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down for maps of: French regions and departments, the topography of
France, sunshine in France, and French wine regions
plus links to other maps including detailed and routefinder maps
The French "departments"
A map of the French Regions and Departments.
The regional names are indicated in full.
Each department is indicated by its number.
Source: Source: European commission
This map shows the annual solar radiation levels for France; this is
not quite the same as hours of sunshine, but represents the power of
the sunshine, which is a factor affected by latitude, altitude, and
hours of sunshine.
Topographical map of France
Source: Wikipedia GNU licence
The wine growing areas of France
This map shows the main French wine-producing areas.
Click here for the full-size wine
map.
Other
maps and map sources:
DETAILED
MAPS of France Click
here for Michelin's on line maps of
France (multilingual). Then key in the postcode of the gite you are
interested in, for a detailed online map of the area.
MOTORWAY MAPS:
Click here for a real-time map of
congestion on the French motorway system. When the English-language
page shows up, click on the small map.
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