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During the 19th and 20th centuries, the French colonial empire one of the largest in the world, behind the British Empire, the Russian Empire, and the Spanish Empire; it extended over of land at its height in the 1920s and 1930s. The French colonial empire was the second largest empire in the 17th century and the second largest empire in 1929 after Spain and Britain respectively. Including metropolitan France, the total amount of land under French sovereignty reached ''13,018,575 km²'' (5,020,000 sq. miles) in 1929, which is 8.7% of the Earth's total land area. In terms of population however, France and her colonial empire totaled only 110 million inhabitants on the eve of World War II, compared to 330 million for British India alone. France began to establish colonies in North America, the Caribbean and India, following Spanish and Portuguese successes during the Age of Discovery, in rivalry with Britain for supremacy. A series of wars with Britain during the 18th century and early 19th century, which France lost, ended its colonial ambitions in these regions, and with it what some historians term the "first" French colonial empire. In the 19th century, France established a new empire in Africa and South East Asia. Some of these colonies lasted beyond the invasion and occupation of France by Nazi Germany during World War II. At present, France possesses the second-largest exclusive economic zone in the world, just after the USA; it measures approximately . Here is a list of all the countries that were part of the French colonial empires in the last 500 years, either entirely or in part, either under French sovereignty or as mandate or protectorate. ==In Europe== * France (486-) * * The Free Republic of Vercors (1944) (Republic established against Vichy France and Nazi Germany) * Albania * * Autonomous Albanian Republic of Korçë (Allied state established in 1916 by the local French forces) (1916–1920) * Principality of Andorra (1806–1814) (the French President is Co-Prince of Andorra) * Austria * * The French occupied zone in Austria (15.8% of the current country) (1945–1956) * What is now Belgium (1703–1706) (1745–1748) (1795–1814) * What is now mostly Croatia and a part of Slovenia * *Illyrian Provinces : * * * The eleven French departments of Croatia (1808–1813) (Adelsberg, Bouches-du-Cattaro, Croatie, Dalmatie, Fiume, Gorice, Laybach, Neustdat, Raguse, Trieste, Willach) * Greece * * The three French departments of Greece (1.75% of the current country) (1797–1802) (Corcyre, Ithaque, Mer-Égée) * * Kastelorizo Island (1915–1920) * * Fort Navarin, in Pylos (1828–1833) * * Ionian Islands (1807-1809) * Italy (1805–1814) * * Kingdom of Naples * * Veneto, Friuli and Mantua with the city of Venice (1866) * * The fifteen French departments of Italy (26.5% of the current country) (1802–1814) (Doire, Marengo (department), Pô (department), Sésia, Stura, Tanaro, Apennins, Gênes, Montenotte, Méditerranée, Ombrone (department), Taro (department), Tibre, Trasimène) * Germany * * Town of Kehl (French administration for seven years to prevent possible German attacks after the WWI) (1918–1925??) (1946–1953) * * The Confederation of the Rhine (1806–1813) (Around thirty German German States) * * The French Zone of Occupation in Germany (15.7% of the current country) (1945–1956) * * The French Protectorate of Saar (protectorate) (0.71% of the current country) (1920–1935) (1947–1956) * Guernsey (1204–1205) (1205–1206) (1338–1340) (1372–1373) * * Hauteville House * Jersey (1204–1205) (1205–1206) (1380–1382) (1461–1468) (1781 - Battle of Jersey) * Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (1792–1793) (1795–1814) * Malta (1798–1800) * The rock of Monaco (1793–1814) * Netherlands (1795–1810) * *Curaçao (1713) * *Sint Eustatius (1625) (1689–1690) (1781–1784) (1795–1801) * Poland * * The Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1815) * Portugal (1807–1810) * Spain (1808–1813) * * Canary Islands (1402-1418)〔Google Books〕 * * The four French departments of Spain (6% of the current country) (1812–1814) (Bouches-de-l'Èbre, Montserrat, Sègre, Ter) * Switzerland (1798–1813) *England (1066), (partly in 1216-1223) *United Kingdom * * British overseas territories * * * St Helena * * * * The French domains of St Helena (1858- ) (The House of Longwood, The Valley of the Grave, Pavilion des Briars is 0,15 km ²) * * * Turks and Caicos Islands (1753–1754) (1778) (1783) * * * Falkland Islands (1764–1767) * * * Montserrat (1667) (1782–1784) * Vatican * * The French domains of Vatican (Five churches and their dependence : St Louis des Français, La Trinité des monts, St Nicolas des Lorrains, St Yves des Bretons, St Claude des Francs-comtois de Bourgogne. Then, 13 Residential properties in Rome and one building and about hectares of lands to Lorette) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of French possessions and colonies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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