page_title: List of hypermarkets
section_title: France
hierarchical_section_title: List of hypermarkets / Europe / France
caption_attribution_description: English: E.Leclerc, Avermes, Allier, Auvergne, France
context_page_description: This is a list of hypermarket chains sorted alphabetically by continent and country. A hypermarket is a superstore carrying a wide range of products under one roof, and theoretically allows customers to satisfy all their shopping needs in one trip.
context_section_description: In France, hypermarkets are successful, and today, there are over 1000 hypermarkets in the country. Carrefour opened the first French and European hypermarket in 1963, in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois near Paris, and has 222 hypermarkets, as of 2013. The largest hypermarket in France is the Carrefour store in Villiers-en-Bière, Seine-et-Marne (77) in the Île-de-France region, with an area of 25 000 m².
  E.Leclerc opened its first hypermarket store in 1964 in Landerneau, near Brest, and is now the dominant hypermarket chain in France, with 489 hypermarkets. Internationally, the French Carrefour is still the largest hypermarket chain in terms of size, and second-largest (after Walmart) in terms of revenue.
  The other chains with the most hypermarkets in France are Géant (120 hypermarkets), Auchan (134) and Hyper U (61).
  In Corsica, hypermarkets are not as successful as in the rest of France; the only hypermarkets available in Corsica are Carrefour, Hyper U, E.Leclerc, Géant and Casino.
  Auchan
  Carrefour
  Cora
  E.Leclerc
  Géant
  Géant Discount
  Hyper U
  HyperCasino
  Intermarché Hyper
  Match
  Maxi Coop
  Migros MMM
  Record (Grosbliederstroff)
caption: E.Leclerc hypermarket in Allier, Auvergne
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