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    Map of France

    French Republic

    France is located in Western Europe. Below you can see where France sits on the map, its national outline, and an interactive map you can pan and zoom, centered on the capital, Paris.

    Where France is located
    Outline of France
    Reference map of France (CIA World Factbook)
    Reference map of France (CIA World Factbook)By CIA · Public domain · Source (Wikimedia Commons)
    Relief map of France — physical geography
    Relief map of France — physical geographyBy Eric Gaba (Sting - fr:Sting) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source (Wikimedia Commons)
    Location map of France
    Location map of FranceBy NordNordWest · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source (Wikimedia Commons)
    France on the globe
    France on the globeBy Damouns, Ssolbergj · Public domain · Source (Wikimedia Commons)
    Political map of France and neighboring countries
    Political map: France and its neighbors
    Map of the administrative divisions of France
    First-level administrative divisions of France

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    Administrative divisions of France

    France is divided into 101 metropolitan departments (96 shown on the map above — outlying territories are omitted).

    Show all 101 metropolitan departments
    • Ain
    • Aisne
    • Allier
    • Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
    • Alpes-Maritimes
    • Ardèche
    • Ardennes
    • Ariège
    • Aube
    • Aude
    • Aveyron
    • Bas-Rhin
    • Bouches-du-Rhône
    • Calvados
    • Cantal
    • Charente
    • Charente-Maritime
    • Cher
    • Corrèze
    • Corse-du-Sud
    • Côte-d'Or
    • Côtes-d'Armor
    • Creuse
    • Deux-Sèvres
    • Dordogne
    • Doubs
    • Drôme
    • Essonne
    • Eure
    • Eure-et-Loir
    • Finistère
    • Gard
    • Gers
    • Gironde
    • Guadeloupe
    • Guyane française
    • Haute-Corse
    • Haute-Garonne
    • Haute-Loire
    • Haute-Marne
    • Haute-Rhin
    • Haute-Saône
    • Haute-Savoie
    • Haute-Vienne
    • Hautes-Alpes
    • Hautes-Pyrénées
    • Hauts-de-Seine
    • Hérault
    • Ille-et-Vilaine
    • Indre
    • Indre-et-Loire
    • Isère
    • Jura
    • La Réunion
    • Landes
    • Loir-et-Cher
    • Loire
    • Loire-Atlantique
    • Loiret
    • Lot
    • Lot-et-Garonne
    • Lozère
    • Maine-et-Loire
    • Manche
    • Marne
    • Martinique
    • Mayenne
    • Mayotte
    • Meurthe-et-Moselle
    • Meuse
    • Morbihan
    • Moselle
    • Nièvre
    • Nord
    • Oise
    • Orne
    • Paris
    • Pas-de-Calais
    • Puy-de-Dôme
    • Pyrénées-Atlantiques
    • Pyrénées-Orientales
    • Rhône
    • Saône-et-Loire
    • Sarthe
    • Savoie
    • Seien-et-Marne
    • Seine-Maritime
    • Seine-Saint-Denis
    • Somme
    • Tarn
    • Tarn-et-Garonne
    • Territoire de Belfort
    • Val-d'Oise
    • Val-de-Marne
    • Var
    • Vaucluse
    • Vendée
    • Vienne
    • Vosges
    • Yonne
    • Yvelines

    Administrative boundaries and names from Natural Earth (public domain); they may lag recent reorganizations.

    Geography of France

    Continent
    Europe
    Region
    Western Europe
    Area
    549,087 km²
    Coordinates
    46.23, 2.21
    Highest point
    Mont Blanc (4,808 m)
    Land borders
    8

    Bordering countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Spain, Andorra.