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.
11
ID
City/Town Ref.
City/Town
Landos
City/Town in French
Landos
City/Town in Spanish
Landos
City/Town in Italian
Landos
City/Town in Portuguese
Landos
City/Town in Germain
Landos
CityX
Landos
Zipcode
43340
INSEE Code
43111
District°
2
Township°
18
Population
928
LatLng
12
ID
City/Town Ref.
City/Town
Langeac
City/Town in French
Langeac
City/Town in Spanish
Langeac
City/Town in Italian
Langeac
City/Town in Portuguese
Langeac
City/Town in Germain
Langeac
CityX
Langeac
Zipcode
43300
INSEE Code
43112
District°
1
Township°
10
Population
4 091
LatLng
13
ID
City/Town Ref.
City/Town
Lantriac
City/Town in French
Lantriac
City/Town in Spanish
Lantriac
City/Town in Italian
Lantriac
City/Town in Portuguese
Lantriac
City/Town in Germain
Lantriac
CityX
Lantriac
Zipcode
43260
INSEE Code
43113
District°
2
Township°
23
Population
1 915
LatLng
14
ID
City/Town Ref.
City/Town
Lapte
City/Town in French
Lapte
City/Town in Spanish
Lapte
City/Town in Italian
Lapte
City/Town in Portuguese
Lapte
City/Town in Germain
Lapte
CityX
Lapte
Zipcode
43200
INSEE Code
43114
District°
3
Township°
29
Population
1 533
LatLng
15
ID
City/Town Ref.
City/Town
Laussonne
City/Town in French
Laussonne
City/Town in Spanish
Laussonne
City/Town in Italian
Laussonne
City/Town in Portuguese
Laussonne
City/Town in Germain
Laussonne
CityX
Laussonne
Zipcode
43150
INSEE Code
43115
District°
2
Township°
13
Population
1 016
LatLng
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.
Les départements français:
List of towns of the department Haute-Loire: 268 communes.
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