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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]
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.
List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants (2006 census) List of communes in France (2008 version) This page was last edited on 15 February 2024, at ...
Pages in category "Cities in France" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
French name Other local name(s) INSEE No. [3] Capital Derivation or etymology; Alsace: Alsace: Alsatian: Elsàss German: Elsass: 42 Strasbourg: Formerly a coalition of free cities in Holy Roman Empire, attached to Kingdom of France in 1648; annexed by Germany from Franco-Prussian war to the end of World War I and briefly during World War II ...
The suffix "-ville," from the French word for "city" is common for town and city names throughout the United States. Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock ...
In metropolitan France the largest commune is the commune of Arles (50,513 inhabitants) near Marseille, the territory of which encompasses most of the Camargue (the delta of the Rhône): 8.7 times the area of the city of Paris (excluding the outlying parks of Bois de Boulogne and Bois de Vincennes) at 759 square kilometres (293 sq mi).
The list is sortable by building age and height, and provides a link to the database of monuments historique, which is a listing of buildings and structures important to France's architectural and historical cultural heritage, [1] where relevant. This list has been compiled using the list of the largest cities and towns of France published by ...