Country:France
| France | |
|---|---|
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 Coat of arms. | |
| Continent | Europe |
| Number of zones | 126 |
| Maximum PPH | 127 |
France officially the French Republic (French: République française), is a country whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe and several overseas regions and territories.The metropolitan area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany to the northeast, Switzerland, Monaco, and Italy to the east, and Andorra and Spain to the south.
The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. The country's 18 integral regions (five of which are situated overseas) span a combined area of 643,801 square kilometres (248,573 sq mi) and a total population of 67.06 million (as of 2020).
France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. Other major urban areas include Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lille and Nice. France, including its overseas territories, has the most number of time zones of any country, with a total of 12.
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Zones
There are 126 zones in the country all belonging to same and only region, France. Fortytwo of these are counted as world heritage sites, three as trainstation zones, eleven as monument zones, six as holy zones, one as a summit zone, six as bridge zones, two as castle zones and one as a ruin zone.
World Heritage Sites
- AbbeyFontenay (2015)
- AbbeyStSavin (2015)
- ArlesArena (2015)
- CalaisMining (2015)
- CanalDuMidi (2015)
- ChampagneParc (2015)
- ChauvetCave (2015)
- Corbusier (2016)
- CourOvale (2015)
- EmilionView (2015)
- EpiscopalCity (2015)
- FortifiedCity (2015)
- Grandeîle (2015)
- GulfOfPorto (2015)
- LadyChartres (2015)
- LadyOfAmiens (2015)
- LascauxCave (2015)
- LeChâteau (2015)
- LeHavreCult (2015)
- LilleBelfry (2015)
- LoireValley (2015)
- LoireValley (2015)
- MontPerdu (2015)
- NeufBrisach (2015)
- OrangeThéâtre (2015)
- PalaceOfTau (2015)
- PlagedeMouli (2015)
- PontDuGard (2015)
- PortOfTheMoon (2015)
- PortStJacques (2015)
- RockyChaos (2015)
- RoyalSaltwork (2015)
- SaintÉtienne (2015)
- SaintMichel (2015)
- SeineBanks (2015)
- Stanislas (2015)
- Taputapuatea (2018)
- TourCésar (2015)
- VézelayAbbey (2015)
- Wineevolution (2015)
Trainstation Zones
- GareDuNord (2015)
- GareStJean (2015)
- Novembre1918 (2015)
Monument Zones
- ArcdeTriomphe (2015)
- Bastille (2015)
- Concorde (2015)
- EiffelZone (2013)
- Girondins (2015)
- NiceMonument (2013)
- OmahaBeach (2017)
- PlacePatton (2017)
- République (2018)
- Vendôme ( 2018)
- Vosges (2019)
Holy Zones
- Catacomb (2019)
- Magdalenae (2019)
- NotreDame (2017)
- PlacePantheon (2019)
- SacréZone (2013)
- SainteTrinité (2019)
Summit Zones
- MontBlanc (2017)
Bridge Zones
- AlexandreIII (2019)
- BassinArsenal (2019)
- Bichat (2019)
- dAmélie (2019)
- LeoSenghor (2018)
- PapalPalace (2015)
- PitondeNeiges (2015)
- PontNeuf (2017)
Castle Zones
Ruins Zones
- LaRoque (2015)
Updated: 2020-06-06
Country specific medals
No country specific medals
