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France Quick Facts
France is in
metropolitan France:
Europe
French Guiana:
South America
Guadeloupe:
Central America and the Caribbean
Martinique:
Central America and the Caribbean
Reunion:
World
. The country is located at
metropolitan France:
Western Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain
French Guiana:
Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Brazil and Suriname
Guadeloupe:
Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Puerto Rico
Martinique:
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
Reunion:
Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar
and is
slightly less than the size of Texas
.
France Airports & Heliports
Total Number Of Airports:
total:
501
metropolitan France:
477 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:
total:
292 (metropolitan France) 15 (overseas departments)
over 3,047 m:
13 (metropolitan France) 3 (overseas departments)
2,438 to 3,047 m:
28 (metropolitan France) 1 (overseas departments)
1,524 to 2,437 m:
96 (metropolitan France)
914 to 1,523 m:
81 (metropolitan France) 5 (overseas departments)
under 914 m:
74 (metropolitan France) 6 (overseas departments) (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total:
185 (metropolitan France) 9 (overseas departments)
1,524 to 2,437 m:
4 (metropolitan France)
914 to 1,523 m:
73 (metropolitan France) 2 (overseas departments)
under 914 m:
108 (metropolitan France) 7 (overseas departments) (2006)
Heliports:
3 (2006)
