There are currently 321 senators, but there will be 346 in 2010; 304 represent the metropolitan and overseas départements, five the other dependencies and 12 the French established abroad.
目前有321名參議員，但在2010年將有346名；304名代表本土居民和海外省，5名代表其它屬地，12名代表被確定的海外法國人。