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.
1
ID
City/Town Ref.
City/Town
Gif-sur-Yvette
City/Town in French
Gif-sur-Yvette
City/Town in Spanish
Gif-sur-Yvette
City/Town in Italian
Gif-sur-Yvette
City/Town in Portuguese
Gif-sur-Yvette
City/Town in Germain
Gif-sur-Yvette
CityX
Gif-sur-Yvette
Zipcode
91190
INSEE Code
91272
District°
3
Township°
30
Population
21 324
LatLng
2
ID
City/Town Ref.
City/Town
Gironville-sur-Essonne
City/Town in French
Gironville-sur-Essonne
City/Town in Spanish
Gironville-sur-Essonne
City/Town in Italian
Gironville-sur-Essonne
City/Town in Portuguese
Gironville-sur-Essonne
City/Town in Germain
Gironville-sur-Essonne
CityX
Gironville-sur-Essonne
Zipcode
91720
INSEE Code
91273
District°
2
Township°
18
Population
808
LatLng
3
ID
City/Town Ref.
City/Town
Gometz-la-Ville
City/Town in French
Gometz-la-Ville
City/Town in Spanish
Gometz-la-Ville
City/Town in Italian
Gometz-la-Ville
City/Town in Portuguese
Gometz-la-Ville
City/Town in Germain
Gometz-la-Ville
CityX
Gometz-la-Ville
Zipcode
91400
INSEE Code
91274
District°
3
Township°
13
Population
1 334
LatLng
4
ID
City/Town Ref.
City/Town
Gometz-le-Chatel
City/Town in French
Gometz-le-Châtel
City/Town in Spanish
Gometz-le-Chatel
City/Town in Italian
Gometz-le-Chatel
City/Town in Portuguese
Gometz-le-Chatel
City/Town in Germain
Gometz-le-Chatel
CityX
Gometz-le-Chatel
Zipcode
91940
INSEE Code
91275
District°
3
Township°
13
Population
2 459
LatLng
5
ID
City/Town Ref.
City/Town
Gommonvillier
City/Town in French
Gommonvillier
City/Town in Spanish
Gommonvillier
City/Town in Italian
Gommonvillier
City/Town in Portuguese
Gommonvillier
City/Town in Germain
Gommonvillier
CityX
Gommonvillier
Zipcode
91430
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 Essonne: 211 communes.
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