Metropolitan France

France métropolitaine, short la Métropole, German, Metropolitan France, or metropolitan France (ISO-3166 -1 Abbreviation:. FX FXX or fx) is called the mother country of France, that is the belonging to the European continent, part of France, of the French mainland and the lying off its coast in the Atlantic, the Channel and the Mediterranean islands including Corsica covers.

The France métropolitaine the France d' outre- mer compared. This is composed of the the territory of France belonging Overseas Departments and Regions ( DOM -ROM) French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion and Mayotte and the overseas territories (COM) Saint -Barthélemy, Saint- Martin, Saint- Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna, French Polynesia, New Caledonia and with special status to the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.

The metropolitan France covers an area of ​​547,026 km ². This represents approximately 81.8 % of the total area of the territory of France represents the population is 63,136,180 with inhabitants ( January 2011) 95.9 % of the population of the territory of France.

France continentale

The name France continentale, " continental France ", is used for the European France excluding Corsica, for example, the national geographic institute, Institute géographique national ( IGN).

  • Geography (France)
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