This is a list of municipalities in France which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
A Ab–Am Abbeville
Argos, Greece Burgess Hill, England, United Kingdom
Achères
Amarante, Portugal Großkrotzenburg, Germany Stonehaven, Scotland, United Kingdom
Agen
Corpus Christi, United States Dinslaken, Germany Llanelli, Wales, United Kingdom Toledo, Spain
L'Aigle
Aigle, Switzerland Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia
Aix-en-Provence
Ashkelon, Israel Bath, England, United Kingdom Carthage, Tunisia Coimbra, Portugal Granada, Spain Perugia, Italy Tübingen, Germany
Aix-les-Bains
Milena, Italy Moulay Yacoub, Morocco Zhangjiajie, China
Ajaccio La Maddalena, Italy
Albi
Girona, Spain Palo Alto, United States Randwick, Australia
Alençon
Basingstoke and Deane, England, United Kingdom Quakenbrück, Germany
Alès Kilmarnock, Scotland, United Kingdom
Alfortville
El Biar, Algeria Cantanhede, Portugal Oshakan, Armenia San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
Allauch
Armavir, Armenia Kadima-Zoran, Israel Vaterstetten, Germany Vico Equense, Italy
Ambérieu-en-Bugey Mering, Germany
Amiens
Darlington, England, United Kingdom Dortmund, Germany Görlitz, Germany
Tulsa, United States
An Andernos-les-Bains
Largs, Scotland, United Kingdom Nußloch, Germany Segorbe, Spain
Andrésy
Haren, Germany Międzyrzecz, Poland Oundle, England, United Kingdom Westerwolde, Netherlands
Angers
Austin, United States Bamako, Mali Haarlem, Netherlands Osnabrück, Germany Pisa, Italy Södertälje, Sweden Toruń, Poland Wigan, England, United Kingdom Yantai, China
Anglet Ansbach, Germany
Angoulême
Bury, England, United Kingdom Chaves, Portugal Gelendzhik, Russia Hildesheim, Germany Hoffman Estates, United States Saguenay, Canada Ségou, Mali Turda, Romania Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Aniche
Bobingen, Germany Nový Bor, Czech Republic
Annecy
Bayreuth, Germany Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia Sainte-Thérèse, Canada Vicenza, Italy
Annemasse
Gaggenau, Germany Sieradz, Poland
Annonay
Backnang, Germany Barge, Italy Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom
Anor
Aken, Germany Gizałki, Poland Momignies, Belgium Příbram, Czech Republic
Antibes
Aalborg, Denmark Desenzano del Garda, Italy Eilat, Israel Kinsale, Ireland Krasnogorsk, Russia Newport Beach, United States Olympia, Greece Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Antony
Antelias, Lebanon Collegno, Italy Davtashen (Yerevan), Armenia Eleftheroupoli, Greece Hammam-Lif, Tunisia Lewisham, England, United Kingdom Lexington, United States Olomouc, Czech Republic Protvino, Russia Reinickendorf (Berlin), Germany Sderot, Israel
Ap–Av Apt
Bakel, Senegal Boussu, Belgium Thiene, Italy
Argentan
Abingdon-on-Thames, England, United Kingdom Baja, Hungary Rotenburg an der Fulda, Germany
Argenteuil
Alessandria, Italy Dessau-Roßlau, Germany Hunedoara, Romania West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Arles
Fulda, Germany Jerez de la Frontera, Spain Kalymnos, Greece Pskov, Russia Sagne, Mauritania Vercelli, Italy Verviers, Belgium Wisbech, England, United Kingdom York, United States
Armentières
Litoměřice, Czech Republic Osterode am Harz, Germany Stalybridge, England, United Kingdom
Arras
Deva, Romania Herten, Germany Ipswich, England, United Kingdom Oudenaarde, Belgium
Asnières-sur-Seine
Spandau (Berlin), Germany Stockton-on-Tees, England, United Kingdom
Athis-Mons
Ballina, Ireland Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany Sinaia, Romania
Aubagne Argentona, Spain
Aubenas
Cesenatico, Italy Schwarzenbek, Germany Sierre, Switzerland Zelzate, Belgium
Aubergenville
Alcobaça, Portugal Bełchatów, Poland Dieburg, Germany Horndean, England, United Kingdom
Aubervilliers
Beit Jala, Palestine Jena, Germany
Aubière
Grevenmacher, Luxembourg Sperlonga, Italy
Aubigny-sur-Nère
Haddington, Scotland, United Kingdom Oxford, United States Plopana, Romania Vlotho, Germany
Auch
Calatayud, Spain Memmingen, Germany
Aurillac
Altea, Spain Bassetlaw, England, United Kingdom Bocholt, Germany Bougouni, Mali Vorona, Romania
Autun
Arévalo, Spain Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany Kawagoe, Japan Stevenage, England, United Kingdom
Auxerre
Greve in Chianti, Italy Płock, Poland Redditch, England, United Kingdom Roscoff, France Saint-Amarin, France Worms, Germany
Avignon
Bao'an (Shenzhen), China Colchester, England, United Kingdom Diourbel, Senegal Siena, Italy Tarragona, Spain Tortosa, Spain Wetzlar, Germany
B Ba Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Alhama de Granada, Spain Granarolo dell'Emilia, Italy Inverurie, Scotland, United Kingdom Malvern, England, United Kingdom Tutzing, Germany
Bagneux
Circoscrizione 6 (Turin), Italy Grand-Bourg, Guadeloupe, France Vanadzor, Armenia
Bagnolet
Akbou, Algeria Massala, Mali Oranienburg, Germany Le Robert, Martinique, France Shatila, Lebanon Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Bagnols-sur-Cèze
Braunfels, Germany Carcaixent, Spain Eeklo, Belgium Feltre, Italy Kiskunfélegyháza, Hungary Newbury, England, United Kingdom
Bailleul
Hawick, Scotland, United Kingdom Izegem, Belgium Kyritz, Germany Wałcz, Poland Werne, Germany
Bar-le-Duc
Griesheim, Germany Gyönk, Hungary Wilkau-Haßlau, Germany
Bastia
Erding, Germany Viareggio, Italy
La Baule-Escoublac
Homburg, Germany Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal
Bayeux
Chojnice, Poland Dorchester, England, United Kingdom Eindhoven, Netherlands Lübbecke, Germany Voss, Norway
Be–Bl Beaune
Bensheim, Germany Castellammare del Golfo, Italy Kōshū, Japan Krems an der Donau, Austria Malmedy, Belgium Nantucket, United States
Beaupréau-en-Mauges
Abergavenny, Wales, United Kingdom Coaticook, Canada Feldkirchen-Westerham, Germany Münsingen, Germany Posești, Romania
Beauvais
Dej, Romania Maidstone, England, United Kingdom Setúbal, Portugal Tczew, Poland Witten, Germany
Bègles
Bray, Ireland Collado Villalba, Spain Suhl, Germany
Belfort
Delémont, Switzerland Leonberg, Germany Stafford, England, United Kingdom Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
Berck
Bad Honnef, Germany Hythe, England, United Kingdom
Bergerac
Faenza, Italy Hohen Neuendorf, Germany Kenitra, Morocco Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland Repentigny, Canada
Besançon
Bielsko-Biała, Poland Bistriţa, Romania Charlottesville, United States Douroula, Burkina Faso Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Hadera, Israel Kirklees, England, United Kingdom Kuopio, Finland Man, Ivory Coast Matsumae, Japan Neuchâtel, Switzerland Pavia, Italy Tver, Russia
Béziers
Chiclana de la Frontera, Spain Chortkiv, Ukraine Heilbronn, Germany Maaloula, Syria Stavropol, Russia Stockport, England, United Kingdom Tainan, Taiwan
Bezons
Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Szekszárd, Hungary
Biarritz
Augusta, United States Cascais, Portugal Ixelles, Belgium Jerez de la Frontera, Spain Santa Cruz, United States Zaragoza, Spain
Bischwiller
Hornberg, Germany Zgierz, Poland
Blagnac Buxtehude, Germany
Le Blanc-Mesnil
Beni Douala, Algeria Debre Berhan, Ethiopia Petergof, Russia San Giorgio Albanese, Italy Sandwell, England, United Kingdom
Blois
Cáceres, Spain Lewes, England, United Kingdom Sighişoara, Romania Urbino, Italy Waldshut-Tiengen, Germany Weimar, Germany
Bo Bobigny Potsdam, Germany
Bois-Colombes Neu-Ulm, Germany
Bois-Guillaume
Baix Camp, Spain Kegworth, England, United Kingdom Szemud, Poland Tikaré, Burkina Faso Torgiano, Italy Uelzen, Germany Wejherowo County, Poland
Bondoufle Nörten-Hardenberg, Germany
Bonneville
Racconigi, Italy Staufen im Breisgau, Germany
Bordeaux
Ashdod, Israel Baku, Azerbaijan Bamako, Mali Bilbao, Spain Bristol, England, United Kingdom Casablanca, Morocco Fukuoka, Japan Kraków, Poland Lima, Peru Los Angeles, United States Madrid, Spain Munich, Germany Oran, Algeria Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Porto, Portugal Quebec City, Canada Ramallah, Palestine Riga, Latvia Saint Petersburg, Russia Wuhan, China
Boulogne-Billancourt
Anderlecht, Belgium Guang'an, China Hammersmith and Fulham, England, United Kingdom Irving, United States Marino, Italy Neukölln (Berlin), Germany Pančevo, Serbia Ra'anana, Israel Sousse, Tunisia Zaanstad, Netherlands
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Folkestone, England, United Kingdom La Plata, Argentina Safi, Morocco Zweibrücken, Germany
Bourges
Augsburg, Germany Aveiro, Portugal Forlì, Italy Koszalin, Poland Palencia, Spain Peterborough, England, United Kingdom Yoshkar-Ola, Russia
Le Bourget
Amityville, United States Cullera, Spain Little Falls, United States Zhukovsky, Russia
Bourgoin-Jallieu
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany Conselice, Italy Dunstable, England, United Kingdom Rehau, Germany Velsen, Netherlands Wujiang (Suzhou), China
Bourg-de-Péage
East Grinstead, England, United Kingdom Mindelheim, Germany Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain Schwaz, Austria Verbania, Italy
Bourg-en-Bresse
Aylesbury, England, United Kingdom Bad Kreuznach, Germany Brzeg, Poland El Kef, Tunisia Namur, Belgium Parma, Italy San Severo, Italy Yinchuan, China
Bourg-la-Reine
Kenilworth, England, United Kingdom Monheim am Rhein, Germany Reghin, Romania Sulejówek, Poland
Le Bouscat
Arnstadt, Germany Glen Ellyn, United States
Br–Bu Brest
Cádiz, Spain Constanța, Romania Denver, United States Dún Laoghaire, Ireland Kiel, Germany Plymouth, England, United Kingdom Taranto, Italy Yokosuka, Japan
Bressuire
Fraserburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Friedberg, Germany Hodac, Romania Kpalimé, Togo Leixlip, Ireland Mequinenza, Spain Parczew, Poland Ryazan, Russia
Brie-Comte-Robert
Bagnolo Mella, Italy Litvínov, Czech Republic Olbernhau, Germany Stadtbergen, Germany
Brignoles
Bruneck, Italy Groß-Gerau, Germany Szamotuły, Poland Tielt, Belgium
Brive-la-Gaillarde
Guimarães, Portugal Joliette, Canada Lauf an der Pegnitz, Germany Melitopol, Ukraine Sikasso, Mali
Bron
Cumbernauld, Scotland, United Kingdom Grimma, Germany Talavera de la Reina, Spain Weingarten, Germany
Bruay-la-Buissière
Fröndenberg, Germany Kédougou, Senegal Merbes-le-Château, Belgium Olkusz, Poland Schwerte, Germany
Bruges
Leven, Scotland, United Kingdom Polanco, Spain Umkirch, Germany
Brunoy
Espinho, Portugal Reigate and Banstead, England, United Kingdom Wittlich, Germany
Bussy-Saint-Georges
Kiryat Ekron, Israel Meiningen, Germany Radcliffe-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom San Giuliano Milanese, Italy
C Ca–Ce Cabourg
Atlantic City, United States Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany Bromont, Canada Chur, Switzerland Jūrmala, Latvia Mayrhofen, Austria Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg Oussouye, Senegal Salcombe, England, United Kingdom Spa, Belgium Terracina, Italy
Cachan Wolfenbüttel (district), Germany
Caen
Alexandria, United States Anzio, Italy Nashville, United States Ohrid, North Macedonia Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom Reșița, Romania Thiès, Senegal Würzburg, Germany
Cagnes-sur-Mer Passau, Germany
Calais
Bardejov, Slovakia Brăila, Romania Dover, England, United Kingdom Duisburg, Germany
Wismar, Germany Xiangtan, China
Caluire-et-Cuire Nichelino, Italy
Cambrai
Châteauguay, Canada Cieszyn, Poland Esztergom, Hungary Gravesham, England, United Kingdom Pushkin, Russia
Cannes
Acapulco, Mexico Beverly Hills, United States Kensington and Chelsea, England, United Kingdom
Sanya, China Shizuoka, Japan
Le Cannet
Benidorm, Spain Königstein im Taunus, Germany Lafayette, United States Magione, Italy Vila do Conde, Portugal
Canteleu
Buchholz in der Nordheide, Germany Kongoussi, Burkina Faso New Milton, England, United Kingdom Wołów, Poland
Carcassonne
Baeza, Spain