Continents/countries/counties/regions/states are masculine, feminine or plural in French (Gender)

In French, continents, countries, regions and states have different genders and they can also be plural.

Gender and number of continents, countries, regions and states in French

Look at these sentences:

Note that in French, countries, continents, regions and states are either feminine, masculine or plural.

Here are the main rules:

EXCEPTIONS:

ATTENTION: 
le Pays de Galles (Wales) is singular and masculine.

Case of English counties 

BUT for two notable exceptions:

VOCABULARY LINKS:

Here's a link to the French Wikipédia page on American states, at the beginning of which you'll find the list with their genders marked -> (m) for masculine and (f) for feminine:
Les États des États-Unis

Here's our Vocabulary List of 46 countries:

Countries in French

See also  En/au/aux = In/to with countries and continents (French Prepositions), Venir de/d'/du/des = To come/be from with countries/states/regions and continents (French Prepositions) and Using le, la, l', les with continents, countries & regions names (definite articles)