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Metropolitan France, also known as European France, is the part of France in Europe. It comprises mainland France and nearby islands in the Atlantic Ocean, the English Channel, and the Mediterranean Sea, including Corsica.Overseas France is the collective name for the part of France outside Europe: French overseas regions, territories, collectivities, and the sui generis collectivity of New Caledonia.Metropolitan France and Overseas France together form the French Republic. Metropolitan France accounts for 82.2% of the land territory, 3.3% of the exclusive economic zone, and 95.9% of the population of the French Republic.