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The following is a list of border crossing points in France (French: points de passages frontaliers, or "PPF") forming the external border of the Schengen Area.By contrast, the term points de passages autorisés ("PPA") refers to the crossing points at the border between France and other Schengen countries (i.e. internal borders of the Schengen Area).
It is the longest border France shares with another country, despite not being located in mainland France. The second longest is the one with Spain, at 623 kilometres (387 mi). [1] The Oyapock River defines part of the border and is spanned by the Oyapock River Bridge, the only bridge crossing the border, which connects the towns of Saint ...
France and its territories. The French Republic [1] has terrestrial borders with 10 sovereign states, 8 bordering Metropolitan France [2] and 2 bordering the Overseas Departments [3] [4] of France, totaling 3,959 kilometres (2,460 mi). In addition, the territories of France border an additional 5 countries and territories. [5]
The France–Italy border is mainly mountainous. It is 515 kilometres (320 mi) long, [1] in southeast France and northwest Italy. It begins at the west tripoint of France–Italy–Switzerland near the top of Mont Dolent (3,820 m), in the French commune of Chamonix (department of Haute-Savoie), the Italian city of Courmayeur (Aosta Valley) and the Swiss commune of Orsières (canton of Valais
Contains border crossing between France and other countries. Subcategories. This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total. ...
The Franco-Spanish border runs for 656.3 kilometres (407.8 mi) between southwestern France and northeastern Spain. It begins in the west on the Bay of Biscay at the French city of Hendaye and the Spanish city of Irun ( 43°22′32″N 01°47′31″W / 43.37556°N 1.79194°W / 43.37556; -1.79194
Border crossings of France (11 C, 3 P) Border crossings of French Guiana (1 C) G. Border crossings of Gabon (3 C) Border crossings of the Gambia (1 C)
The France–Switzerland border is 572 km (355 mi) long. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Its current path is mostly the product of the Congress of Vienna of 1815, with the accession of Geneva , Neuchâtel and Valais to the Swiss Confederation , but it has since been modified in detail, the last time being in 2002.