API Géo
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Looks up French communes, départements, and regions by name, postal code, or coordinates.
Example request
curl -s 'https://geo.api.gouv.fr/communes?nom=paris&fields=nom,code,departement'
Free tier, in plain English
Free with no API key; the terms of use don't mention any rate limit or quota.
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