List of forests in France

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:

Alsace[]

• (or de la Harth) (130 km²)
• (137 km²)
• (15 km²)

Aquitaine[]

• (173 km²)
• Forêt des Landes (10,000 km²)

Auvergne[]

• Forêt de Tronçais (106 km²)

Brittany[]

• (16 km²)
• (6 km²)
• Forêt de Paimpont (80 km²)
• in Liffré
• (32 km², private)

Burgundy[]

• (76 km²)
• (88 km²)
• (35 km²)
• ,
• , also known as the Forêt de Lancy

Centre[]

• (55 km²)
• (40 km²)
• Forêt d'Orléans (340 km²)

Champagne-Ardenne[]

• (100 km²)
• (190 km²)
• Forêt d'Orient (130 km²)
• (155 km²)
• Forêt de Retz (130 km²)

Corsica[]

• ,
• (14 km²)

Franche-Comté[]

• Forest of Chaux (130 km²)
• (27 km²)

Île-de-France[]

• Bois de Boulogne
• ,
• Bois de Vincennes
• (50 km²)
• (9.75 km²)
• Forest of Fontainebleau (250 km²)
• (15 km²)
• Forest of Marly (20 km²)
• (22 km²)
• Forest of Rambouillet (220 km²)
• Forest of Rouvray
• Forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (35 km²)
• Forest of Sénart (30 km²)

Languedoc-Roussillon[]

• (100 km²)
• (150 km²)

Limousin[]

Lorraine[]

• (80 km²)
• (48 km²)
• (70 km²)
• (95 km²)

Midi-Pyrénées[]

• Forêt de Bouconne (27 km²)

Nord-Pas-de-Calais[]

• Forêt d'Éperlecques
• Forêt de Mormal (90 km²)

Normandy[]

Lower Normandy[]

• (ou des Andennes) (55 km²)
• (24 km²)
• Forêt d'Écouves (75 km²)
• (51 km²)
• (55.12 km²)

Upper Normandy[]

• Forêt de Brotonne (67.5 km²)
• Forêt d'Eawy
• Forêt d'Eu (93 km²)
• (106 km²)
• Forêt de Rouvray

Pays de la Loire[]

• ,
• , ,
• (45 km²)
• ,
• Forêt domaniale des Pays-de-Monts

Picardy[]

• Forêt de Compiègne (145 km²)
• Forêt de Chantilly (65 km²)
• Forêt d'Ermenonville, (64 km²)
• (62 km²)
• ,
• Forêt de Retz (130 km²)

Poitou-Charentes[]

• ,

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur[]

• (80 km²)
• (800 km²)
• (1.4 km²)

Rhône-Alpes[]

• (11225 km²)
• (83 km²)
• (en partie domaniale)

Overseas[]

Guadeloupe[]

• 650 km² (390 km²)

French Guiana[]

• 74,500 km²

Martinique[]

• 403 km²

Réunion[]

2512 km²

• Forêt du Tapcal