France
France is one of the 193 UN member states, in Western Europe. UN Tourism counted 218 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 100% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Ink.
- International arrivals
- 218 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 1st of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Inkrarer than 0%
- Area
- 546,476 km² (210,995 sq mi)
- Population
- 67.1 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Regions
- 14in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 49with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 51on Globestamp’s list
Does France count as a country?
Yes. France is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.
| List | Counts France? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes: France, Corsica |
| European Union | Yes, a member state |
| Schengen area | Yes, since 26 March 1995 |
France also has territories that most travelers count separately: French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Wallis and Futuna.
The France stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. France’s is Ink: plain rubber-stamp ink, the finish for places with 40 million international visitors a year or more. With 218 million international arrivals in 2019, France is more visited than 100% of the 199 places with figures. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.
What counts as a visit to France
The common rule among travelers is that you set foot there: an airport layover usually doesn’t count, and a port where you went ashore does. Globestamp counts France when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. Photos only at an airport make a transit stamp in lighter ink, counted only if you count layovers. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.
Places in France you can collect
Under the country itself, Globestamp keeps layers of places on your globe, and a photo taken at one ticks it. These are the ones it knows in France, from 51 World Heritage Sites to 51 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 51
Marquesas Islands (2024) · Notre-Dame de Chartres (1979) · Chauvet Cave (2014) · Pont du Gard (1985) · Canal du Midi (1996) · Notre-Dame d'Amiens · Palace of Fontainebleau (1981) · prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps (2011) · Bourges Cathedral (1992) · Belfries of Belgium and France (1999) and 41 more. On the bucket list →
National parks 8
Pyrénées National Park · Cévennes National Park · Écrins National Park · Réunion National Park · Vanoise National Park · Mercantour National Park · Guiana Amazonian Park · Port-Cros National Park. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 7
Eiffel Tower · Louvre Museum · Notre-Dame de Paris · Palace of Versailles · Arc de Triomphe · Sacré-Cœur · Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 51
Île Amsterdam · Mount Pelée · Île Saint-Paul · Puy de Dôme · Piton de la Fournaise · Mehetia and 45 more. On the bucket list →
Ski resorts 169
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · Val-d'Isère · Tignes · Megève · Saint-Véran · La Clusaz and 163 more. On the bucket list →
Wine regions 198
Épernay · Pauillac · Châteauneuf-du-Pape · Bordeaux wine region · Burgundy wine region · Champagne and 192 more. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 40
Disneyland Paris · City of Space · Jardin d'Acclimatation · Parc Astérix · Disneyland Park · Disney Adventure World and 34 more. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 104
Paris Zoological Park · La Palmyre Zoo · Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes · ZooParc de Beauval and 100 more. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 301
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle · Jardin des plantes · Jardin des serres d'Auteuil · Manor d'Eyrignac Gardens and 297 more. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 17
Musée des Arts et Métiers · Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie · Palais de la Découverte · Musée des Confluences and 13 more. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Paris | 9,904,000 |
| Lyon | 1,423,000 |
| Marseille | 1,400,000 |
| Lille | 1,044,000 |
| Nice | 927,000 |
| Toulouse | 847,000 |
| Bordeaux | 803,000 |
| Rouen | 532,559 |
Airports
France has 49 airports with scheduled flights, 17 of them large. Each is a dot on Globestamp’s airports layer, and every flight you log adds to how far you’ve flown (try the flight distance calculator).
14 regions to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits France into 14 regions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 14
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · Bourgogne-Franche-Comté · Bretagne · Centre-Val de Loire · Clipperton Island · Corse · Grand Est · Hauts-de-France · Île-de-France · Normandie · Nouvelle-Aquitaine · Occitanie · Pays de la Loire · Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur
Questions people ask
Is France a country?
Yes. France is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.
How many tourists visit France a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 217,877,000 international arrivals in France in 2019, the 1st most of the 199 places with figures. Countries count arrivals in different ways (some include day-trippers and cruise passengers), so treat it as a rough rank rather than an exact number of tourists.
How rare is a France stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Ink, the finish for places with 40 million international visitors a year or more, rarer than 0% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does France count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes, and more than once: the Travelers’ Century Club lists France, and counts Corsica as separate destination. The club’s list has 330 destinations.
Places as rare as France
Near France
Sources
- Countries, cities and regions: Natural Earth 10m admin-0 (public domain); lists as of October 2026.
- Visitors: UN Tourism via the World Bank, ST.INT.ARVL (International tourism, number of arrivals), CC BY 4.0, data updated 2026-10-08. Each country's latest year before 2020. Countries count visitors differently; use as a rough rank.
- World Heritage Sites, parks, landmarks and the bucket-list places: Wikidata (CC0), as compiled in the app, October 2026.
- Airports: OurAirports (public domain), airports with scheduled service.
- Travelers’ Century Club: the club’s list of 330 destinations, as of January 2022.