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.
Sagnat
23800
208
Sannat
23110
390
Sardent
23250
834
Savennes
23000
230
Sermur
23700
113
Soubrebost
23250
137
Soumans
23600
596
Sous-Parsat
23150
150
Saint-Agnant-de-Versillat
23300
1 170
Saint-Agnant-pres-Crocq
23260
212
Saint-Alpinien
23200
299
Saint-Amand
23200
530
Saint-Amand-Jartoudeix
23400
177
Saint-Avit-de-Tardes
23200
194
Saint-Avit-le-Pauvre
23480
74
Saint-Bard
23260
107
Saint-Chabrais
23130
348
Saint-Christophe
23000
149
Saint-Dizier-la-Tour
23130
231
Saint-Dizier-les-Domaines
23270
195
Saint-Dizier-Leyrenne
23400
904
Saint-Domet
23190
177
Sainte-Feyre
23000
2 346
Sainte-Feyre-la-Montagne
23500
128
Saint-Eloi
23000
390
Saint-Etienne-de-Fursac
23290
861
Saint-Fiel
23000
981
Saint-Frion
23500
197
Saint-Georges-la-Pouge
23250
349
Saint-Georges-Nigremont
23500
173
Saint-Germain-Beaupre
23160
423
Saint-Goussaud
23430
203
Saint-Hilaire-la-Plaine
23150
221
Saint-Hilaire-le-Chateau
23250
270
Saint-Julien-la-Genete
23110
246
Saint-Julien-le-Chatel
23130
167
Saint-Junien-la-Bregere
23400
155
Saint-Laurent
23000
169
Saint-Leger-Bridereix
23300
200
Saint-Leger-le-Gueretois
23000
430
Saint-Loup
23130
359
Saint-Maixant
23200
1 546
Saint-Marc-a-Frongier
23200
369
Saint-Marc-a-Loubaud
23460
139
Saint-Marien
23600
187
Saint-Martial-le-Mont
23150
263
Saint-Martial-le-Vieux
23100
131
Saint-Martin-Chateau
23460
159
Saint-Martin-Sainte-Catherine
23430
348
Saint-Maurice-la-Souterraine
23300
1 196
Saint-Maurice-pres-Crocq
23260
120
Saint-Medard-la-Rochette
23200
588
Saint-Merd-la-Breuille
23100
209
Saint-Michel-de-Veisse
23480
168
Saint-Moreil
23400
246
Saint-Oradoux-de-Chirouze
23100
88
Saint-Oradoux-pres-Crocq
23260
123
Saint-Pardoux-d'Arnet
23260
167
Saint-Pardoux-le-Neuf
23200
70
Saint-Pardoux-les-Cards
23150
304
Saint-Pardoux-Morterolles
23400
221
Saint-Pierre-Bellevue
23460
243
Saint-Pierre-Cherignat
23430
179
Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac
23290
832
Saint-Pierre-le-Bost
23600
154
Saint-Priest
23110
177
Saint-Priest-la-Feuille
23300
749
Saint-Priest-la-Plaine
23240
265
Saint-Priest-Palus
23400
46
Saint-Quentin-la-Chabanne
23500
370
Saint-Sebastien
23160
253
Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc
23600
504
Saint-Silvain-Bellegarde
23190
223
Saint-Silvain-Montaigut
23320
187
Saint-Silvain-sous-Toulx
23140
155
Saint-Sulpice-le-Dunois
23800
650
Saint-Sulpice-le-Gueretois
23000
2 096
Saint-Sulpice-les-Champs
23480
396
Saint-Vaury
23320
1 954
Saint-Victor-en-Marche
23000
379
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.