Murrayfield
Where: Edinburgh
Capacity: 67,500
About: Inaugurated in 1925, the Scottish stadium holds the record attendance for a rugby game when 104,000 filled the ground for the 1975 encounter between Scotland and Wales.

Murrayfield will host just two games – with Scotland playing Romania and New Zealand.

Gerland Stadium
Where: Lyon
Capacity: 41,100
Distance from Calais: 473 miles

About: The Gerland Stadium is more familiar with football than Rugby with French champions Olympic Lyonnais playing home games there.

During the World Cup, the Southern city will host three pool games, with favourites New Zealand entertaining Pool C minnows Portugal.

The Municipal Stadium
Where: Toulouse
Capacity: 35,700
Distance from Calais: 600 miles

About: Twenty minutes from Toulouse’s town centre, the Municipal Stadium has played host to a list of great games with France playing there for the first time in 1956, where they beat Czechoslovakia 28-3.

Originally built as a bull ring in 1949, the Municipal will host four pool games.

Chaban Delmas
Where: Bordeaux
Capacity: 34,440
Distance from Calais: 538 miles

About: Known as Parc Lescure until 2001, Chaban Delmas is better known for its football than rugby and was built for the 1938 FIFA World Cup.

The stadium plays host to four pool ties with Ireland playing in two of them against Namibia and Georgia.

The Velodrome
Where: Marseille
Capacity: 59,500
Distance from Calais: 667 miles
About: Another stadium renovated for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, The Velodrome is France’s largest domestic football ground.

From 2000, the ground was a fortress for the French rugby team with New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and England all defeated there. Six games will be held at the ground including two quarter final ties.

La Beaujoire
Where: Nantes
Capacity: 38,100
Distance from Calais: 374 miles
About: Based 20 minutes outside of the western town of Nantes, La Beaujoire was built for the 1984 UEFA European Championships.

Wales play two pool games at the stadium against Canada and Fiji, while defending champions England face a tough tie against Samoa.

The Parc des Princes
Where: Paris
Capacity: 47,870
Distance from Calais: 183 miles
About: The legendary Parc de Princes was the French national stadium until the Stade de France was opened in 1998.

Located 35 minutes outside the Paris city centre, the Parc des Princes will host four pool games including matches involving Ireland and England along with the third and fourth playoff.

Stade Geoffroy Guichard
Where: St Etienne
Capacity: 35,650
Distance from Calais: 510 miles
About: Located just outside St-Etienne town centre, the Stade Geoffroy Guichard played host to its first French national rugby game in 2001 when the home side demolished Fiji 77-10.

Three pool games will be played in St-Etienne with Scotland involved in two of these against Portugal and fellow Six Nations country Italy.

Stade de la Mosson
Where: Montpellier
Capacity: 33,900
Distance from Calais: 659 miles
About: Renovated for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, the Stade de la Mosson hosted five football matches.

Four pool games will be played at the southern-located stadium including Australia against Fiji.

Félix-Bollaert
Where: Lens
Capacity: 41,800
Distance from Calais: 65 miles

About: The closest stadium to British shores, the Felix-Bollaert will play host to three matches with England playing their first game of the competition against the USA on September 8.