List of forests in France

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Metropolitan France contains a total of 16,900,000 hectares (65,000 sq mi) of tree coverage, with 13,800,000 hectares (53,000 sq mi) considered to be forestry by the National Forest Inventory (IFN). Of those 13,800,000 hectares (53,000 sq mi), 8,700,000 hectares (34,000 sq mi) consist of leafy forests while the remaining 5,100,000 hectares (20,000 sq mi) consist of evergreen forests.

The majority of forestry in French overseas departments is found in French Guiana, which contains 7,500,000 hectares (29,000 sq mi) of forests.

3,700,000 hectares (14,000 sq mi) of forests in France are publicly owned, with the remaining 10,100,000 hectares (39,000 sq mi) being privately owned. Two-thirds of privately owned forests are larger than 10 hectares (25 acres), and 48% are larger than 25 hectares (62 acres).

The largest forests in France by region are as follows:

Alsace

Forêt de la Hardt (or de la Harth) (130 km²)
Forêt du Donon
Forêt de Haguenau (137 km²)
Forêt d'Obernai
Forêt de Sélesta-Illwald (15 km²)

Aquitaine

Auvergne

Brittany

Burgundy

Forêt d'Arcy
Forêt de la Bertrange (76 km²)
Forêt de Borne
Forêt de Champornot
Forêt de Châtillon (88 km²)
Forêt Chenue
Forêt domaniale de Cîteaux (35 km²)
Forêt des Courgeonneries, Forêt des Dames
Forêt de Donzy
Forêt de Flavigny
Forêt de Fontenay
Forêt des Minimes
Forêt de Saulieu
Forêt de Vauluisant, also known as the Forêt de Lancy

Centre

Champagne-Ardenne

Corsica

Franche-Comté

Île-de-France

Bois de Boulogne
Bois de la Tour du Lay
Bois de Villiers, Bois de la Bucaille
Bois de Vincennes
Forest of Alluets
Forest of Armainvilliers (50 km²)
Forest of Carnelle (9.75 km²)
Forest of Fontainebleau (250 km²)
Forest of l'Isle-Adam (15 km²)
Forest of Jouy
Forest of Marly (20 km²)
Forest of Meudon
Forest of Moisson
Forest of Montmorency (22 km²)
Forest of Notre-Dame
Forest of Rambouillet (220 km²)
Forest of Rouvray
Forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (35 km²)
Forest of Sénart (30 km²)

Languedoc-Roussillon

Limousin

Lorraine

Forêt de Darney (80 km²)
Forêt de Gerardmer (48 km²)
Forêt de Haye (70 km²)
Forêt de Verdun (95 km²)

Midi-Pyrénées

Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Normandy

Lower Normandy

Forêt des Andaines (ou des Andennes) (55 km²)
Forêt de Bellême (24 km²)
Forêt communale de Cerisy-Belle-Etoile
Forêt communale de Sainte-Honorine-La-Guillaume
Forêt d'Écouves (75 km²)
Forêt de Longny
Forêt du Perche
Forêt de Perseigne (51 km²)
Forêt de Réno-Valdieu (55.12 km²)
Forêt de Vidamme

Upper Normandy

Pays de la Loire

Picardy

Forêt de Compiègne (145 km²)
Forêt de Chantilly (65 km²)
Forêt de Crécy
Forêt d'Ermenonville, Forêt de Chailly (64 km²)
Forêt d'Halatte (62 km²)
Forêt de Hez
Forêt de Hirson, Forêt de Saint-Michel
Forêt de Laigne
Forêt de Nouvion
Forêt de Retz (130 km²)
Forêt de Saint-Gobain

Poitou-Charentes

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Rhône-Alpes

Overseas

Guadeloupe

650 km² (390 km²)

French Guiana

74,500 km²

Martinique

403 km²

Réunion

2512 km²

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States with limited
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