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.
Sableau
85450
Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard
85520
1 220
Saligny
85170
689
Sallertaine
85300
2 826
Serigne
85200
1 043
Sigournais
85110
846
Sion-sur-l'Ocean
85270
Soullans
85300
4 161
Saint-Andre-Goule-d'Oie
85250
1 665
Saint-Andre-Treize-Voies
85260
1 327
Saint-Aubin-des-Ormeaux
85130
1 333
Saint-Aubin-la-Plaine
85210
468
Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes
85540
937
Saint-Benoist-sur-Mer
85540
352
Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron
85670
2 469
Saint-Cyr-des-Gats
85410
532
Saint-Cyr-en-Talmondais
85540
370
Saint-Denis-du-Payre
85580
384
Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse
85170
2 114
Sainte-Cecile
85110
104
Sainte-Christine
85490
156
Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups
85150
2 092
Sainte-Florence
85140
127
Sainte-Foy
85150
249
Sainte-Gemme-la-Plaine
85400
2 123
Sainte-Hermine
85210
2 652
Sainte-Pexine
85320
240
Sainte-Radegonde-des-Noyers
85450
800
Saint-Etienne-de-Brillouet
85210
495
Saint-Etienne-du-Bois
85670
2 481
Saint-Florent-des-Bois
85310
2 689
Saint-Fulgent
85250
3 691
Saint-Georges-de-Montaigu
85600
3 872
Saint-Georges-de-Pointindoux
85150
1 532
Saint-Germain-de-Princay
85110
1 518
Saint-Germain-l'Aiguiller
85390
402
Saint-Gervais
85230
1 552
Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie
85800
7 389
Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay
85600
4 297
Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez
85270
10 734
Saint-Hilaire-des-Loges
85240
1 939
Saint-Hilaire-de-Talmont
85440
Saint-Hilaire-de-Voust
85120
652
Saint-Hilaire-du-Bois
85410
89
Saint-Hilaire-la-Foret
85440
Saint-Hilaire-le-Vouhis
85480
987
Saint-Jean-de-Beugne
85210
571
Saint-Jean-de-Monts
85160
8 265
Saint-Juire-Champgillon
85210
438
Saint-Julien-des-Landes
85150
1 348
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salle
85410
384
Saint-Laurent-sur-Sevre
85290
4 352
Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie
85220
888
Saint-Malo-du-Bois
85590
1 534
Saint-Mars-la-Reorthe
85590
887
Saint-Martin-de-Fraigneau
85200
899
Saint-Martin-des-Fontaines
85570
163
Saint-Martin-des-Noyers
85140
2 251
Saint-Martin-des-Tilleuls
85130
964
Saint-Martin-Lars-en-Sainte-Hermine
85210
420
Saint-Mathurin
85150
1 896
Saint-Maurice-des-Noues
85120
652
Saint-Maurice-le-Girard
85390
612
Saint-Medard-des-Pres
85200
Saint-Mesmin
85700
264
Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm
85580
2 206
Saint-Michel-le-Cloucq
85200
1 285
Saint-Michel-Mont-Mercure
85700
2 129
Saint-Nicolas-de-Brem
85470
Saint-Paul-en-Pareds
85500
1 201
Saint-Paul-Mont-Penit
85670
680
Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine
85660
2 966
Saint-Philbert-du-Pont-Charra
85110
Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin
85120
1 397
Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux
85420
298
Saint-Prouant
85110
1 502
Saint-Reverend
85220
1 343
Saint-Sigismond
85420
289
Saint-Sornin
85540
228
Saint-Sulpice-en-Pareds
85410
399
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.