The following is a list of places named after
Saint Francis of Assisi.
Africa
South Africa
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Cape St. Francis
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St. Francis Bay, a town in the
Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape ( ; ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, and its largest city is Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth). Due to its climate and nineteenth-century towns, it is a common location for tourists. It is also kno ...
Americas
Argentina
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San Francisco, Córdoba
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San Francisco del Chañar, Córdoba
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San Francisco Pass, Catamarca
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San Francisco Solano, Buenos Aires Province
Bolivia
*Plaza San Francisco,
La Paz
La Paz, officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Aymara language, Aymara: Chuqi Yapu ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With 755,732 residents as of 2024, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities by populati ...
Brazil
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Amparo de São Francisco
Amparo de São Francisco is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population was 2,380 (2020) and its area is 35 km².IBGE
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (; IBGE) is the agency responsible for ...
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Barra de São Francisco
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Belém de São Francisco
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Canindé de São Francisco
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Lagoa de São Francisco
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Muquém de São Francisco
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Santana do São Francisco
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São Francisco, Minas Gerais
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São Francisco, Paraíba
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São Francisco, Sergipe
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São Francisco, São Paulo
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São Francisco de Assis, Rio Grande do Sul
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São Francisco de Assis do Piauí
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São Francisco do Brejão
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São Francisco do Conde
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São Francisco do Glória
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São Francisco de Goiás
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São Francisco do Guaporé
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São Francisco de Itabapoana
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São Francisco do Maranhão
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São Francisco do Oeste
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São Francisco de Paula, Minas Gerais
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São Francisco de Paula, Rio Grande do Sul
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São Francisco do Pará
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São Francisco do Piauí
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São Francisco de Sales
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São Francisco do Sul
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São Francisco River
The São Francisco River (, ) is a large Rivers of Brazil, river in Brazil. With a length of , it is the longest river that runs entirely in Brazilian territory, and the fourth longest in South America and overall in Brazil (after the Amazon R ...
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São Francisco, a neighbourhood in
Niterói
Niterói () is a List of municipalities in Rio de Janeiro, municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro, in the Southeast Region, Brazil, southeast region of Brazil. It lies across Guanabara Bay, facing the city of Rio de ...
Canada
* St. Francis Of Assisi Middle School in
Red Deer, Alberta
Red Deer is a city in Alberta, Canada, located midway on the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. Red Deer serves central Alberta, and its key industries include health care, retail trade, construction, oil and gas, hospitality, manufacturing and educati ...
* St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in
Cornwall, Prince Edward Island
Colombia
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San Francisco, Putumayo
Costa Rica
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San Francisco de Coyote
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Colegio Seráfico San Francisco
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San Francisco de Dos Ríos
Dominican Republic
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San Francisco de Macorís
Ecuador
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San Francisco de Quito
El Salvador
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San Francisco Gotera
Mexico
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San Francisco Cajonos
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San Francisco Tetlanohcan
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San Francisco Nayarit
Nicaragua
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San Francisco de Cuapa
Panama
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San Francisco, Veraguas
United States
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San Francisco, California
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...
. Also in the same area:
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San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay (Chochenyo language, Chochenyo: 'ommu) is a large tidal estuary in the United States, U.S. state of California, and gives its name to the San Francisco Bay Area. It is dominated by the cities of San Francisco, California, San ...
, the body of water that adjoins the city
** The
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a List of regions of California, region of California surrounding and including San Francisco Bay, and anchored by the cities of Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose, California, S ...
, the surrounding metropolitan region
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St. Francis Wood, a neighborhood of
San Francisco, California
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...
** Colleges and universities:
** The
University of San Francisco
The University of San Francisco (USF) is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit university in San Francisco, California, United States. Founded in 1855, it has nearly 9,000 students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees ...
** The
University of California, San Francisco
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in San Francisco, California, United States. It is part of the University of California system and is dedic ...
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San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University (San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Francisco, California, United States. It was established in 1899 as the San Francisco State Normal School and is ...
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City College of San Francisco
** Th
St. Francis Fountain a restaurant
** The
St. Francis Hotel
The Westin St. Francis, formerly known as St. Francis Hotel, is a hotel located on Powell and Geary Streets in San Francisco, adjacent to the whole western edge of Union Square, San Francisco, California, Union Square. The two 12-story south wi ...
** Saint Francis Square Cooperative Apartments
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Saint Francis High School (La Cañada Flintridge, California) in Northeast Los Angeles county, California
* The
San Francisco volcanic field
The San Francisco volcanic field is an area of volcanoes in northern Arizona, north of Flagstaff, US. The field covers 1,800 square miles (4,700 km2) of the southern boundary of the Colorado Plateau. The field contains 600 volcanoes rangi ...
is an area of
volcano
A volcano is commonly defined as a vent or fissure in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
On Earth, volcanoes are most oft ...
es in
Arizona
Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...
, not associated with the city in California.
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San Francisco Peaks, the mountain range in which the volcanoes are located
* The
St. Francis River
The St. Francis River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, about long, in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas in the United States. The river drains a mostly rural area and forms part of the Missouri-Arkansas state line along th ...
in Missouri and Arkansas, after which the following counties were named:
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St. Francois County, Missouri
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St. Francis County, Arkansas
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San Francisco, New Mexico
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San Francisco, Puerto Rico
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San Francisco, Texas
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St. Francis, Arkansas
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St. Francisville, Illinois
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St. Francis, Kansas
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St. Francisville, Louisiana
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St. Francis, Wisconsin
* La Villa Real de la Santa Fé de San Francisco de Asís (the formal name of
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe ( ; , literal translation, lit. "Holy Faith") is the capital city, capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico, and the county seat of Santa Fe County. With over 89,000 residents, Santa Fe is the List of municipalities in New Mexico, fourt ...
)
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Saint Francis University in
Loretto, Pennsylvania
Loretto is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, 2010 census it had a population of 1,302. Like the rest of Cambria County, it is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Johnstown Metropolita ...
* The
University of Saint Francis in
Joliet, Illinois
Joliet ( ) is a city in Will County, Illinois, Will and Kendall County, Illinois, Kendall counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, located southwest of Chicago. It is the county seat of Will County, Illinois, Will County. It had a population of ...
* The
University of Saint Francis in
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne is a city in Allen County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is west of the Ohio border and south of the Michigan border. The city's population was 263,886 at the 2020 census ...
*Saint Francis Episcopal Day School, Potomac, Maryland
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Saint Francis Episcopal Day School, Piney Point, Texas
*Saint Francis Healthcare, Wilmington, Delaware
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OSF Saint Francis Medical Center,
Peoria, Illinois
Peoria ( ) is a city in Peoria County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. Located on the Illinois River, the city had a population of 113,150 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in Ill ...
, the largest hospital of the OSF HealthCare system run by Franciscan sisters
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St. Francis Hospital,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee is the List of cities in Wisconsin, most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the List of United States cities by population, 31st-most populous city in the United States ...
*Saint Francis Retreat Center,
DeWitt, Michigan
DeWitt is a city in Clinton County, Michigan, Clinton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,776 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is located north of Interstate 69 in Michigan, Interstate 69 and west of ...
*Saint Francis Medical Center, Trenton, New Jersey
*Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Academy, Brooklyn, New York
*Saint Francis College, Brooklyn, New York
*Saint Francis Hospital, Poughkeepsie, New York
*Saint Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma
*St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School, Burien, Washington
*St. Francis Rabbitry, Hampton, VA
Uruguay
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Playa San Francisco, Maldonado Department
Asia
Hong Kong
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Saint Francis University (Hong Kong)
India
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St. Francis' College
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St Francis D'Assisi High school
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St. Francis of Assisi Convent High School
Lebanon
*Mar Francis Secteur,
Lebanon
Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...
Malaysia
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St. Francis' Institution
*SMK St. Francis Convent (M), Kota Kinabalu
Philippines
* St. Francis of Assisi College Las Pinas, Las Pinas
* St. Francis of Assisi College Bacoor, Bacoor, Cavite
* St. Francis of Assisi College Muntinlupa, Muntinlupa
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San Francisco, Agusan del Sur
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San Francisco, Cebu
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San Francisco, Quezon
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San Francisco, Southern Leyte
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San Francisco, Surigao del Norte
Europe
France
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Saint-François (Thionville)
Italy
*Piazza San Francesco (St. Francis square),
Pistoia
Pistoia (; ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about north-west of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typic ...
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Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi
The Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi (; ) is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town in the Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. It is a papal minor basilica ...
Poland
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St. Francis of Assisi Church, Malnia
United Kingdom
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St. Francis of Assisi, Halstead
See also
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St. Francis (disambiguation)
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Saint-François (disambiguation)
{{Francis of Assisi
Francis
Francis may refer to:
People and characters
*Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church (2013–2025)
*Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Francis (surname)
* Francis, a character played by YouTuber Boogie2 ...
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