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This is a list of selected cities, towns, and other populated places in France, ordered alphabetically by administrative unit. ( See also city and urban planning .)
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The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants.
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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 Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Lille, Bordeaux, Strasbourg, Nantes, and Nice.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cities in France. Subcategories. This category has the following 58 subcategories, out of 58 total. Capital cities in France (3 C) Cities in overseas regions belonging to France (4 P) * People by city in France (63 C) Aix-en-Provence (1 C, 1 P) Albi (3 P) Amiens (1 C, 3 P) Angers (1 C, 3 P)
France is divided into eighteen administrative regions (French: régions, singular région), of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France (in Europe), while the other five are overseas regions (not to be confused with the overseas collectivities, which have a semi-autonomous status).
The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants on 1 January 2023, or about 19% of the population of France.
As of January 2021, there were 35,083 communes in France, of which 34,836 were in metropolitan France, 129 in the overseas departments, and 83 in the overseas collectivities and New Caledonia. [2]
