page_title: List of forests in France
hierarchical_section_title: List of forests in France
caption_attribution_description: English: Undergrowth in the French department of Puy-de-Dôme Français&#160;: Sous-bois dans le département du fr:Puy-de-Dôme Contents 1 Auteur 2 Licence et droits d'auteur 3 Licensing 4 Original upload log Auteur Photographie prise en juillet 2004 par Spone Site perso Licence et droits d'auteur Sous licence GFDL. J'autorise l'utilisation à condition que mon nom (Hans "Spone" Lemuet) soit cité. J'apprécie également que l'on m'avertisse par e-mail Ã spone@spone.net. Hans "Spone" Lemuet juillet 2004
context_page_description: Metropolitan France contains a total of 16,900,000 hectares of tree coverage, with 13,800,000 hectares considered to be forestry by the National Forest Inventory. Of those 13,800,000 hectares, 8,700,000 hectares consist of leafy forests while the remaining 5,100,000 hectares consist of evergreen forests.
  The majority of forestry in French overseas departments is found in French Guiana, which contains 7,500,000 hectares of forests.
  3,700,000 hectares of forests in France are publicly owned, with the remaining 10,100,000 hectares being privately owned. Two-thirds of privately owned forests are larger than 10 hectares, and 48% are larger than 25 hectares.
  The largest forests in France by region are as follows:
context_section_description: 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:
caption: A temperate forest in France
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