CChronica Maps

France: Map & Borders Over Time

France appears on 20 of the 39 border maps, from 1300 to 2010. Its mapped territory was largest in 1930, at roughly 550,000 km². Chronica Maps groups it with the Franks / France lineage, shown in the same colour across periods.

Map of France in 1930
Border map for 1930. See Europe in 1930.

Open 1930 in the interactive map

Territory of France over time

Approximate area on each border map.

Map yearApprox. areaChange
1300390,000 km²–
1400390,000 km²0%
1492460,000 km²+15%
1500460,000 km²+0%
1600480,000 km²+5%
1650480,000 km²+0%
1700480,000 km²+1%
1783530,000 km²+11%
1800540,000 km²+2%
1815540,000 km²-1%
1880540,000 km²+0%
1900540,000 km²+0%
1914530,000 km²-2%
1920550,000 km²+4%
1930550,000 km²+0%
1938550,000 km²0%
1945550,000 km²+0%
1960550,000 km²+0%
1994550,000 km²+0%
2010550,000 km²+0%

Cities within France in 1930

Rulers (France)

ReignRuler
1285–1314Philip IV
1314–1328The last three Capetians
1328–1350Philip VI
1350–1364John II
1364–1380Charles V
1380–1422Charles VI
1422–1461Charles VII
1461–1483Louis XI
1483–1498Charles VIII
1498–1515Louis XII
1515–1547Francis I
1547–1559Henry II
1559–1574Francis II / Charles IX
1574–1589Henry III
1589–1610Henry IV
1610–1643Louis XIII
1643–1715Louis XIV
1715–1774Louis XV
1774–1792Louis XVI
1792–1799First Republic
1799–1804First Consul Bonaparte
1804–1814Napoleon I
1814–1824Louis XVIII
1824–1830Charles X
1830–1848Louis-Philippe
1848–1852Second Republic
1852–1870Napoleon III
1870–1940Third Republic
1940–1944Vichy / Free France
1944–1958Provisional Government and Fourth Republic
1959–1969de Gaulle
1969–1974Pompidou
1974–1981Giscard d'Estaing
1981–1995Mitterrand
1995–2007Chirac
2007–2012Sarkozy
2012–2017Hollande
2017–2026Macron

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