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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).
The list includes all countries listed in the List of countries, the French overseas departments, the Spanish and Portuguese overseas regions and inhabited overseas dependencies. See List of extinct countries, empires, etc. and Former countries in Europe after 1815 for articles about countries that are no longer in existence.
1 constituent country without devolution: England: Greater London: City of London: 25 wards: 32 London boroughs (including 1 city) areas 10,449 parishes [43] with some unparished areas: 6 metropolitan counties (covered by combined authorities) 36 metropolitan boroughs (a.k.a. metropolitan districts) 21 two-tier non-metropolitan counties
The location of Metropolitan France The territory of the French Republic An enlargeable map of Metropolitan France. The following outline is provided as an overview and topical guide of France: France – country in Western Europe with several overseas regions and territories.
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France, [X] officially the French Republic, [XI] is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world.
In continental France (metropolitan France, excluding Corsica), the median land area of a department is 5,965 km 2 (2,303 sq mi), which is two-and-a-half times the median land area of the ceremonial counties of England and the preserved counties of Wales and slightly more than three-and-half times the median land area of a county of the United ...
France and its territories. The French Republic [1] has terrestrial borders with 10 sovereign states, 8 bordering Metropolitan France [2] and 2 bordering the Overseas Departments [3] [4] of France, totaling 3,959 kilometres (2,460 mi). In addition, the territories of France border an additional 5 countries and territories. [5]