France has, due to its overseas departments and regions that are scattered in all the oceans of Earth, the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. The total EEZ of France is .
It covers approximately 7% of the surface of all the EEZs of the world, while the French Republic is only 0.45% of the world's land surface.
Geography
Monaco's waters are enclaves in the French EEZ.European French EEZ website miscellanees01.files.wordpress.com The situation is more unclear for the Channel Islands. Some maps show the EEZ being enclaved by the French EEZ, while others show the Guernsey EEZ extending to the border with the UK EEZ.Flanders Marine Institute (2019), Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Maritime Boundaries and Exclusive Economic Zones (200NM), version 11. at https://www.marineregions.org/ & https://doi.org/10.14284/386
Outside of mainland France and overseas departments or communities (Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion and Saint Martin), none of the territories below, and therefore their EEZ, is part of the European Union.
+EEZ of mainland France, overseas departments and overseas communitiesEEZArea of the EEZ (km2) RepresentationMetropolitan France371,096Saint Pierre and Miquelon12,387Guadeloupe and Martinique138,440Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin5,202French Guiana131,506Réunion317,356Mayotte69,238Scattered Islands634,853Crozet Islands572,919Kerguelen565,723Île Saint-Paul and Île Amsterdam510,699New Caledonia1,364,591Wallis and Futuna262,563French Polynesia4,793,620Clipperton Island436,431Total
Disputes Active France claims some of Canada's EEZ at Saint Pierre and Miquelon, based on a new definition of the continental shelf and the exclusive economic zone between the two countries. Saint Pierre and Miquelon is entirely surrounded by Canada's EEZ. Mauritius claims sovereignty over Tromelin although it is not mentioned in the listing of the 8th article of the 1814 Paris Treaty. It is administered as part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.
See also Geography of France Islands of France Exclusive economic zone of Italy
References
External links Areas of France's maritime spaces of sovereignty and jurisdiction