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   Metropolitan France (French: France métropolitaine or la Métropole), also known as European France, 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 ...

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     Metropolitan France has a total size of 551,695 km 2...

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     List of France's aires urbaines (metropolitan areas) The...

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     As of 1 January 2021, 65,250,000 people lived in...

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   Metropolitan France (French: France métropolitaine or la Métropole) is the part of France that is in Europe. It can also be described as mainland France plus the island of Corsica . By contrast, Overseas France ( France d'outre-mer ) is the collective name for all of the French overseas departments , territories and collectivities and New ...

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   What is metropolitan France?

   • 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.

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   Why is France called Metropolitan France?

   • The vast majority of France's territory and population is situated in Western Europe and is called Metropolitan France, to distinguish it from the country's various overseas polities. It is bordered by the North Sea in the north, the English Channel in the northwest, the Atlantic Ocean in the west and the Mediterranean Sea in the southeast.

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   What percentage of France is Metropolitan?

   • 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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   What is the difference between metropolitan France and Overseas France?

   • Metropolitan France covers a land area of 543,940 km 2 (210,020 sq mi), [a] while overseas France covers a land area of 119,396 km 2 (46,099 sq mi), for a total of 663,336 km 2 (256,115 sq mi) in the French Republic (excluding Adélie Land in Antarctica where sovereignty is suspended since the signing of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959).

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