Regions of France
France top-level territorial subdivision
France is split into 18 administrative regions (régions). These regions are a kind of local government.
Thirteen regions are in Metropolitan France (the part of the country that is in Europe). Corsica has a different status than the other 12 metropolian regions. It is called collectivité territoriale. Five regions are overseas.
There used to be 27 regions. In 2016, some regions were combined and there are now 18. Each Metropolitan region contains between 2 and 13 of the 101 Departments of France.
Regions and their capitalsEdit
| Flag[1] | Region | Capital | INSEE No.[2] | Etymology | |||
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| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Lyon | 84 | Auvergne, Rhône-Alpes | ||||
| Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | Dijon | 27 | Burgundy, Franche-Comté | ||||
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Brittany | Rennes | 53 | Duchy of Brittany | |||
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Centre-Val de Loire[3] | Orléans | 24 | Located in north-central France; straddles the middle of the Loire Valley | |||
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Corsica | Ajaccio | 94 | Territorial collectivity | |||
| Grand Est | Strasbourg | 44 | |||||
| Hauts-de-France | Lille | 32 | |||||
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Île-de-France | Paris | 11 | Province of Île-de-France | |||
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Normandy | Rouen | 28 | Duchy of Normandy | |||
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Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Bordeaux | 75 | ||||
| Occitanie | Toulouse | 76 | |||||
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Pays de la Loire | Nantes | 52 | None; created for Nantes | |||
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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA) | Marseille | 93 | Former province of Provence | |||
| The following five overseas departments also have the special status of overseas region. | |||||||
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French Guiana | Cayenne | 03 | Overseas region | |||
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Guadeloupe | Basse-Terre | 01 | Overseas region | |||
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Martinique | Fort-de-France | 02 | Overseas region | |||
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Mayotte | Mamoudzou | 05 | Overseas region | |||
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Réunion | Saint-Denis | 04 | Overseas region | |||
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ These flags are not official.
- ↑ "La nouvelle nomenclature des codes régions" (in French). INSEE. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ↑ New name as of 17 January 2015; formerly named Centre.
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