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.
Sable-sur-Sarthe
72300
Saosnes
72600
Sarce
72360
Sarge-les-le-Mans
72190
Savigne-l'Eveque
72460
Savigne-sous-le-Lude
72800
Sceaux-sur-Huisne
72160
Segrie
72170
Semur-en-Vallon
72390
Sille-le-Guillaume
72140
Sille-le-Philippe
72460
Solesmes
72300
Souge-le-Ganelon
72130
Souille
72380
Souligne-Flace
72210
Souligne-sous-Ballon
72290
Soulitre
72370
Souvigne-sur-Meme
72400
Souvigne-sur-Sarthe
72300
Spay
72700
Saint-Aignan
72110
Saint-Aubin-de-Locquenay
72130
Saint-Aubin-des-Coudrais
72400
Saint-Biez-en-Belin
72220
Saint-Calais
72120
Saint-Calez-en-Saosnois
72600
Saint-Celerin
72110
Saint-Christophe-du-Jambet
72170
Saint-Christophe-en-Champagne
72540
Saint-Corneille
72460
Saint-Cosme-en-Vairais
72580
Saint-Denis-des-Coudrais
72110
Saint-Denis-d'Orques
72350
Sainte-Cerotte
72120
Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe
72380
Sainte-Osmane
72120
Sainte-Sabine-sur-Longeve
72380
Saint-Georges-de-la-Couee
72150
Saint-Georges-du-Bois
72700
Saint-Georges-du-Rosay
72110
Saint-Georges-le-Gaultier
72590
Saint-Germain-d'Arce
72500
Saint-Germain-sur-Sarthe
72130
Saint-Gervais-de-Vic
72120
Saint-Gervais-en-Belin
72220
Saint-Hilaire-le-Lierru
72160
Saint-Jean-d'Asse
72380
Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte
72510
Saint-Jean-des-Echelles
72320
Saint-Jean-du-Bois
72430
Saint-Leonard-des-Bois
72590
Saint-Longis
72600
Saint-Maixent
72320
Saint-Marceau
72170
Saint-Mars-de-Locquenay
72440
Saint-Mars-d'Outille
72220
Saint-Mars-la-Briere
72680
Saint-Mars-sous-Ballon
72290
Saint-Martin-des-Monts
72400
Saint-Michel-de-Chavaignes
72440
Saint-Ouen-de-Mimbre
72130
Saint-Ouen-en-Belin
72220
Saint-Ouen-en-Champagne
72350
Saint-Paterne
72610
Saint-Paul-le-Gaultier
72590
Saint-Pavace
72190
Saint-Pierre-de-Cheville
72500
Saint-Pierre-des-Bois
72430
Saint-Pierre-des-Ormes
72600
Saint-Pierre-du-Lorouer
72150
Saint-Remy-de-Sille
72140
Saint-Remy-des-Monts
72600
Saint-Remy-du-Val
72600
Saint-Rigomer-des-Bois
72610
Saint-Saturnin
72650
Saint-Symphorien
72240
Saint-Ulphace
72320
Saint-Victeur
72130
Saint-Vincent-des-Pres
72600
Saint-Vincent-du-Lorouer
72150
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.