The geography of France

France is located in western Europe, but also has territories outside Europe. France has for neighbouring countries Belgium and Luxembourg to the north, Germany and Switzerland to the east, Italy and Monaco to the southeast, Spain and Andorra to the southwest.

Composition of France

France has its main territory in western Europe, called "metropolitan France ", coastal islands, Corsica, as well as territories outside of Europe, so-called overseas territories (formerly DOM TOM). These are:

Guyana (South America),
Saint-Pierre-and-Miquelon (Atlantic Ocean), as well as Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy (in the Caribbean),
The French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna and Clipperton (Pacific Ocean),
Reunion, Mayotte, the Scattered Islands, Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands and the St Paul and Amsterdam (Indian Ocean),
Adélie Land (Antarctica).

France is divided into 18 french regions (new division) and 101 departments, including 96 in metropolitan France.

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

Overseas Departments: Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane, La Réunion, Mayotte.