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.
Sableau
85450
Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard
85520
Saligny
85170
Sallertaine
85300
Serigne
85200
Sigournais
85110
Sion-sur-l'Ocean
85270
Soullans
85300
Saint-Andre-Goule-d'Oie
85250
Saint-Andre-Treize-Voies
85260
Saint-Aubin-des-Ormeaux
85130
Saint-Aubin-la-Plaine
85210
Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes
85540
Saint-Benoist-sur-Mer
85540
Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron
85670
Saint-Cyr-des-Gats
85410
Saint-Cyr-en-Talmondais
85540
Saint-Denis-du-Payre
85580
Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse
85170
Sainte-Cecile
85110
Sainte-Christine
85490
Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups
85150
Sainte-Florence
85140
Sainte-Foy
85150
Sainte-Gemme-la-Plaine
85400
Sainte-Hermine
85210
Sainte-Pexine
85320
Sainte-Radegonde-des-Noyers
85450
Saint-Etienne-de-Brillouet
85210
Saint-Etienne-du-Bois
85670
Saint-Florent-des-Bois
85310
Saint-Fulgent
85250
Saint-Georges-de-Montaigu
85600
Saint-Georges-de-Pointindoux
85150
Saint-Germain-de-Princay
85110
Saint-Germain-l'Aiguiller
85390
Saint-Gervais
85230
Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie
85800
Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay
85600
Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez
85270
Saint-Hilaire-des-Loges
85240
Saint-Hilaire-de-Talmont
85440
Saint-Hilaire-de-Voust
85120
Saint-Hilaire-du-Bois
85410
Saint-Hilaire-la-Foret
85440
Saint-Hilaire-le-Vouhis
85480
Saint-Jean-de-Beugne
85210
Saint-Jean-de-Monts
85160
Saint-Juire-Champgillon
85210
Saint-Julien-des-Landes
85150
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salle
85410
Saint-Laurent-sur-Sevre
85290
Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie
85220
Saint-Malo-du-Bois
85590
Saint-Mars-la-Reorthe
85590
Saint-Martin-de-Fraigneau
85200
Saint-Martin-des-Fontaines
85570
Saint-Martin-des-Noyers
85140
Saint-Martin-des-Tilleuls
85130
Saint-Martin-Lars-en-Sainte-Hermine
85210
Saint-Mathurin
85150
Saint-Maurice-des-Noues
85120
Saint-Maurice-le-Girard
85390
Saint-Medard-des-Pres
85200
Saint-Mesmin
85700
Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm
85580
Saint-Michel-le-Cloucq
85200
Saint-Michel-Mont-Mercure
85700
Saint-Nicolas-de-Brem
85470
Saint-Paul-en-Pareds
85500
Saint-Paul-Mont-Penit
85670
Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine
85660
Saint-Philbert-du-Pont-Charra
85110
Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin
85120
Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux
85420
Saint-Prouant
85110
Saint-Reverend
85220
Saint-Sigismond
85420
Saint-Sornin
85540
Saint-Sulpice-en-Pareds
85410
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.