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.
Sacy
51500
Saint-Martin-sur-le-Pre
51520
Sarcy
51170
Saron-sur-Aube
51260
Sarry
51520
Saudoy
51120
Savigny-sur-Ardres
51140
Scrupt
51340
Selles
51490
Sept-Saulx
51400
Sermaize-les-Bains
51250
Sermiers
51500
Servon-Melzicourt
51800
Serzy-et-Prin
51170
Sezanne
51120
Sillery
51500
Sivry-Ante
51800
Sogny-aux-Moulins
51520
Sogny-en-l'Angle
51340
Soilly
51700
Soizy-aux-Bois
51120
Somme-Bionne
51800
Sommepy-Tahure
51600
Sommesous
51320
Somme-Suippe
51600
Somme-Tourbe
51600
Somme-Vesle
51460
Somme-Yevre
51330
Sompuis
51320
Somsois
51290
Songy
51240
Souain-Perthes-les-Hurlus
51600
Soude
51320
Soudron
51320
Soulanges
51300
Soulieres
51130
Saint-Amand-sur-Fion
51300
Saint-Bon
51310
Saint-Brice-Courcelles
51370
Saint-Cheron
51290
Sainte-Gemme
51700
Sainte-Marie-a-Py
51600
Sainte-Marie-du-Lac-Nuisement
51290
Sainte-Menehould
51800
Saint-Etienne-au-Temple
51460
Saint-Etienne-sur-Suippe
51110
Saint-Euphraise-et-Clairizet
51390
Saint-Germain-la-Ville
51240
Saint-Gibrien
51510
Saint-Gilles
51170
Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple
51400
Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand
51600
Saint-Hilaire-le-Petit
51490
Saint-Imoges
51160
Saint-Jean-devant-Possesse
51330
Saint-Jean-sur-Moivre
51240
Saint-Jean-sur-Tourbe
51600
Saint-Just-Sauvage
51260
Saint-Leonard
51500
Saint-Loup
51120
Saint-Lumier-en-Champagne
51300
Saint-Lumier-la-Populeuse
51340
Saint-Mard-les-Rouffy
51130
Saint-Mard-sur-Auve
51800
Saint-Mard-sur-le-Mont
51330
Saint-Martin-aux-Champs
51240
Saint-Martin-d'Ablois
51530
Saint-Martin-l'Heureux
51490
Saint-Martin-sur-le-Pre
51520
Saint-Martin-sur-le-Pre
51520
Saint-Masmes
51490
Saint-Memmie
51470
Saint-Ouen-Domprot
51320
Saint-Pierre
51510
Saint-Quentin-les-Marais
51300
Saint-Quentin-le-Verger
51120
Saint-Quentin-sur-Coole
51240
Saint-Remy-en-Bouzemont-Saint-Genest-et-Isson
51290
Saint-Remy-sous-Broyes
51120
Saint-Remy-sur-Bussy
51600
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.