France is a country on the continent Europe, her capital is Paris. Here is the hierarchy of the France administrative divisions: France is subdivided into regions, that are at their turn subdivided into departments, that are at their turn subdivided into cantons, that are at their turn subdivided into communes, cities, that are at their turn subdivided into villages, called-places.
How French name their localities: department, city, town, district ?
You find also their zipcode.
The cities, towns in France are all called communes with a Mayer as administtrative chief,
independently of its population and town size. Sometime, a town with only 3 souls
has a mayer.
Saint-Aunes
34130
3 094
Saint-Clement-de-Riviere
34000
5 317
Saint-Guiraud
34725
218
Saint-Jean-de-Fos
34150
1 541
Saint-Jean-de-Vedas
34430
8 981
Saint-Martin-de-Londres
34380
2 303
Salasc
34800
262
Saturargues
34400
898
Saussan
34570
1 518
Saussines
34160
943
Sauteyrargues
34270
348
Sauvian
34410
4 165
Serignan
34410
6 785
Serignan
34410
6 785
Servian
34290
4 266
Sete
34200
43 139
SETE 2
34200
Sete
34202
43 139
Sete
34200
43 139
Siran
34210
678
Sorbs
34520
36
Soubes
34700
895
Soumont
34700
148
Saint-Andre-de-Bueges
34190
54
Saint-Andre-de-Sangonis
34725
5 258
Saint-Aunes
34130
3 094
Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve
34230
842
Saint-Bauzille-de-Montmel
34160
959
Saint-Bauzille-de-Putois
34190
1 513
Saint-Bres
34670
2 682
Saint-Chinian
34360
1 858
Saint-Christol
34400
1 423
Saint-Clement-de-Riviere
34980
5 317
Saint-Clement-de-Riviere
34000
Saint-Drezery
34160
2 183
Sainte-Croix-de-Quintillargues
34270
595
Saint-Etienne-d'Albagnan
34390
297
Saint-Etienne-de-Gourgas
34700
451
Saint-Etienne-Estrechoux
34260
253
Saint-Felix-de-l'Heras
34520
35
Saint-Felix-de-Lodez
34725
1 155
Saint-Gely-du-Fesc
34980
8 939
Saint-Genies-de-Fontedit
34480
1 368
Saint-Genies-des-Mourgues
34160
1 648
Saint-Genies-de-Varensal
34610
199
Saint-Georges-d'Orques
34680
5 343
Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare
34610
862
Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert
34150
265
Saint-Guiraud
34725
218
Saint-Hilaire-de-Beauvoir
34160
371
Saint-Jean-de-Bueges
34380
202
Saint-Jean-de-Cornies
34160
680
Saint-Jean-de-Cuculles
34270
453
Saint-Jean-de-Fos
34150
1 541
Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquiere
34700
552
Saint-Jean-de-Minervois
34360
141
Saint-Jean-de-Vedas
34430
8 981
Saint-Jean-de-Vedas
34430
Saint-Julien
34390
208
Saint-Just
34400
2 824
Saint-Martin-de-l'Arcon
34390
137
Saint-Martin-de-Londres
34380
2 303
Saint-Mathieu-de-Treviers
34270
4 764
Saint-Maurice-Navacelles
34520
162
Saint-Michel
34520
333
Saint-Nazaire-de-Ladarez
34490
348
Saint-Nazaire-de-Pezan
34400
578
Saint-Pargoire
34230
2 005
Saint-Paul-et-Valmalle
34570
979
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Fage
34520
120
Saint-Pons-de-Mauchiens
34230
644
Saint-Pons-de-Thomieres
34220
2 272
Saint-Privat
34700
406
Saint-Saturnin-de-Lucian
34725
311
Saint-Series
34400
921
Saint-Thibery
34630
2 399
Saint-Vincent-de-Barbeyrargues
34730
701
Saint-Vincent-d'Olargues
34390
337
Sussargues
34160
2 557
This is very different from the Chinese calling. There one has
Chief of Village, Chief of Town, Chief of City.
In France, the zipcode is generally composed of 5 digits, of which the first two
are the code of the departement that it belongs to.
Nourishing 65,350,000 people in January 2012 (
INSEE),
France has an area of 670,922 km², the 14th of that of China,
or 7 times of the Zhejiang POrovince who produces 70% of world garments,
of which 547,030 km² Metropolitan France in Western Europe.
By land area, it is the largest country of the European Union (EU).
It is the third largest country in Europe,
just after Russia and Ukraine, the second if you include the ultra-marine departments.
Finally it is the 41st largest country in the world and the second by its exclusive economic zone.
In hexagonal, its metropolitan territory covers continental approximately 1,000 km
from north to south and from east to west.
With the overseas, the extent of its coastline is 8,245 km.