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Area:
640,679 km2
Type:
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Other Languages:
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French:
France
German:
Frankreich
Italian:
Francia
Russian:
Франция
Simplified Chinese:
法国
Spanish:
Francia
Abkhaz:
Франциа
Achinese:
Peurancih
Adyghe:
Францие
Afrikaans:
Frankryk
Akan:
France
Albanian:
Franca
Alemannic:
Frankreich
Amharic:
ፈረንሣይ
Anglo-Saxon:
Francland
Arabic:
فرنسا
Aragonese:
Francia
Aramaic:
ܦܪܢܣܐ
Armenian:
Ֆրանսիա
Aromanian:
Gallia
Asturian:
Francia
Avaric:
Паранс
Aymara:
Phransiya
Azeri:
Fransa
Bambara:
Faransi
Bashkir:
Франция
Basque:
Frantzia
Bavarian:
Frankreich
Belarusian:
Францыя
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Францыя
Bengali:
ফ্রান্স
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
ফ্রান্স
Bislama:
Franis
Bosnian:
Francuska
Breton:
Bro-C'hall
Buginese:
Perancis
Bulgarian:
Франция
Burmese:
ပြင်သစ်နိုင်ငံ
Catalan:
França
Cebuano:
Pransiya
Central Bikol:
Pransya
Central Kurdish/Sorani:
فەڕەنسا
Chamorro:
Francia
Chavacano:
Francia
Chechen:
Франци
Cherokee:
ᎦᎸᏥᏱ
Chewa:
France
Cheyenne:
France
Church Slavic:
Франкїꙗ
Chuvash:
Франци
Classical Chinese:
法國
Cornish:
Pow Frynk
Corsican:
Francia
Crimean Tatar (Latin):
Frenkistan
Croatian:
Francuska
Czech:
Francie
Danish:
Frankrig
Doteli:
फ्रान्स
Dutch:
Frankrijk
Dutch Low Saxon:
Frankriek
Dzongkha:
ཕརཱནསི་
Egyptian Arabic:
فرنسا
Emilian-Romagnol:
Franza
Erzya:
Франция Мастор
Esperanto:
Francio
Estonian:
Prantsusmaa
Ewe:
France
Extremaduran:
Francia
Faroese:
Frakland
Farsi/Persian:
فرانسه
Fiji Hindi:
France
Finnish:
Ranska
Franco-Provençal:
France
Friulian:
France
Fula:
Faransi
Gagauz:
Franțiya
Galician:
Francia
Gan:
法國
Georgian:
საფრანგეთი
Greek:
Γαλλία
Greenlandic:
Franskit Nunaat
Guarani:
Hyãsia
Gujarati:
ફ્રાન્સ
Haitian:
Frans
Hakka:
Fap-koet
Hausa:
Faransa
Hawaiian:
Palani
Hebrew:
צרפת
Hindi:
फ़्रान्स
Hungarian:
Franciaország
Icelandic:
Frakkland
Ido:
Francia
Igbo:
France
Iloko:
Pransia
Indonesian:
Perancis
Ingush:
Франци
Interlingua:
Francia
Interlingue:
Francia
Irish Gaelic:
An Fhrainc
Jamaican Patois:
Frans
Japanese:
フランス
Javanese:
Prancis
Judaeo-Spanish:
Fransia
Kabardian:
Фрэндж
Kabiye:
Fransɩɩ
Kabyle:
Fransa
Kalmyk:
Пранцсин Орн
Kannada:
ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸ್
Kapampangan:
Pransiya
Karachay-Balkar:
Франция
Karakalpak:
Franciya
Kashmiri:
फ्रांस
Kashubian:
Francëjô
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Франция
Khmer:
បារាំង
Kikuyu:
Baranja
Kinyarwanda:
Ubufaransa
Komi:
Франция
Komi-Permyak:
Франс
Kongo:
Fwalansa
Konkani:
फ्रांस
Korean:
프랑스
Kurdish (Latin Script):
Fransa
Kyrgyz:
Франция
Lao:
ປະເທດຝະຣັ່ງ
Latgalian:
Praņceja
Latin:
Francia
Latvian:
Francija
Lezghian:
Франция
Ligurian:
Fransa
Limburgian:
Frankriek
Lingala:
Falansia
Lingua Franca Nova:
Frans
Lithuanian:
Prancūzija
Livvi-Karelian:
Frantsii
Lojban:
fasygu'e
Lombard:
Frància
Low Saxon/Low German:
Frankriek
Lower Sorbian:
Francojska
Luganda:
Bufalansa
Luri:
فرانسأ
Luxembourgish:
Frankräich
Macedonian:
Франција
Maithili:
फ्रान्स
Malagasy:
Frantsa
Malay:
Perancis
Malayalam:
ഫ്രാൻസ്
Maltese:
Franza
Manx:
Yn Rank
Maori:
Wīwī
Marathi:
फ्रान्स
Mazanderani:
فرانسه
Meadow Mari:
Франций
Min Dong Chinese:
Huák-guók
Minangkabau:
Parancih
Mingrelian:
საფრანგეთი
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Hoat-kok
Mirandese:
Fráncia
Moksha:
Кранцмастор
Moldavian:
Франца
Mongolian:
Франц
Nahuatl:
Francia
Narom:
France
Nauruan:
Prant
Navajo:
Dáághahii Dineʼé Bikéyah
Neapolitan:
Franza
Nepali:
फ्रान्स
Newar / Nepal Bhasa:
फ्रान्स
Norfolk:
France
Norman:
France
Northern Frisian:
Frånkrik
Northern Sami:
Frankriika
Northern Sotho:
Fora
Norwegian:
Frankrike
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Frankrike
Novial:
Fransia
Occitan:
França
Odia:
ଫ୍ରାନ୍ସ
Ossetian:
Франц
Pali:
फ्रांस
Pangasinan:
Fransia
Papiamento:
Fransia
Pashto:
فرانس
Pennsylvania German:
Frankreich
Pfaelzisch:
Frankreich
Picard:
Franche
Piedmontese:
Fransa
Plautdietsch:
Fraunkrikj
Polish:
Francja
Pontic Greek:
Γαλλία
Portuguese:
França
Punjabi:
ਫ਼ਰਾਂਸ
Quechua:
Ransiya
Ripuarian:
Frankreich
Romanian:
Franța
Romansh:
Frantscha
Rundi:
Ubufaransa
Russia Buriat:
Франци
Rusyn:
Франція
Samoan:
Farani
Samogitian:
Prancūzėjė
Sango:
Farânzi
Sanskrit:
फ्रान्सदेशः
Sardinian:
Frantza
Saterland Frisian:
Frankriek
Scots:
Fraunce
Scottish Gaelic:
An Fhraing
Serbian:
Француска
Serbo-Croatian:
Francuska
Sesotho:
Fora
Shona:
France
Sicilian:
Francia
Silesian:
Francyjŏ
Sindhi:
فرانس
Sinhalese:
ප්‍රංශය
Slovak:
Francúzsko
Slovenian:
Francija
Somali:
Faransiiska
South Azerbaijani:
فرانسه
Sranan Tongo:
Franskondre
Sundanese:
Perancis
Swahili:
Ufaransa
Swati:
IFulansi
Swedish:
Frankrike
Tagalog:
Pransiya
Tahitian:
Farāni
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Фаронса
Tamil:
பிரான்சு
Tarantino:
Frange
Tatar:
Франция
Telugu:
ఫ్రాన్సు
Tetum:
Fransa
Thai:
ประเทศฝรั่งเศส
Tibetan (Standard):
ཧྥ་རན་སི།
Tigrinya:
ፈረንሳይ
Tok Pisin:
Frens
Tongan:
Falanisē
Traditional Chinese:
法國
Tsonga:
Furhwa
Tumbuka:
France
Turkish:
Fransa
Turkmen:
Fransiýa
Tuvan:
Франция
Twi:
France
Udmurt:
Франция
Ukrainian:
Франція
Upper Sorbian:
Francoska
Urdu:
فرانس
Uyghur:
فرانسىيە
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Fransiya
Venetian:
Fransa
Veps:
Francii
Vietnamese:
Pháp
Vlax Romani:
Franchiya
Volapük:
Fransän
Võro:
Prantsusmaa
Walloon:
France
Waray:
Fransya
Welsh:
Ffrainc
West Flemish:
Vrankryk
West Frisian:
Frankryk
Western Punjabi:
فرانس
Wolof:
Faraas
Wu Chinese:
法国
Xhosa:
Fransi
Yakut:
Франция
Yiddish:
פראנקרייך
Yoruba:
Fránsì
Zazaki:
Fransa
Zeelandic:
Frankriek
Zhuang:
Fazgoz
Zulu:
IFulansi


France (French: [fʁɑ̃s]), officially the French Republic (French: République française), is a transcontinental country predominantly located in Western Europe and spanning overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean.

Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world.

France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin.

Its eighteen integral regions (five of which are overseas) span a combined area of 643,801 km² (248,573 sq mi) and close to 68 million people (as of July 2022).

France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre; other major urban areas include Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Lille, Bordeaux, and Nice.

Note: Books on regional mineralogies have been published for nearly all the 'Départements' ("Inventaire minéralogique de la France").

Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.


Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

1372 valid minerals. 128 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals. 1 (FRL) - first recorded locality of unapproved mineral/variety/etc. 10 erroneous literature entries.

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ 'Albite-granite'

ⓘ 'Albitite'

ⓘ Alkali basalt

ⓘ 'Alkali olivine basalt'

ⓘ Amphibolite

ⓘ 'Amygdaloidal basalt'

ⓘ Analcimite

ⓘ Andesite

ⓘ 'Ankaramite'

ⓘ 'Ankaratrite'

ⓘ 'Anorthoclasite'

ⓘ Anthracite

ⓘ 'Aplite'

ⓘ 'Aplitic granite'

ⓘ 'Argillite'

ⓘ 'Ariegite'

ⓘ 'Arkose'

ⓘ Ash

ⓘ Aubrite meteorite

ⓘ Basalt

ⓘ Basanite

ⓘ 'Basanitoid'

ⓘ Bauxite

ⓘ Beach dune sand

ⓘ Beach sand

ⓘ Benmoreite

ⓘ Beresite

ⓘ 'Biotite granite'

ⓘ Black shale

ⓘ 'Blueschist'

ⓘ Boninite

ⓘ Breccia

ⓘ CI1 chondrite meteorite

ⓘ CM chondrite meteorite

ⓘ 'CO3.4 chondrite meteorite'

ⓘ 'CO3.5 chondrite meteorite'

ⓘ 'Calc-schist'

ⓘ Camptonite

ⓘ Chalk

ⓘ Chassignite meteorite

ⓘ Chert

ⓘ 'Chlorite schist'

ⓘ Chromitite

ⓘ Clay

ⓘ Coal

ⓘ Cobbles

ⓘ Comenditic rhyolite

ⓘ Concretion

ⓘ Conglomerate

ⓘ Diatexite

ⓘ Diatomite

ⓘ Diorite

ⓘ 'Dolerite'

ⓘ Dolostone

ⓘ 'Domite'

ⓘ 'Doreite'

ⓘ Dunite

ⓘ 'Duricrust'

ⓘ EH5 chondrite meteorite

ⓘ Eclogite

ⓘ 'Epidote-glaucophane schist'

ⓘ 'Essexite'

ⓘ 'Eucrite monomict breccia meteorite'

ⓘ Evaporite

ⓘ Ferricrete

ⓘ 'Fine-grained metamafic-rock'

ⓘ 'Flint'

ⓘ Foidite

ⓘ Gabbro

ⓘ Gabbronorite

ⓘ Garnetite

ⓘ 'Glaucophane schist'

ⓘ Glaucophanite

ⓘ Gneiss

ⓘ Gossan

ⓘ Grainstone

ⓘ Granite

ⓘ Granitoid

ⓘ Granodiorite

ⓘ Granulite

ⓘ 'Graphic granite'

ⓘ Gravel

ⓘ 'Greenschist'

ⓘ Greenstone

ⓘ Greisen

ⓘ 'Greywacke'

ⓘ Guano

ⓘ 'H3-5 chondrite meteorite'

ⓘ 'H3-6 chondrite meteorite'

ⓘ H5 chondrite meteorite

ⓘ H6 chondrite meteorite

ⓘ Harzburgite

ⓘ Hawaiite

ⓘ Hornblendite

ⓘ Hornfels

ⓘ Howardite meteorite

ⓘ 'Hyaloclastic tuff'

ⓘ Hyaloclastite

ⓘ 'Hydrothermal breccia'

ⓘ IIE iron meteorite

ⓘ IIIAB iron meteorite

ⓘ 'Ignimbritic tuff'

ⓘ Ijolite

ⓘ Impactite

ⓘ Iron slag

ⓘ 'Jade'

ⓘ Kersantite

ⓘ 'L4-6 chondrite meteorite'

ⓘ L5 chondrite meteorite

ⓘ 'L5-6 chondrite meteorite'

ⓘ L6 chondrite meteorite

ⓘ LL6 chondrite meteorite

ⓘ 'Labradoritic basalt'

ⓘ Lamproite

ⓘ Lamprophyre

ⓘ Laterite

ⓘ Latite

ⓘ Leucite-basanite

ⓘ 'Leucogranite'

ⓘ Lherzolite

ⓘ Lignite

ⓘ 'Limburgite'

ⓘ Lime-mudstone

ⓘ Limestone

ⓘ Listvenite

ⓘ Loess

ⓘ 'Mafic rocks'

ⓘ 'Magnesian Limestone'

ⓘ Marble

ⓘ 'Marl'

ⓘ 'Melilite nephelinite'

ⓘ 'Menilite'

ⓘ Metabasalt

ⓘ 'Metacarbonate slag'

ⓘ 'Metadolerite'

ⓘ Metadolostone

ⓘ Metagabbro

ⓘ Metamorphic rock

ⓘ Metamudstone

ⓘ Metapyroxenite

ⓘ Metatexite

ⓘ Miaskite

ⓘ 'Mica schist'

ⓘ 'Microgranite'

ⓘ Migmatite

ⓘ Minette

ⓘ 'Minette (ore)'

ⓘ Monzodiorite

ⓘ Monzogabbro

ⓘ Monzogranite

ⓘ Monzonite

ⓘ Mudstone

ⓘ Mugearite

ⓘ 'Muscovite-biotite granite'

ⓘ Mylonite

ⓘ 'Napoleonite'

ⓘ 'Nelsonite'

ⓘ Nepheline-syenite

ⓘ Nepheline-tephrite

ⓘ Nephelinite

ⓘ Nephrite

ⓘ 'Nickel laterite'

ⓘ Obsidian

ⓘ 'Oceanite'

ⓘ 'Olivine basalt'

ⓘ 'Olivine nephelinite'

ⓘ Ooid-ironstone

ⓘ Ooid-limestone

ⓘ Ophicalcite

ⓘ 'Ophiolite'

ⓘ 'Orbiculite'

ⓘ Orthogneiss

ⓘ Packstone

ⓘ Pallasite meteorite

ⓘ Paragneiss

ⓘ Peat

ⓘ 'Pegmatite'

ⓘ 'Pele's hair'

ⓘ 'Peperite'

ⓘ 'Peralkaline alkali-feldspar-granite'

ⓘ 'Peralkaline phonolite'

ⓘ 'Peralkaline rhyolite'

ⓘ 'Peralkaline syenite'

ⓘ 'Peralkaline-alkali-feldspar nepheline-syenite'

ⓘ Peridotite

ⓘ 'Petrified Wood'

ⓘ Phonolite

ⓘ Phonolitic-tephrite

ⓘ Phosphorite

ⓘ Phyllite

ⓘ Picrite

ⓘ Picrobasalt

ⓘ 'Pillow lava'

ⓘ 'Pisolite'

ⓘ 'Plagiogranite'

ⓘ 'Porphyritic granite'

ⓘ 'Porphyroid'

ⓘ 'Porphyry'

ⓘ 'Puddingstone'

ⓘ Pumice

ⓘ 'Pyritic slate'

ⓘ Pyroclastic-rock

ⓘ Pyroxenite

ⓘ Quartz-syenite

ⓘ Quartz-trachyte

ⓘ Quartzite

ⓘ Regolith

ⓘ Rhyolite

ⓘ 'Riebeckite granite'

ⓘ Sand

ⓘ Sandstone

ⓘ Saprolite

ⓘ 'Schalenblende'

ⓘ Schist

ⓘ Scoria

ⓘ Serpentinite

ⓘ Shale

ⓘ Shoshonite

ⓘ Silt

ⓘ Siltstone

ⓘ 'Sizunite'

ⓘ Skarn

ⓘ Slag

ⓘ Slate

ⓘ Spessartite

ⓘ Spiculite

ⓘ Spilite

ⓘ 'Spinel lherzolite'

ⓘ 'Stockscheider'

ⓘ Syenite

ⓘ 'Sylvinite'

ⓘ Tephrite

ⓘ Tephritic-phonolite

ⓘ 'Theralite'

ⓘ 'Tholeiitic basalt'

ⓘ 'Tinguaite'

ⓘ Tonalite

ⓘ Trachyandesite

ⓘ Trachybasalt

ⓘ Trachyte

ⓘ Troctolite

ⓘ 'Trondhjemite'

ⓘ Tuff

ⓘ Tuffite

ⓘ Ultramylonite

ⓘ 'Ungrouped iron meteorite'

ⓘ 'Variolite'

ⓘ Volcanic breccia

ⓘ Wackestone

ⓘ Wehrlite

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France
Wikidata ID:Q142
GeoNames ID:3017382

Localities in this Region

France
France

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References

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http://www.geowiki.fr [includes information on important localities]
(n.d.)
Omalius d'Halloy, J.J. (1809) Essai sur la géologie du nord de la France. Extrait du Journal des Mines, n° 140 et suivans, année 1808. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9769593b
Lacroix, A. (1893) Minéralogie de la France et de ses colonies, Paris. 5 volumes: volume 1 (1893-95); volume 2 (1897); volume 3 (1901); volume 4 (1910); volume 5 (1913).
Gaubert, P. (1907) Minéralogie de la France. Paris, 210 pages.
de Launay, L. (1913) Traité de métallogénie. Gîtes minéraux et métallifères. 3 volumes, Béranger, Paris, France, xx pages.
Pawlowski, A. (1919) Annuaire des mines et minerais métalliques de France et d'Algérie. Heudolot Ed., Paris, 241 pages.
Chauris, L., Guigues, J. (1969) Gîtes minéraux de la France. B.R.G.M.
Zimmer, S.H. (1976) Mineralfundorte in Frankreich. Bohmann-Noltemeyer Verlag, 270 pages.
Belot, Victor R. (1978) Guide des minéraux, coquillages et fossiles: où les trouver en France, comment les reconnaître et les collectionner. Guides Horay.
Ministère de l'Industrie, Paris (1980) Les ressources minières Françaises. Annales des Mines, 186, 191 pages.
Baillargeat, C. (1983) À la recherche de l'or en France. Monde & Minéraux, Jan./Feb. 1983.
Beuker, J.R. (1990) Werken met steen. Archeologische monografieën van het Drents Museum Assen Deel 2, ISBN 90-70884-28-3 (in Dutch).
Bouillard, J.-C., Tournis, V. (2000) L'or en France. Minéraux et Fossiles, 64 pages.
Guiollard, P.-C. (2004) Guide pratique du Chercheur d'or en France. Éditions du BRGM, Orléans, 127 pages.
Saussu, P., Mandrick, P. (2004) De l'or et des mines d'or en France et en Guyane Française. Éditions Alain Sutton, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, 128 pages.
en.wikipedia.org (2004) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_France
fr.wikipedia.org (2008) https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9ologie_de_la_France
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