Borders of France

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{{short description|Political boundaries between France and neighboring territories}}

File:France-Constituent-Lands.png

The French Republic{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/en/accueil/|title=The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies|publisher=L’Institut national de la statistique et des études}} has terrestrial borders with 10 sovereign states, 8 bordering Metropolitan France{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/france/|title=France|publisher=CIA - The World Factbook}} and 2 bordering the Overseas Departments{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/suriname/|title=Suriname|publisher=CIA - The World Factbook}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/brazil/|title=Brazil|publisher=CIA - The World Factbook}} of France, totaling {{convert|3959|km|mi|0}}. In addition, the territories of France border an additional 5 countries and territories.{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saint-martin/|title=saint-martin|publisher=CIA - The World Factbook}}

List

The lengths of the borders France shares with different countries and territories are listed below. Maritime borders are not all included.

=Metropolitan France=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Country

! Length

! class="unsortable" | Bordering regions

{{flagicon|Belgium}} Belgium

| {{convert|556|km|mi|0|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| Hauts-de-France
Grand Est

{{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Luxembourg

| {{convert|69|km|mi|0|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| Grand Est

{{flagicon|Germany}} Germany

| {{convert|418|km|mi|0|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| Grand Est

{{flagicon|Switzerland}} Switzerland

| {{convert|525|km|mi|0|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Grand Est

{{flagicon|Italy}} Italy

| {{convert|476|km|mi|0|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

{{flagicon|Monaco}} Monaco

| {{convert|6|km|mi|0|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

{{flagicon|Spain}} Spain

| {{convert|646|km|mi|0|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Occitanie

{{flagicon|Andorra}} Andorra

| {{convert|55|km|mi|0|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| Occitanie

Monaco

| Total

| {{convert|2751|km|mi|0|abbr=on|disp=br}}

=Overseas departments=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Country

! Length

! class="unsortable" | Bordering regions

{{flagicon|Suriname}} Suriname

| {{convert|556|km|mi|0|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| French Guiana

{{flagicon|Brazil}} Brazil

| {{convert|730|km|mi|0|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| French Guiana

Total

| {{convert|1221|km|mi|0|abbr=on|disp=br}}

|

=Overseas collectives and territories=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Country

! Length

! class="unsortable" | Bordering Collective/Territory

{{flag icon|Netherlands}} Kingdom of The Netherlands

| {{convert|16|km|mi|0|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| Saint-Martin

{{flagicon|Ross Dependency}} Ross Dependency (New Zealand)

| N/A

| French Southern and Antarctic Lands

{{flagicon|British Antarctic Territory}} British Antarctic Territory (U.K.)

| N/A

| French Southern and Antarctic Lands

{{Flagicon|Australian Antarctic Territory}} Australian Antarctic Territory (Australia)

|N/A

|French Southern and Antarctic Lands

{{Flagicon|Queen Maud Land}} Queen Maud Land (Norway)

|N/A

|French Southern and Antarctic Lands

See also

References

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