Maps of France

Lots of maps of France

► See left column (large screen) or below (small screen device) for list of general and thematic maps.

►  Click here for a detailed zoomable map of France, down to village level

1. General map of France showing main towns & cities

This map shows all mainland French regional capitals, plus other major regional towns and cities that are not regional capitals. Check out the index on the right for a lot more thematic and general maps of France

List of main cities in France:

This is a list of the capitals and main cities of the historic regions of France, as they were up to 2016.
For information on each region, or area, see Regions of France

Alsace - Strasbourg, Mulhouse
Aquitaine - Bordeaux, Pau, Bayonne
Auvergne - Clermont Ferrand
Bretagne (Brittany)  - Rennes, Brest
Bourgogne (Burgundy) - Dijon, Macon
Centre -  Tours, Orléans, Bourges
Champagne-Ardenne - Chalons en Champagne, Reims, Troyes, Charleville-Mézières
Corse (Corsica) - Bastia (Not shown - off the southeast of France), Ajaccio
Franche-Comté - Besançon, Belfort
Languedoc-Roussillon - Montpellier, Nimes, Perpignan
Limousin  -  Limoges
Lorraine  -  Metz, Nancy
Basse-Normandie  -  Caen, Cherbourg
Haute-Normandie  -  Rouen, Le Havre
Midi-Pyrénées  -  Toulouse, Albi, Rodez, Tarbes
Nord-Pas-de-Calais  -  Lille, Calais, Valenciennes, Dunkerque
Paris region (IdF)  -  Paris  
Pays-de-la-Loire  -  Nantes, Angers, Saint Nazaire
Picardy  -  Amiens
Poitou-Charentes  - Poitiers, La Rochelle
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  - Marseille, Toulon, Cannes, Nice, Avignon
Rhône-Alpes  -  Lyon, Grenoble, Saint Etienne, Valence