Metropolitan France (French: France métropolitaine or la Métropole), also known as European France,[1] is the area of France which is geographically in Europe. This collective name for the European regions of France is used in everyday life in France but has no administrative meaning, with the exception of only Metropolitan France being part of the Schengen Area.[2] Indeed, the overseas regions have exactly the same administrative status as the metropolitan regions. Metropolitan France comprises mainland France and Corsica, as well as nearby French islands in the Atlantic Ocean, the English Channel (French: la Manche), and the Mediterranean Sea. Its borders have undergone significant changes over the centuries, particularly in the east, but have remained unaltered since 1947.
In contrast, overseas France is the collective name for all the French départements and territories outside Europe. Metropolitan and overseas France together form the French Republic. Metropolitan France accounts for 82.0% of the land territory, 3.3% of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), and 95.9% of the population of the French Republic. Some small parts of France (e.g. Cerdanya) are a part of the Iberian Peninsula.
In overseas France, a person from metropolitan France is often called a métro, short for métropolitain.
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MetropolitanFrance (French: France métropolitaine or la Métropole), also known as European France, is the area of France which is geographically in Europe...
the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. MetropolitanFrance shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north, Germany...
French Republic has terrestrial borders with 10 sovereign states, 8 bordering MetropolitanFrance and 2 bordering the Overseas Departments of France,...
with several overseas territories and islands. The area known as metropolitanFrance extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the...
America: French Guiana; and 2 in the Indian Ocean near East Africa: Mayotte and Réunion). They are traditionally divided between the metropolitan regions...
000 people lived in MetropolitanFrance, while 2,785,000 lived in overseas France, for a total of 68,035,000 inhabitants in the French Republic. In March...
MetropolitanFrance uses Central European Time (heure d'Europe centrale, UTC+01:00) as its standard time, and observes Central European Summer Time (heure...
The French telephone numbering plan is used in MetropolitanFrance, French overseas departments and some overseas collectivities. Since 1996, Metropolitan...
the Pyrenees) and the east (the highest points being in the Alps). MetropolitanFrance has a total size of 551,695 km2 (213,011 sq mi) (Europe only). It...
France is divided into eighteen administrative regions (French: régions, singular région [ʁeʒjɔ̃]), of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France...
fish of MetropolitanFrance List of reptiles of MetropolitanFrance List of amphibians of MetropolitanFrance List of insects of MetropolitanFrance List...
thirteen metropolitan regions; the five overseas collectivities are semi-autonomous; and New Caledonia is an autonomous territory. Overseas France includes...
natively made up the remaining 5.2% of the population. French The regional languages of MetropolitanFrance include: Breton (Brezhoneg) Léonard (Leoneg) Cornouaillais...
occupied the remainder of MetropolitanFrance, ending any pretence of independence by the Vichy government. The Third French Republic had begun the war...
In metropolitanFrance, the average area of a commune in 2004 was 14.88 square kilometres (5.75 sq mi). The median area of metropolitanFrance's communes...
of France, known as "metropolitanFrance". The distant parts have exactly the same status as mainland France's regions and departments. The French Constitution...
French of France (French: français de France) is the predominant variety of the French language in France, Andorra and Monaco, in its formal and informal...
in MetropolitanFrance. Species include: Tarentola mauritanica Vipera aspis Emys orbicularis, the European pond turtle Fauna of MetropolitanFrance List...
administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-six departments are in metropolitanFrance, with an additional five constituting overseas departments, which...
inhabited by 295,385 people. French Guiana is the second-largest region of France (more than one-seventh the size of MetropolitanFrance) and the largest outermost...
This list of birds of MetropolitanFrance includes a total of 620 species according to oiseaux.net with supplemental additions from Avibase. Of them,...
This is a list of islands of France, including both metropolitanFrance and French overseas islands. All French islands over 100 km2 (39 sq mi), ranked...
(disambiguation) The Metropolitan (disambiguation) Metropolitan Bank (disambiguation) MetropolitanFrance, the part of France in Europe Metropolitan Magazine (disambiguation)...
into account. Located between latitudes 41° 19' N and 51° 04'N, metropolitanFrance is currently in the temperate zone, characterized by warm summers...
Fauna of Metropolitan France Flora of MetropolitanFrance Fungi of MetropolitanFrance Wildlife of French Guiana Wildlife of French Polynesia Wildlife of...
the IUCN Red List status of the 120 mammal species occurring in MetropolitanFrance. One of them is critically endangered, two are endangered, thirteen...
in metropolitanFrance. The Chaîne des Puys, the largest volcanic ensemble in Europe, is located in metropolitanFrance. List of volcanoes in French Polynesia...
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