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What country spans the most time zones?
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France has the most time zones of any country with 12.
You may be thinking, “France isn’t that big to span 12 time zones when it sits in continental Europe.” However, it’s not continental France itself that spans 12 time zones, but rather it’s additional territories.
Here are the 12 territories and time zones of France:
- UTC−10:00 – Society Islands, Tuamotus, Austral Islands
- UTC−09:30 – Marquesas Islands
- UTC−09:00 – Gambier Islands
- UTC−08:00 – Clipperton Island
- UTC−04:00 (AST) – Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin
- UTC−03:00 (PMST)— French Guiana, Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- UTC+01:00 (CET) – Continental France
- UTC+03:00 – Mayotte, Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean
- UTC+04:00 – Réunion, Crozet Islands
- UTC+05:00 – Kerguelen Islands, Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands
- UTC+11:00 – New Caledonia
- UTC+12:00 – Wallis and Futuna
Did you get France as the correct answer? Or were you thinking of another country that maybe had a larger continental land mass?
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It’s not the main landmass of this country that spans the most time zones, but rather this country’s territories.
