Discover the communes of France
A commune in France is a local 'administrative unit' and can be as small as a few hectares - or as large as Paris! There are about 36,000 communes in total across the country.
Almost every town or village you have ever heard of in France is a commune, although occasionally very small places are part of an adjoining commune, or a cluster of scattered small villages might have different village names but share the same commune name (this will be marked on the village signpost as you enter).
Communes themselves then form part of one of the 96 departments of France, which themselves are part of the 22 regions of metropolitan France.
Starting from the indexes below you can locate almost every place in France - and certain information - their position on a map, local places of interest, airports and hotels nearby etc. Either search by alphabetical order or see the communes listed by department.
Search and explore French communes
Find communes by department
- Ain communes & places
- Aisne communes & places
- Allier communes & places
- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence communes & places
- Alpes-Maritimes communes & places
- Ardèche communes & places
- Ardennes communes & places
- Ariege communes & places
- Aube communes & places
- Aude communes & places
- Aveyron communes & places
- Bas-Rhin communes & places
- Bouches du Rhone communes & places
- Calvados communes & places
- Cantal communes & places
- Charente communes & places
- Charente-Maritime communes & places
- Cher communes & places
- Correze communes & places
- Corsica communes & places
- Cote d'Or communes & places
- Cotes-d'Armor communes & places
- Creuse communes & places
- Deux-Sèvres communes & places
- Dordogne communes & places
- Doubs communes & places
- Drome communes & places
- Eure communes & places
- Eure-et-Loir communes & places
- Finistere communes & places
- Gard communes & places
- Gers communes & places
- Gironde communes & places
- Haute-Garonne communes & places
- Haute-Loire communes & places
- Haute-Marne communes & places
- Hautes-Alpes communes & places
- Haute-Saone communes & places
- Haute-Savoie communes & places
- Hautes-Pyrenees communes & places
- Haute-Vienne communes & places
- Haut-Rhin communes & places
- Herault communes & places
- Ille-et-Vilaine communes & places
- Indre communes & places
- Indre-et-Loire communes & places
- Isere communes & places
- Jura communes & places
- Landes communes & places
- Loir-et-Cher communes & places
- Loire communes & places
- Loire-Atlantique communes & places
- Loiret communes & places
- Lot communes & places
- Lot-et-Garonne communes & places
- Lozere communes & places
- Maine-et-Loire communes & places
- Manche communes & places
- Marne communes & places
- Mayenne communes & places
- Moselle communes & places
- Meuse communes & places
- Morbihan communes & places
- Meurthe-et-Moselle communes & places
- Nievre communes & places
- Nord communes & places
- Oise communes & places
- Orne communes & places
- Pas-de-Calais communes & places
- Puy-de-Dome communes & places
- Pyrenees-Atlantiques communes & places
- Pyrenees-Orientales communes & places
- Rhone-communes & places
- Saone-et-Loire communes & places
- Sarthe communes & places
- Savoie communes & places
- Seine-Maritime communes & places
- Seine-et-Marne communes & places
- Somme communes & places
- Tarn communes & places
- Tarn-et-Garonne communes & places
- Territoire-de-Belfort communes & places
- Var communes & places
- Vaucluse communes & places
- Vendee communes & places
- Vienne communes & places
- Vosges communes & places
- Yonne communes & places
- Yvelines communes & places