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
Saint-Clement-de-Riviere
34000
Saint-Guiraud
34725
Saint-Jean-de-Fos
34150
Saint-Jean-de-Vedas
34430
Saint-Martin-de-Londres
34380
Salasc
34800
Saturargues
34400
Saussan
34570
Saussines
34160
Sauteyrargues
34270
Sauvian
34410
Serignan
34410
Serignan
34410
Servian
34290
Sete
34200
SETE 2
34200
Sete
34202
Sete
34200
Siran
34210
Sorbs
34520
Soubes
34700
Soumont
34700
Saint-Andre-de-Bueges
34190
Saint-Andre-de-Sangonis
34725
Saint-Aunes
34130
Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve
34230
Saint-Bauzille-de-Montmel
34160
Saint-Bauzille-de-Putois
34190
Saint-Bres
34670
Saint-Chinian
34360
Saint-Christol
34400
Saint-Clement-de-Riviere
34980
Saint-Clement-de-Riviere
34000
Saint-Drezery
34160
Sainte-Croix-de-Quintillargues
34270
Saint-Etienne-d'Albagnan
34390
Saint-Etienne-de-Gourgas
34700
Saint-Etienne-Estrechoux
34260
Saint-Felix-de-l'Heras
34520
Saint-Felix-de-Lodez
34725
Saint-Gely-du-Fesc
34980
Saint-Genies-de-Fontedit
34480
Saint-Genies-des-Mourgues
34160
Saint-Genies-de-Varensal
34610
Saint-Georges-d'Orques
34680
Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare
34610
Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert
34150
Saint-Guiraud
34725
Saint-Hilaire-de-Beauvoir
34160
Saint-Jean-de-Bueges
34380
Saint-Jean-de-Cornies
34160
Saint-Jean-de-Cuculles
34270
Saint-Jean-de-Fos
34150
Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquiere
34700
Saint-Jean-de-Minervois
34360
Saint-Jean-de-Vedas
34430
Saint-Jean-de-Vedas
34430
Saint-Julien
34390
Saint-Just
34400
Saint-Martin-de-l'Arcon
34390
Saint-Martin-de-Londres
34380
Saint-Mathieu-de-Treviers
34270
Saint-Maurice-Navacelles
34520
Saint-Michel
34520
Saint-Nazaire-de-Ladarez
34490
Saint-Nazaire-de-Pezan
34400
Saint-Pargoire
34230
Saint-Paul-et-Valmalle
34570
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Fage
34520
Saint-Pons-de-Mauchiens
34230
Saint-Pons-de-Thomieres
34220
Saint-Privat
34700
Saint-Saturnin-de-Lucian
34725
Saint-Series
34400
Saint-Thibery
34630
Saint-Vincent-de-Barbeyrargues
34730
Saint-Vincent-d'Olargues
34390
Sussargues
34160
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.