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
La Besseyre-Saint-Mary
City/Town in French
La Besseyre-Saint-Mary
City/Town in Spanish
La Besseyre-Saint-Mary
City/Town in Italian
La Besseyre-Saint-Mary
City/Town in Portuguese
La Besseyre-Saint-Mary
City/Town in Germain
La Besseyre-Saint-Mary
CityX
La Besseyre-Saint-Mary
Zipcode
43170
INSEE Code
43029
District°
1
Township°
17
Population
144
LatLng
2
ID
City/Town Ref.
City/Town
La Chaise-Dieu
City/Town in French
La Chaise-Dieu
City/Town in Spanish
La Chaise-Dieu
City/Town in Italian
La Chaise-Dieu
City/Town in Portuguese
La Chaise-Dieu
City/Town in Germain
La Chaise-Dieu
CityX
La Chaise-Dieu
Zipcode
43160
INSEE Code
43048
District°
1
Township°
07
Population
800
LatLng
3
ID
City/Town Ref.
City/Town
La Chapelle-Bertin
City/Town in French
La Chapelle-Bertin
City/Town in Spanish
La Chapelle-Bertin
City/Town in Italian
La Chapelle-Bertin
City/Town in Portuguese
La Chapelle-Bertin
City/Town in Germain
La Chapelle-Bertin
CityX
La Chapelle-Bertin
Zipcode
43270
INSEE Code
43057
District°
2
Township°
01
Population
61
LatLng
4
ID
City/Town Ref.
City/Town
La Chapelle-d'Aurec
City/Town in French
La Chapelle-d'Aurec
City/Town in Spanish
La Chapelle-d'Aurec
City/Town in Italian
La Chapelle-d'Aurec
City/Town in Portuguese
La Chapelle-d'Aurec
City/Town in Germain
La Chapelle-d'Aurec
CityX
La Chapelle-d'Aurec
Zipcode
43120
INSEE Code
43058
District°
3
Township°
14
Population
883
LatLng
5
ID
City/Town Ref.
City/Town
La Chapelle-Geneste
City/Town in French
La Chapelle-Geneste
City/Town in Spanish
La Chapelle-Geneste
City/Town in Italian
La Chapelle-Geneste
City/Town in Portuguese
La Chapelle-Geneste
City/Town in Germain
La Chapelle-Geneste
CityX
La Chapelle-Geneste
Zipcode
43160
INSEE Code
43059
District°
1
Township°
07
Population
138
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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