| rdfs:comment | - The separation of French territory into two zones was indicated by a line drawn on an accompanying map: ...starts, in the east, at the Swiss-French frontier, near Geneva, and is then bounded by Dole, Paray-le-Monial, and Bourges, about twenty kilometers to the east of Tours. From there, it passes at a distance of twenty kilometers to the wast of the Tours-Angouleme-Libourne railway line, and then, further on, by Monte-de-Marsan and Orthez, until it reaches the Spanish frontier.
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| abstract | - The separation of French territory into two zones was indicated by a line drawn on an accompanying map: ...starts, in the east, at the Swiss-French frontier, near Geneva, and is then bounded by Dole, Paray-le-Monial, and Bourges, about twenty kilometers to the east of Tours. From there, it passes at a distance of twenty kilometers to the wast of the Tours-Angouleme-Libourne railway line, and then, further on, by Monte-de-Marsan and Orthez, until it reaches the Spanish frontier. This partition of French territory took effect on 25 Jun 1940. It was later named the ligne de démarcation (demarcation line). The areas constituting the French colonial empire remained under the authority of Marshall Pétain's Vichy regime. French sovereignty was to be exercised over the whole of French territory, including the zone occupée, Alsace and Moselle, but the 3rd article of the armistice stipulated that Germany would exercise rights of an occupying power in the zone occupée: In the occupied region of France, the German Reich exercises all of the rights of an occupying power. The French government undertakes to facilitate in every way possible the implementation of these rights, and to provide the assistance of the French administrative services to that end. The French government will immediately direct all officials and administrators of the occupied territory to comply with the regulations of, and to collaborate fully with, the German military authorities.
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