Outline of 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. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. From its shape, it is often referred to in French as l’Hexagone.
General reference
- Pronunciation: or, ;
- Common English country name: France
- Official English country name: The French Republic
- Common endonym: La France
- Official endonym: List of official endonyms of present-day nations and states
- Adjectival: French
- Demonym: French
- Etymology: Name of France
- International rankings of France
- ISO country codes: FR, FRA, 250
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:FR
- Internet country code top-level domain:.fr
Geography of France
- France is a:
- * Country
- ** Developed country
- * Sovereign state
- ** Member State of the European Union
- ** Member state of NATO
- Location:
- * Northern Hemisphere, on the Prime Meridian
- ** Eurasia
- *** Europe
- **** mostly in Western Europe
- * Time in France
- ** Time zones:
- *** Metropolitan France – Central European Time, Central European Summer Time
- * Extreme points of France
- ** North: Dunkirk at the North Sea
- ** South: Perpignan, at the Spanish border
- ** East: Haguenau, at the German border
- ** West: Brest, south of Land's End
- ** High: Mont Blanc – highest point of Western Europe
- ** Low: Les Moëres
- * Land boundaries:
- **Metropolitan France:
- Population of France: 68,035,000 people – 20th most populous country
- Area of France: – 40th largest country
- Atlas of France
- Communes of France
Environment of France
- Climate of France
- Ecology of France
- * Renewable energy in France
- Geology of France
- National parks of France
- Wildlife of France
- * Flora of France
- ** Flora of the Alps
- * Fauna of France
- ** Birds of France
- ** Mammals of France
- ** Non-marine molluscs of France
Geographic features of France
- Glaciers of France
- Islands of France
- Lakes of France
- Mountains of France
- * French Alps
- * Volcanoes in France
- Rivers of France
- List of World Heritage Sites in France ''''
Regions of France
- Metropolitan France
- Overseas departments and territories of France
Administrative divisions of France
- Regions of France
- * Departments of France
- ** Municipalities of France
Regions of France (Administrative)
Departments of France
French departments are roughly analogous to British counties.| INSEE code | Arms | Department | Prefecture |
| 01 | Ain | Bourg-en-Bresse | |
| 02 | Aisne | Laon | |
| 03 | Allier | Moulins | |
| 04 | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | Digne-les-Bains | |
| 05 | Hautes-Alpes | Gap | |
| 06 | Alpes-Maritimes | Nice | |
| 07 | Ardèche | Privas | |
| 08 | Ardennes | Charleville-Mézières | |
| 09 | Ariège | Foix | |
| 10 | Aube | Troyes | |
| 11 | Aude | Carcassonne | |
| 12 | Aveyron | Rodez | |
| 13 | Bouches-du-Rhône | Marseille | |
| 14 | Calvados | Caen | |
| 15 | Cantal | Aurillac | |
| 16 | Charente | Angoulême | |
| 17 | Charente-Maritime | La Rochelle | |
| 18 | Cher | Bourges | |
| 19 | Corrèze | Tulle | |
| 2A | Corse-du-Sud | Ajaccio | |
| 2B | Haute-Corse | Bastia | |
| 21 | Côte-d'Or | Dijon | |
| 22 | Côtes-d'Armor | Saint-Brieuc | |
| 23 | Creuse | Guéret | |
| 24 | Dordogne | Périgueux | |
| 25 | Doubs | Besançon | |
| 26 | Drôme | Valence | |
| 27 | Eure | Évreux | |
| 28 | Eure-et-Loir | Chartres | |
| 29 | Finistère | Quimper | |
| 30 | Gard | Nîmes | |
| 31 | Haute-Garonne | Toulouse | |
| 32 | Gers | Auch | |
| 33 | Gironde | Bordeaux | |
| 34 | Hérault | Montpellier | |
| 35 | Ille-et-Vilaine | Rennes | |
| 36 | Indre | Châteauroux | |
| 37 | Indre-et-Loire | Tours | |
| 38 | Isère | Grenoble | |
| 39 | Jura | Lons-le-Saunier | |
| 40 | Landes | Mont-de-Marsan | |
| 41 | Loir-et-Cher | Blois | |
| 42 | Loire | Saint-Étienne | |
| 43 | Haute-Loire | Le Puy-en-Velay | |
| 44 | Loire-Atlantique | Nantes | |
| 45 | Loiret | Orléans | |
| 46 | Lot | Cahors | |
| 47 | Lot-et-Garonne | Agen | |
| 48 | Lozère | Mende | |
| 49 | Maine-et-Loire | Angers | |
| 50 | Manche | Saint-Lô | |
| 51 | Marne | Châlons-en-Champagne | |
| 52 | Haute-Marne | Chaumont | |
| 53 | Mayenne | Laval | |
| 54 | Meurthe-et-Moselle | Nancy | |
| 55 | Meuse | Bar-le-Duc | |
| 56 | Morbihan | Vannes | |
| 57 | Moselle | Metz | |
| 58 | Nièvre | Nevers | |
| 59 | Nord | Lille | |
| 60 | Oise | Beauvais | |
| 61 | Orne | Alençon | |
| 62 | Pas-de-Calais | Arras | |
| 63 | Puy-de-Dôme | Clermont-Ferrand | |
| 64 | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | Pau | |
| 65 | Hautes-Pyrénées | Tarbes | |
| 66 | Pyrénées-Orientales | Perpignan | |
| 67 | Bas-Rhin | Strasbourg | |
| 68 | Haut-Rhin | Colmar | |
| 69 | Rhône | Lyon | |
| 70 | Haute-Saône | Vesoul | |
| 71 | Saône-et-Loire | Mâcon | |
| 72 | Sarthe | Le Mans | |
| 73 | Savoie | Chambéry | |
| 74 | Haute-Savoie | Annecy | |
| 75 | Paris | Paris | |
| 76 | Seine-Maritime | Rouen | |
| 77 | Seine-et-Marne | Melun | |
| 78 | Yvelines | Versailles | |
| 79 | Deux-Sèvres | Niort | |
| 80 | Somme | Amiens | |
| 81 | Tarn | Albi | |
| 82 | Tarn-et-Garonne | Montauban | |
| 83 | Var | Toulon | |
| 84 | Vaucluse | Avignon | |
| 85 | Vendée | La Roche-sur-Yon | |
| 86 | Vienne | Poitiers | |
| 87 | Haute-Vienne | Limoges | |
| 88 | Vosges | Épinal | |
| 89 | Yonne | Auxerre | |
| 90 | Territoire de Belfort | Belfort | |
| 91 | Essonne | Évry | |
| 92 | Hauts-de-Seine | Nanterre | |
| 93 | Seine-Saint-Denis | Bobigny | |
| 94 | Val-de-Marne | Créteil | |
| 95 | Val-d'Oise | Cergy/Pontoise | |
| 971 | Guadeloupe | Basse-Terre | |
| 972 | Martinique | Fort-de-France | |
| 973 | Guyane | Cayenne | |
| 974 | La Réunion | Saint-Denis | |
| 976 | Mayotte | Mamoudzou |
File:Tour Eiffel, École militaire, Champ-de-Mars, Palais de Chaillot, La Défense - 03.jpg|300px|thumb|The Eiffel Tower, with the skyline of Paris in the background
Municipalities of France
- Cities of France
- * Capital of France: Paris – also the largest city in France, with over 2,000,000 inhabitants
- * Strasbourg – official seat of the European Parliament
- * Lyon – silk capital of the world and the location of the headquarters of Interpol and Euronews
- * Marseille – France's largest commercial port