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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]
Additionally, some cities had obtained charters during the Middle Ages, either from the king himself or from local counts or dukes (such as the city of Toulouse chartered by the counts of Toulouse). These cities were made up of several parishes (up to c. 50 parishes in the case of Paris), and they were usually enclosed by a defensive wall. They ...
This is a list of the largest communes in France in terms of the surface area of their municipalities. Largest communes in France and overseas departments and territories [ edit ]
This has meant that the heads of wealthy regions such as Île-de-France or Rhône-Alpes can be high-profile positions. Proposals to give regions limited legislative autonomy have met with considerable resistance; others propose transferring certain powers from the departments to their respective regions, leaving the former with limited authority.
Turbot and oysters from the Cotentin Peninsula are major delicacies throughout France. Normandy is the chief oyster-cultivating, scallop-exporting, and mussel-raising region in France. Normandy is a major cider-producing region (very little wine is produced). Perry is also produced, but in less significant quantities.
In France, multiple words exist to define various kinds of urban area. One of the first words used was the word agglomération , which was first used to deal with a group of people. The word was used, for instance, in a law from 5 April 1884 ( loi du 5 avril 1884 ), in which Article 98 gives the mayor police power ( pouvoirs de police ...
Loire-Atlantique has two major cities, Nantes, with 309,346 inhabitants and an urban area encompassing 972,828, and Saint-Nazaire, with 69,993 inhabitants. [65] Loire-Atlantique's population is more rapidly growing than Region Brittany 's and it is the 12th most populated French département . [ 66 ]
Below is a list of airports in France, grouped by department and sorted by commune. France is a country with its main territory in Western Europe , with several overseas territories and islands . The area known as metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea , as well as from the Rhine to the ...