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French Geography - Hard

Just have fun trying to answer these questions about French geography in 3min45. Good luck!
Some of the questions naturally have several answers possible.
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Last updated: November 30, 2022
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A département located in the PACA region.
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | Hautes-Alpes | Alpes-Maritimes | Bouches-du-Rhône | Var | Vaucluse
What does DROM stand for?
Département et Région d'Outre-Mer
Name a DROM.
Guadeloupe | Guyane | Martinique | Mayotte | Réunion
What does COM stand for?
Collectivité d'Outre-Mer
Name a COM (including Sui Generis COM).
French Polynesia | Saint-Barthélemy | Saint-Martin | Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon | Wallis-et-Futuna | New Caledonia
What does TAAF stand for?
Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises
Name a TAAF.
Crozet Archipelago | Kerguelen Islands | Scattered Islands of the Indian Ocean | Saint-Paul Island and New-Amsterdam Island | Adélie Land
The highest peak in the French Pyrenees.
Vignemale (pique Longue)
The name of the band of low-density population that stretches from the Landes to the Meuse.
Empty Diagonal
In which region is situated the Mont Saint-Michel?
Normandy
Name an active Volcano situated in France.
Soufrière (Guadeloupe) | Montagne Pelée (Martinique) | Piton de la Fournaise (Réunion) | Île de la Possession (TAAF) | Mehetia (French Polynesia)
Name one of the five biggest islands of Metropolitain France besides Corsica.
Île d’Oléron | Belle Île | Île de Ré | Noirmoutier | Île d’Yeu
Name one of the five major rivers of Metropolitain France.
Loire | Rhône | Rhine | Garonne | Seine
Name the source of the longest of these rivers.
Mont Gerbier-de-Jonc (Ardèche)
Name a country France shares a land border with outside Europe.
Brazil | Suriname | Netherlands
Name countries who challenge French sovereignty over some of its island territories.
Comoros | Madagascar | Mauritius | Vanuatu
Name countries that France does not recognize.
North Korea | Taiwan
Name a French city whose population is between 100k and 200k.
Reims | Toulon | Saint-Étienne | Le Havre | Grenoble | Dijon | Angers | Villeurbanne | Saint-Denis | Nîmes | Clermont-Ferrand | Le Mans | Aix-en-Provence | Brest | Tours | Amiens | Limoges | Annecy | Boulogne-Billancourt | Perpignan | Besançon | Metz | Orléans | Rouen | Argenteuil | Montreuil | Mulhouse | Caen | Nancy | Saint-Paul
4 Comments
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Level 76
Nov 26, 2022
Also accept Mont Pelée?
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Level 56
Nov 30, 2022
Can't find that name anywhere for the volcano, only "Montagne Pelée". So I'm afraid I'll leave it at that.
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Level 66
Nov 26, 2022
DROM stands for "départementS et régionS d’outre-mer" (following Wikipédia), please add an S in the type-in! Please also check or add type-ins for TAAF and COM.
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Level 56
Nov 30, 2022
Got it but I was going with the singular. Will check the type-ins ASAP though! Thanks!