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Countries Bordering France

Name the countries that share a land border with France.
This quiz counts overseas regions but not overseas collectives or territories
Quiz by relessness
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Last updated: October 10, 2018
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First submittedJuly 6, 2012
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Average score90.0%
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Metropolitan France
Length
Country
623 km
Spain
620 km
Belgium
573 km
Switzerland
488 km
Italy
451 km
Germany
73 km
Luxembourg
57 km
Andorra
4 km
Monaco
Overseas Regions
Length
Country
673 km
Brazil
510 km
Suriname
101 Recent Comments
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Level 57
Jan 9, 2019
If you include Brazil and Suriname, you should include the Netherlands too (France borders the Netherlands on the island of Saint Martin).
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Level 46
Jan 9, 2019
Good point
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Level 63
Aug 7, 2021
@relessness aren't you the creator? Why don't you add it?
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Level 75
Mar 25, 2019
So glad you brought that up. I'm sure no one else has thought of that. (You might want to read the previous comments before posting.)
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Level 67
Jan 25, 2025
I was confused by that also
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Level 20
Jan 13, 2019
Got them all
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Level 49
Mar 25, 2019
Needs less time.
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Level 49
Mar 25, 2019
Damn I totally forgot about brazil and suriname
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Level 39
Aug 16, 2019
The Netherlands?
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Level 28
Feb 1, 2025
Netherlands is missing
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Level 91
Oct 25, 2019
I demand independence for French Guiana! The citizens of Jetpunk deserve peace.
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Level 19
Nov 11, 2019
Cant believe I forgot Luxembourg >:(
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Level 44
Dec 28, 2019
Yay, I finally get France Badge
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Level 30
Jan 6, 2020
Yeet
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Level 71
Jan 24, 2020
I am going to add some nitpicking on this subject. There are many comments above about Sint Maarten. To be strictly accurate one should say that Sint Maarten is a constituent country of the state "The Kingdom of the Netherlands", as is "The Netherlands". Thus Sint Maarten is not part of the Netherlands. Confusion arises because rather lazily, generally people also use the term Netherlands to refer to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. I hope that is clear.
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Level 24
Aug 16, 2024
To add to that, French Saint Martin does not hold department status as French Guiana does.
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Level 54
Jan 24, 2020
France actually controls a region in Canada, in Newfoundland I think?
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Level 70
Apr 21, 2020
I assume you're talking about St. Pierre and Miquelon, which are very close to Newfoundland in Canada, but have always stayed under French rule, even after Canada gained its independence.
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Level 70
Apr 25, 2020
St. Pierre and Miquelon is also an overseas territory of France, like Saint Martin.
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Level 31
Mar 20, 2020
Great quiz! You could make it a speed round if you really want to torture us! ;)
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Level 52
Apr 6, 2020
If we count oversea collectivities there's Netherlands (Saint-Martin) and Australia (Antartica) too
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Level 31
Dec 4, 2024
France doesn't actually own any part of Antarctica, it's just a research area/fantasy claim. No country owns part of Antarctica.
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Level 39
Jul 1, 2020
I missed Spain but got Suriname... dang
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Level 28
Oct 4, 2020
where is Netherlands since they share a border on the overseas island of saint martin
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Level 63
Aug 7, 2021
Between Belgium and Germany, north of Luxembourg.
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Level 37
Oct 6, 2020
Actually, The overseas regions of France is Martinique, Mayotte, Reunion, French Guiana and Guadeloupe. If one of these Islands shared a country border then it should be on the List.
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Level 18
Nov 28, 2024
French Guiana is included
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Level 46
Oct 7, 2020
Where is the Netherlands, it has a border with France
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Level 59
Dec 5, 2020
No thers Belgium between them
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Level 62
Dec 21, 2020
Who is that question directed towards?
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Level 63
Nov 12, 2024
bro u made this quiz
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Level 59
Dec 5, 2020
yep
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Level 37
Dec 21, 2020
Make sure to try this quiz

https://www.jetpunk.com/create-quiz/1377605

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Level 63
Aug 7, 2021
That's the link to the editing page. Link the live version.
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Level 78
Dec 21, 2020
Seems like an awkward choice to include the overseas region of French Guiana but not St. Martin. I understand it's a different legal category, but it's weird for the feel of the quiz.
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Level 29
Dec 21, 2020
TOO EASY
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Level 71
Dec 21, 2020
I get that especially North Americans routinely associate the fleur-de-lys with France, but to French people, that's a little weird. In fact, the fleur-de-lys is considered to be a symbol of monarchy in France. It was an emblem of the kings, since Louis VII. It is not used anymore, neither officially, nor unofficially, to represent the country. The analogy is far from perfect, but it's a bit like using the confederate flag to represent the US. Would you consider changing the illustration?
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Level 71
Dec 21, 2020
I hope I get points for not weighing in on the Saint-Martin issue...
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Level 87
Aug 6, 2021
Just as a point of information, the fleur-de-lys is still included in the coat of arms of both Lyon and St Barthélemy and, by extension, on the unofficial flag of St Barthélemy.
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Level 71
Sep 2, 2022
Yes, good point! This is another similarity with the confederate flag, which is also still in local use.
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Level 38
Dec 21, 2020
You forget the Netherlands since France share a border with them in the Caribbean
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Level 35
Dec 21, 2020
i never knew
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Level 24
Dec 22, 2020
and the others countries in antarctica ?

new zealand , norway etc..

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Level 41
Mar 13, 2021
.............
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Level 24
May 2, 2021
Thailand? The country?
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Level 30
Jan 13, 2021
france has a border with the Netherlands in the Caribbean
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Level 25
Jan 19, 2021
Yay!
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Level 41
Mar 13, 2021
forgot andorra and monaco
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Level 51
Mar 23, 2021
What about Germany! its has a border with France
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Level 63
Aug 7, 2021
What about it...?
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Level 44
Apr 22, 2021
France borders Netherlands in the Saint Martin island!
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Level 24
May 2, 2021
Yeah

That's true

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Level 25
May 12, 2021
That's True
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Level 25
May 12, 2021
Got all first try
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Level 39
May 19, 2021
Lol, when you nearly miss Germany but you type in Suriname...
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Level 21
Jun 6, 2021
I say Uk to be in the list it maybe nearer than Suriname but ok
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Level 63
Aug 7, 2021
This quiz is about countries that border France. Where does UK border France?
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Level 17
Jul 6, 2021
24 secounds
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Level 43
Jul 19, 2021
Furthermore, on the island of Saint-Martin / Sint Maarten which is a "overseas collectivity", France does actually border the Netherlands. However, overseas collectivities are semi-autonomous while overseas regions and deapartments have the same status as metropolitan France. Therefore, it was the right decision not to include the Netherlands.Good job!
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Level 74
Aug 3, 2021
43 seconds, I zoned out for a bit for some reason
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Level 28
Oct 8, 2021
all with a minute in a half
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Level 17
Jan 16, 2022
Saint Martin is part of The Netherlands and France
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Level 38
Mar 10, 2022
Il manque les Pays-Bas
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Level 44
Apr 14, 2022
Where is The Netherlands?
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Level 32
Jun 15, 2022
9/10 forgot Monaco.
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Level 58
Jul 27, 2022
NETHERLANDS
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Level 56
Aug 9, 2022
France also borders the netherlands, because of a island in the carribean which they share called saint/sint martin
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Level 38
Sep 2, 2022
Ez quiz
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Level 74
Sep 2, 2022
This simplified comparison should help Americans:

French Guiana, Réunion, Guadeloupe, Mayotte, Martinique = Alaska, Hawaii

St-Martin, St-Pierre, St-Barthélémy, Wallis and Futuna = Guam, USVI

New Caledonia = Puerto Rico

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Level 63
Nov 12, 2024
great, then st martin is an overseas territory and netherlands should be here
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Level 50
Sep 2, 2022
I don't get the little text excerpt thing from under the quiz in the September 2, 2022 daily featured quiz. This quiz was easy. When I read that piece of text, I thought it would include *all* French overseas territories and islands and stuff. But the description told me otherwise. This quiz really was easy, and that little excerpt comes off really cocky.

And I don't think many people on Jetpunk don't know the existence of French Guiana, or would have thought this quiz was hard.

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Level 57
Sep 2, 2022
fwance
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Level 14
Sep 2, 2022
nice quiz
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Level 45
Sep 3, 2022
France is also bordering with Netherlands
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Level 67
Apr 28, 2023
Saint Martin is a territory, not a department, like French Guiana is.
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Level 55
Sep 6, 2022
netherlands?
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Level 67
Apr 28, 2023
Saint Martin is a territory, not a department, like French Guiana is.
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Level 29
Dec 11, 2022
netherlands
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Level 67
Apr 28, 2023
Saint Martin is a territory, not a department, like French Guiana is.
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Level 43
Mar 24, 2023
Overseas Regions, where Netherlands
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Level 67
Apr 28, 2023
Saint Martin is a territory, not a department, like French Guiana is.
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Level 20
May 10, 2023
How do people get Andorra more than suriname?
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Level 25
Sep 15, 2023
Easy first try
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Level 32
Jan 9, 2024
netherlands due too sint maarten also
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Level 44
Mar 20, 2024
France also borders the Netherlands with the island of Saint Martin.
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Level 35
Mar 26, 2024
Good, but don't forget to add Netherlands, France and Netherlands have a border on the island of Saint Martin in caribbeans
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Level 32
Apr 4, 2024
Got all but Monaco
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Level 30
Apr 9, 2024
Got it with 3 seconds left. Remembered Monaco in the nick of time. And very proud of myself for remembering Suriname and Brazil.
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Level 1
Apr 23, 2024
La france a aussi une frontiere avec une ile partage avec les pays bas c st martin
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Level 46
May 15, 2024
How about the Saint Martin island? It's an overseas territory just like French Guyana, so why isn't it added?
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Level ∞
Jul 14, 2024
No one has ever commented that before!
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Level 68
Jul 14, 2024
really?
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Level 63
Nov 12, 2024
even if legally different, its still a border
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Level 70
Jul 15, 2024
I thought the same! If the wuiz considers Brazil and Suriame because of French Guyana, why not the Netherlands for Saint Martin?
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Level 43
Jul 22, 2024
It's been almost 6 years and the France-Netherlands border (Saint-Martin) is still not included (just saying). People have been pointing it out since the end of times
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Level 44
Aug 2, 2024
lets go 100% in 25 seconds
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Level 71
Dec 21, 2024
Forget the Dutch border: real pedants worry about Antarctica. This only adds one border: the slice of Antarctic territory claimed by France is wedged between two slices both claimed by Australia.

But if we count the South Pole as a single-point border, we can add more countries: Norway, New Zealand, and some combination of the UK, Chile, and Argentina depending on which claims we decide to recognise.

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Level 41
Jan 22, 2025
Can you change the time to 30 sec?
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Level 26
Mar 12, 2025
Easy Game
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Level 25
Mar 16, 2025
What about Netherlands
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Level 50
Apr 11, 2025
Here before St Maarten.