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.
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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).
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- 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.
Where is France?
France lies in Western Europe. Its geographic centre is at about 46.23° N, 2.21° E, and the capital, Paris, is at 48.86° N, 2.35° E.
With 549,087 km², it is the 3rd-largest of the 47 countries in Europe — about 2.3 times the size of the United Kingdom.
Its main territory lies in the Northern Hemisphere, though overseas territories extend across the equator.
Neighbouring countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Spain, Andorra, Brazil, Suriname, Netherlands.
Geography of France
- Continent
- Europe
- Region
- Western Europe
- Area
- 549,087 km²
- Geographic centre
- 46.23° N, 2.21° E
- Capital (Paris)
- 48.86° N, 2.35° E
- Size rank in Europe
- 3 of 47
- Highest point
- Mont Blanc (4,808 m)
- Land borders
- 11
Bordering countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Spain, Andorra, Brazil (French Guiana), Suriname (French Guiana), Netherlands (Saint Martin).