Overseas military bases of France

This article lists the various overseas military bases of France. The maintenance of overseas military bases enable the French Armed Forces to conduct expeditionary warfare, or "external operations", known as OPEX (Opérations Extérieures), and often tend to be located in areas of strategic or diplomatic importance.

As of July 2025, roughly 30,000 military personnel are deployed by the French Armed Forces around the world. Between 6,000 and 10,000 personnel are deployed in Metropolitan France; 9,050 personnel of the country's "sovereignty forces" are deployed in Overseas France; and 3,150 personnel of its "prepositioned forces" are deployed in countries it considers strategically significant. It also has 950 personnel engaged in Opération Chammal in Iraq; 2,500 personnel engaged in NATO missions in Eastern Europe; 600 personnel engaged in European Union missions; and 750 personnel engaged in United Nations missions. It also has 150 personnel in the Combined Maritime Forces and 900 personnel in French maritime deployments. 3,800 personnel are also engaged in recurring missions.^[1]