Regions of France
France top-level territorial subdivision (1956-)
France is split into 18 administrative regions (regions). These regions are a kind of local government.
Thirteen regions are in Metropolitan France (the part of the country that is in Europe). Each region contains a few of the Departments of France. Corsica has a different status than the other 12 metropolitan regions. It is called collectivist territorial. Five regions are overseas.
There used to be 27 regions. In 2016, some regions were combined and there are now 18.
Flag[1] | Region | Capital | Km2 | Etymology | |||
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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Lyon | 69 711 | Auvergne, Rhône-Alpes | ||||
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | Dijon | 47 784 | Burgundy, Franche-Comté | ||||
Brittany | Rennes | 27 208 | Duchy of Brittany | ||||
Centre-Val de Loire[2] | Orléans | 39 151 | North-central France; crosses the middle of the Loire Valley | ||||
Corsica | Ajaccio | 8 722 | Territorial collectivity | ||||
Grand Est | Strasbourg | 57 433 | |||||
Hauts-de-France | Lille | 31 813 | |||||
Île-de-France | Paris | 12 012 | Province of Île-de-France | ||||
Normandy | Rouen | 30,627 | Duchy of Normandy | ||||
Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Bordeaux | 84 061 | |||||
Occitanie | Toulouse | 72 724 | |||||
Pays de la Loire | Nantes | 32 082 | None; created for Nantes | ||||
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA) | Marseille | 31 400 | Former province of Provence | ||||
The following five overseas departments also have the special status of overseas region. | |||||||
French Guiana | Cayenne | 83 534 | Overseas region | ||||
Guadeloupe | Basse-Terre | 1 628 | Overseas region | ||||
Martinique | Fort-de-France | 1 128 | Overseas region | ||||
Mayotte | Mamoudzou | 374 | Overseas region | ||||
Réunion | Saint-Denis | 2 512 | Overseas region |
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