List of forests in France

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A temperate forest in France

Metropolitan France contains a total of Template:Convert of tree coverage, with Template:Convert considered to be forestry by the National Forest Inventory (IFN). Of those Template:Convert, Template:Convert consist of leafy forests while the remaining Template:Convert consist of evergreen forests.

The majority of forestry in French overseas departments is found in French Guiana, which contains Template:Convert of forests.

Template:Convert of forests in France are publicly owned, with the remaining Template:Convert being privately owned. Two-thirds of privately owned forests are larger than Template:Convert, and 48% are larger than Template:Convert.

The largest forests in France by region are as follows:

Alsace

Aquitaine

Auvergne

Brittany

Burgundy

Centre

Champagne-Ardenne

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Corsica

Franche-Comté

Île-de-France

Languedoc-Roussillon

Limousin

Lorraine

Midi-Pyrénées

Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Normandy

Lower Normandy

Upper Normandy

Pays de la Loire

Picardy

Poitou-Charentes

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Rhône-Alpes

Overseas

Guadeloupe

  • 650 km2 (390 km2)

French Guiana

  • 74,500 km2

Martinique

  • 403 km2

Réunion

2512 km2

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