French, Virginia

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Blacksburg. It is located about 24 miles [38 km] to the east of French and has a population of 39,573 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Salem. It is located about 44 miles [70 km] to the east of French and has a population of 24,747 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bluefield	W	22 mi [35.41 km]	5,143	1.28% increase
	Christiansburg	E	27 mi [43.45 km]	19,477	14.93% increase
	Galax	S	43 mi [69.2 km]	6,808	0.42% decrease
	Marion	SW	47 mi [75.6 km]	6,001	5.48% decrease
	Pearisburg	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	2,764	1.28% increase
	Pulaski	S	17 mi [27.36 km]	8,983	5.17% decrease
	Radford	SE	19 mi [30.58 km]	---
	Tazewell	W	37 mi [59.5 km]	4,267	1.45% increase
	Wytheville	SW	26 mi [41.84 km]	8,282	6.13% increase
	Beckley (WV)	NW	36 mi [57.9 km]	16,832	2.45% decrease
	Bluefield (WV)	W	19 mi [30.58 km]	11,093	3.13% decrease
	Hinton (WV)	N	26 mi [41.84 km]	2,532	12.08% decrease
	Lewisburg (WV)	NE	42 mi [67.6 km]	3,533	2.51% decrease
	Oak Hill (WV)	N	49 mi [78.9 km]	7,211	4.98% decrease
	Princeton (WV)	W	13 mi [20.92 km]	6,261	1.35% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bluff City	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Dublin	SE	17 mi [27.36 km]	2,190	4.28% decrease
	Fairlawn	SE	19 mi [30.58 km]	---
	Glen Lyn	N	5 mi [8.05 km]	163	7.95% increase
	Hilton Village	S	15 mi [24.14 km]	---
	Narrows	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]	2,148	1.75% increase
	New Town	SE	19 mi [30.58 km]	---
	Pembroke	E	13 mi [20.92 km]	1,163	2.56% increase
	Radford Village	SE	20 mi [32.19 km]	---
	Rich Creek	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	681	2.41% increase
	Sunset Village	SE	20 mi [32.19 km]	---
	Athens (WV)	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	1,182	7.26% increase
	Johnston Town (WV)	W	15 mi [24.14 km]	---
	Oakvale (WV)	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	140	1.41% decrease
	Peterstown (WV)	NE	8 mi [12.87 km]	499	---

Giles County

French is located in Giles County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Giles: Summers (WV), Monroe (WV), Craig, Montgomery, Pulaski, Bland and Mercer (WV).

While not sharing a border with Giles, the following counties are close to French: Radford City, Wythe and Tazewell.

Below are counties that are near French (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to French:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From French
	Bland County	SW	Holly Brook	8 miles [12 km]
	Carroll County	S	Sylvatus	30 miles [48 km]
	Craig County	E	Captain	23 miles [37 km]
	Floyd County	SE	Carthage	30 miles [48 km]
	Grayson County	S	Hilltown	39 miles [62 km]
	Montgomery County	E	McCoy	15 miles [24 km]
	Pulaski County	S	Alum Springs	10 miles [16 km]
	Radford City	SE	New Town	19 miles [30 km]
	Roanoke County	E	Bradshaw	35 miles [56 km]
	Smyth County	SW	Groseclose	38 miles [61 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Virginia<3>

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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) French. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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