Geography of France, most Northerly and Southerly towns?

Question

The most northerly DEPARTMENT is "NORD" is this an area or just a description as the french of North is nord. is department the correct term?

What is the most southerly town and what area is it in?

Thank you.

Answer 1

if you really get to it , france also comprises departement d outre mer which are same as mainland france , to which some overseas teritories are added:

in which case , most southern city for france would probably be noumea in new caledonia or a city off kerguelen islands , and most northern probably st pierre in st pierre et miquelon off coast of canada.

Answer 2

North of France is the name of an area that is a collapse of two departement : Nord (departement N°59, the northerly) and Nord Pas de Calais (departement N°62, just under the 59).

The most southerly town ... Ajaccio in Corsica ^^

Perpignan i guess.

PS : the most northerly city is Lille. 15 min far from Belgium.

Answer 3

I prefere the north (normandy, britany, north, alsace, lorraine, bourgogne, paris....) people is more simply and authentic.

In the south I only like basque and catalan countries but absolutly not the south-east (only problems and violence there)