largest cities of southern France are Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nice and Montpellier. The Pyrenees and French Alps are also located in the area, in respectively its southwestern and eastern parts. Corsica, which is south of Continental France and just north of Sardinia, Italy, may also be included.
France is divided into eighteen administrative regions (French: régions, singular région), of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France (in Europe), while the other five are overseas regions (not to be confused with the overseas collectivities, which have a semi-autonomous status).
In 1860 France acquired the County of Nice and Savoy, which led to the creation of three new departments. [16] Two were added from the new Savoyard territory, while the department of Alpes-Maritimes was created from Nice and a portion of the Var department. [16] The 89 departments were given numbers based on the alphabetical order of their ...
Pages in category "Port cities and towns on the French Atlantic coast" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Port cities and towns in France (2 C) Planned communities in France (2 C, 4 P) Prefectures in France (72 C, 102 P) Subprefectures in France (37 C, 236 P) *
The French Republic is divided into 18 regions: 12 in mainland France and 6 elsewhere (1 in Europe: Corsica; 2 in the Caribbean (the Lesser Antilles): Guadeloupe and Martinique; 1 in South America: French Guiana; and 2 in the Indian Ocean near East Africa: Mayotte and Réunion). They are traditionally divided between the metropolitan regions ...