The country is split into 22 administrative regions :-
The regions listed in alphabetical are : Alsace, Aquitaine, Auvergne, Basse-Normandie, Bourgogne, Bretagne, Centre, Champagne-Ardenne, Corse, Franche-Comte, Haute-Normandie, Ile-de-France, Languedoc-Roussillon, Limousin, Lorraine, Midi-Pyrenees, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pays de la Loire, Picardie, Poitou-Charentes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Rhone-Alpes.

Each region is divided into "departements" (counties). There is a total of 96 departments (106 when including the DOMs which are the overseas counties).

There are 36851 towns and villages in France (including the DOMs).

Total land surface 550,000 sq km. The highest point being the Mont Blanc which culminates at 4,807 metres above sea-lvel. The coastline is more than 5,500 km, with acess to the Atlantic and Mediterranean