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, and often tend to be located in areas of strategic or diplomatic importance.
In the French terminology, the "prepositioned forces" consist of the "sovereignty forces" based in the Overseas France and the "forces of presence" based abroad.
Sovereignty forces
Forces of presence
| Country | Deployment | No. of personnel | Note |
| Djibouti | Les forces françaises stationnées à Djibouti | 1,700 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Forces de présence aux Emirats arabes unis | 650 | |
| Ivory Coast | Les forces françaises en Côte d'Ivoire | 600 | |
| Gabon | Les éléments français au Gabon | 450 | |
| Senegal | Les éléments français au Sénégal | 350 |
Other
| Country | Deployment | No. of personnel | Note |
| Germany | Franco-German Brigade in Müllheim and a Eurocopter Tiger training center at Faßberg Air Base | 500 |