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.
Salins-les-Thermes
73600
Seez
73700
Serrieres-en-Chautagne
73310
Sollieres-Sardieres
73500
Sonnaz
73000
Saint-Alban-de-Montbel
73610
Saint-Alban-des-Hurtieres
73220
Saint-Alban-des-Villards
73130
Saint-Alban-Leysse
73230
Saint-Andre
73500
Saint-Avre
73130
Saint-Baldoph
73190
Saint-Beron
73520
Saint-Bon-Tarentaise
73120
Saint-Cassin
73160
Saint-Christophe
73360
Saint-Colomban-des-Villards
73130
Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise
73640
Sainte-Helene-du-Lac
73800
Sainte-Helene-sur-Isere
73460
Sainte-Marie-d'Alvey
73240
Sainte-Marie-de-Cuines
73130
Sainte-Reine
73630
Saint-Etienne-de-Cuines
73130
Saint-Franc
73360
Saint-Francois-de-Sales
73340
Saint-Francois-Longchamp
73130
Saint-Genix-sur-Guiers
73240
Saint-Georges-des-Hurtieres
73220
Saint-Germain-la-Chambotte
73410
Saint-Girod
73410
Saint-Jean-d'Arves
73530
Saint-Jean-d'Arvey
73230
Saint-Jean-de-Belleville
73440
Saint-Jean-de-Chevelu
73170
Saint-Jean-de-Couz
73160
Saint-Jean-de-la-Porte
73250
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
73300
Saint-Jeoire-Prieure
73190
Saint-Julien-Mont-Denis
73870
Saint-Leger
73220
Saint-Marcel
73600
Saint-Martin-d'Arc
73140
Saint-Martin-de-Belleville
73440
Saint-Martin-de-la-Porte
73140
Saint-Martin-sur-la-Chambre
73130
Saint-Maurice-de-Rotherens
73240
Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne
73140
Saint-Nicolas-la-Chapelle
73590
Saint-Offenge-Dessous
73100
Saint-Offenge-Dessus
73100
Saint-Ours
73410
Saint-Oyen
73260
Saint-Pancrace
73300
Saint-Paul
73170
Saint-Paul-sur-Isere
73730
Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny
73250
Saint-Pierre-d'Alvey
73170
Saint-Pierre-de-Belleville
73220
Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille
73310
Saint-Pierre-de-Genebroz
73360
Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont
73670
Saint-Pierre-de-Soucy
73800
Saint-Remy-de-Maurienne
73660
Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves
73530
Saint-Sulpice
73160
Saint-Thibaud-de-Couz
73160
Saint-Vital
73460
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.