La Francophonie

francophone means French-speaking, les pays francophones means countries where French is spoken, la Francophonie is the noun

200 million people speak French all over the world
For a map from the francophone organisation click here

France is divided into regions eg la Bretagne, Brittany and la Provence. Regions are divided into départements and départements into cantons.

France has départements in the Caribbean and the Pacific. They are referred to as DOM-TOM short for Les Départements et Territoires d'Outre-Mer or France d'Outre-Mer.

As well as that there are former French colonies in Africa.
In Canada in the province of Quebec, French is the first language.

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