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Countries Closest to France (including its territories)

Which countries are closest to France, including its overseas departments and territories?
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Countries marked in red do not appear in the Countries of the World quiz, but do appear in the the Countries 197 to 205 quiz
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Last updated: April 11, 2023
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First submittedSeptember 6, 2014
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km
country
miles
0
Andorra
0
0
Belgium
0
0
Brazil
0
0
Germany
0
0
Italy
0
0
Luxembourg
0
0
Monaco
0
0
Sint Maarten
0
0
Spain
0
0
Suriname
0
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country
miles
0
Switzerland
0
8
Canada
5
29
Dominica
18
33
St Lucia
20
33
United Kingdom
21
51
St Kitts and Nevis
32
61
Netherlands
38
61
Comoros
38
98
Antigua and Barbuda
61
117
St Vincent and
the Grenadines
73
26 Comments
+2
Level 47
Sep 7, 2014
I got Sint Maarten, but completely forgot where Saint Martin Island is.
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Level 36
Jul 26, 2017
Try, right next to Sint Maarten. If nothing else, the name should have tipped you off (Sint Maarten vs. Saint Martin?)
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Level 72
Sep 9, 2014
please accept 'Antigua' for Antigua and Barbuda
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Level 76
Sep 9, 2014
OK, it accepts Antigua now. My apologies to all the Barbudans out there.
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Level 27
Oct 31, 2015
Holland shoul be accepted for Netherlands, since every other quizzes with Netherlands accept Holland.
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Level 59
Mar 15, 2018
Do they? They shouldn't, Holland is NOT the name of the country.
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Level 55
Mar 22, 2018
The Netherlands and Holland is not the same! Holland is a part of the Netherlands, but the Netherlands are not a part of Holland.
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Level 76
Mar 22, 2018
Agreed. To get the point in this quiz, it's Netherlands.
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Level 36
Sep 20, 2018
To refer to the Netherlands as Holland or to call a Nederlander (someone from the Netherlands) a Hollander is akin to calling the USA "New York" or referring to an American as a Gringo. The Dutch consider it a derogatory term.
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Level 56
Feb 15, 2020
Do the Dutch consider it a derogatory term though ? The official website for the Netherlands as a tourist destination has the name "Holland.com".

If there'd be a name for me that I wouldn't like, I certainly wouldn't put up a website with exactly that name.

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Level 65
May 30, 2022
I'm dutch and most people here are fine being called a hollander, but i'm from the part in the Netherlands that's called Holland so probably I'm not representative for the general population.
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Level 55
May 7, 2021
Nooooo, it's very offended to a Dutchman to call him 'Hollander' instead of 'Nederlander'!! :)
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Level 36
May 1, 2017
Gratifying to see Sint Maarten and Suriname FINALLY being accepted as bordering France!!! Hip, Hip Hoera!
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Level 20
Jan 23, 2019
but sint maarteen isn't a country
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Level 56
Feb 15, 2020
You are absolutely right. OP got confused because it is called "a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands". However, Sint Maarten is not a sovereign country and while they are autonomous on many internal affairs that doesn't make them independent. The term "country" usually refers to sovereign nations, however if one really wants to call Sint Maarten a country it would have to be "overseas country and territory" (OCT) as this is Sint Maarten's official status.
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Level 76
Mar 19, 2024
Please read the instructions.
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Level 51
Nov 2, 2018
Could "Luxemborg" be accepted for Luxembourg?
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Level 67
Jan 8, 2021
no.
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Level 72
Feb 20, 2020
Could there be more types-in for St Maarten? I typed everything imaginable except "Sint" :)
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Level 48
Aug 26, 2020
why isnt st maarten counted to the netherlands? its not sovereign!
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Level 76
Aug 26, 2020
Please read the instructions.
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Level 48
Dec 2, 2020
i read them. i got it too, but i just think it doesnt make that much sense to count the french territories to france but not the consituent countries of the kingdom of the netherlands to the netherlands.
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Level 77
Jan 8, 2021
You're contradicting yourself. If you insist on counting 'constituent countries' as independent, then add England and not the UK
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Level 19
Oct 5, 2021
st maarten should just be netherlands. plus where is usa vanuatu and mauritius. saint martin is pretty close to us virgin islands and reunion is right next to mauritius and new caledonia is right next to vanuatu. also wallis and futuna are pretty close to fiji
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Level 76
Oct 5, 2021
Re Sint Maarten, please read the instructions. Mauritius-Reunion 171 km, St Martin-USVI 154 km, New Caledonia-Vanuatu 217 km.
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Level 37
Jun 24, 2024
how about Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Venezuela and Liechtenstein? Are they close misses?