France in the Schengen area
The European territory of France (mainland France)
The European territory of France is part of the Schengen Area (pdf), which encompasses multiple European States to form a common space of free movement for persons.
The Schengen Area includes the 29 following States :
- Member States of the European Union : Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden
- Non-Member States of the European Union: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland
Helpful information : The European Union’s portal.
France's non-European territories (DROM-COM)
None of France's territories located outside Europe are part of the Schengen Area, these include :
The overseas départements and regions of France (DROM) :
- Reunion
- French Guiana, Guadeloupe and Martinique (the three départements in the Americas)
- Mayotte
- Saint-Barthélemy
- Saint-Martin
Other local municipalities and territories of the French Republic located overseas (COM) :
- New Caledonia
- French Polynesia
- The French Southern and Antarctic Lands
- Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
- Wallis et Futuna
Helpful information : Site du ministère français des Outre-Mer
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