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French Region list
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France is divided into 26 regions or régions, of which 21 are in continental metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, and four lie overseas...
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| Nord-Pas de Calais |
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Location | Lille | Pas-de-Calais |
Nord-Pas de Calais (French: Nord-Pas de Calais; Dutch: Noord-Nauw van Kales) is one of the 26 regions of France. It consists of the departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais, in the north and has a border with Belgium. Until the end of the 20th century...
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| Aquitaine |
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Location | Bordeaux | Dordogne |
Aquitaine (Occitan: Aquitània; Basque: Akitania), archaic Guyenne/Guienne (Occitan: Guiana), is one of the 26 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border...
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| Administrative Division | Gironde | ||||
| Dated location | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | ||||
| Statistical region | Lot-et-Garonne | ||||
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| Basse-Normandie |
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Location | Caen | Calvados |
Basse-Normandie is an administrative region of France. It was created in 1956, when the Normandy region was divided into Basse-Normandie and Haute-Normandie . The region includes three departments, Calvados, Manche and Orne, that cover the part of...
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| Administrative Division | Orne | ||||
| Dated location | Manche | ||||
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| Languedoc-Roussillon |
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Location | Montpellier | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Languedoc-Roussillon (Occitan: Lengadòc-Rosselhon; Catalan: Llenguadoc-Rosselló) is one of the 26 regions of France. It comprises five departments, and borders the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi...
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| Administrative Division | Aude | ||||
| Dated location | Gard | ||||
| Statistical region | Hérault | ||||
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| Rhône-Alpes |
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Location | Lyon | Drôme |
Rhône-Alpes (Franco-Provençal : Rôno-Arpes; Occitan: Ròse Aups) is one of the 26 regions of France, located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the Rhône River and the Alps mountain range. Its capital,...
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| Administrative Division | Rhône | ||||
| Dated location | Ardèche | ||||
| Statistical region | Isère | ||||
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| Haute-Normandie |
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Location | Rouen | Seine-Maritime |
Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) is one of the 26 regions of France. It was created in 1956 with 2 départements: Seine-Maritime and Eure, when Normandy was divided into Basse-Normandie and Haute-Normandie. This division remains somewhat...
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| Administrative Division | Eure | ||||
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| Bourgogne |
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Location | Dijon | Côte-d'Or |
Bourgogne (; English: Burgundy) is one of the 26 regions of France.
The region of Bourgogne is both larger than the old Duchy of Burgundy and smaller than the area ruled by the Dukes of Burgundy. It is made up of the following old provinces:
A...
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| Réunion Island |
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Location | Saint-Denis |
Réunion (French: Réunion or formally La Réunion; previously Île Bourbon) is an island located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about 200 km (130 miles) south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.
Administratively, Réunion is one of the...
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| Île-de-France |
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Location | Paris | Val-d'Oise |
Île-de-France (pronounced ; literally "Island of France") is one of the twenty-six administrative regions of France. Created as the "District of the Paris Region" in 1961, it was renamed as the "Île-de-France" région in 1976 when its administrative...
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| Administrative Division | Yvelines | ||||
| Dated location | Seine-Saint-Denis | ||||
| Statistical region | Hauts-de-Seine | ||||
| Governmental Body | Seine-et-Marne | ||||
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| Poitou-Charentes |
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Location | Poitiers | Charente |
Poitou-Charentes is an administrative region in central western France comprising four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne. The regional capital is Poitiers.
The regional council is composed of 56 members. The region is...
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| Administrative Division | Deux-Sèvres | ||||
| Dated location | Charente-Maritime | ||||
| Statistical region | Vienne | ||||
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| Midi-Pyrénées |
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Location | Toulouse | Hautes-Pyrénées |
Midi-Pyrénées (Occitan: Miègjorn-Pirenèus; Gascon: Mieidia-Pirenèus) is the largest region of metropolitan France by area, larger than the Netherlands or Denmark.
Midi-Pyrénées has no historical or geographical unity. It is one of the regions of...
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| Administrative Division | Gers | ||||
| Dated location | Ariège | ||||
| Statistical region | Aveyron | ||||
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| Martinique | Location | Fort-de-France |
Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, having a land area of 1,128 km². It is an overseas department of France. As with the other overseas departments, Martinique is also one of the twenty-six regions of France (being an overseas...
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| Limousin |
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Location | Limoges | Creuse |
The modern region of Limousin is essentially composed of two historical French provinces: Beside these two main provinces, Limousin is also composed of small parts of other former provinces: Today the province of Limousin is the most populated part of...
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| Administrative Division | Haute-Vienne | ||||
| Dated location | Corrèze | ||||
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| French Guiana |
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Location | Cayenne |
French Guiana (French: Guyane française, officially Guyane) is an overseas department (French: département d'outre-mer, or DOM) of France, located on the northern coast of South America. Like the other DOM, French Guiana is also an overseas region...
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| Pays de la Loire |
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Location | Nantes | Vendée |
Pays de la Loire is one of the 26 regions of France. It is one of the regions created in the late 20th century to serve as a zone of influence for its capital, Nantes, one of a handful so-called "balancing metropolises" (métropoles d'équilibre)¹....
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| Administrative Division | Maine-et-Loire | ||||
| Dated location | Loire-Atlantique | ||||
| Statistical region | Sarthe | ||||
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| Bretagne |
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Location | Rennes | Côtes-d'Armor |
Bretagne (; English: Brittany; Breton: Breizh; Gallo: Bertaèyn) is one of the 26 regions of France. It occupies a large peninsula in the northwest of the country, lying between the English Channel to the north and the Bay of Biscay to the south. Its...
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| Administrative Division | Morbihan | ||||
| Dated location | Finistère | ||||
| Statistical region | Ille-et-Vilaine | ||||
| Champagne-Ardenne |
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Location | Châlons-en-Champagne | Ardennes |
Champagne-Ardenne is one of the 26 regions of France.
Champagne-Ardenne is a region located in the northeast of France, bordering Belgium. It consists of four departments: Aube, Ardennes, Haute-Marne, and Marne.
Its rivers, all of which flow west,...
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| Administrative Division | Aube | ||||
| Dated location | Marne | ||||
| Statistical region | Haute-Marne | ||||
| Centre |
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Location | Orléans |
Centre is one of the 26 regions of France, located towards the northwest of the actual centre of the country. Its capital is Orléans, although its largest city is Tours.
Centre is composed of the following former provinces of France:
The main...
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| Alsace |
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Location | Strasbourg | Bas-Rhin |
Alsace (, ; Alsatian and , pre-1996 German: Elsaß; ) is one of the 26 regions of France, located on the eastern border of France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine, adjacent to Germany and Switzerland. The name "Alsace" derives from the Germanic...
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| Administrative Division | Haut-Rhin | ||||
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| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
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Location | Marseille | Var |
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA) (Provençal Occitan: Provença-Aups-Còsta d'Azur in classical norm or Prouvènço-Aup-Costo d'Azur in Mistralian norm) is one of the 26 regions of France. (See also Provence.)
It is made up of:
It encompasses six...
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| Administrative Division | Alpes-Maritimes | ||||
| Dated location | Hautes-Alpes | ||||
| Statistical region | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | ||||
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| Auvergne |
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Location | Clermont-Ferrand | Allier |
Auvergne (Occitan: Auvèrnhe / Auvèrnha) is one of the 26 administrative regions of France.
The current administrative region of Auvergne is larger than the historical province of Auvergne, and includes provinces and areas that historically were not...
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| Administrative Division | Puy-de-Dôme | ||||
| Dated location | Haute-Loire | ||||
| Statistical region | Cantal | ||||
| Corsica |
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Location | Ajaccio, Corsica | Haute-Corse |
Corsica (French: Corse; Corsican and Italian: Corsica) is the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily, Sardinia, and Cyprus). It is located west of Italy, southeast of France, and north of the island of Sardinia.
Corsica is...
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| Administrative Division | Corse-du-Sud | ||||
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| Picardie |
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Location | Amiens | Somme |
Picardie (English: Picardy) is one of the 26 regions of France. It is located in the northern part of France.
The modern region of Picardie is larger than the historical province of Picardy. The south of the Aisne department and most of the Oise...
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| Administrative Division | Aisne | ||||
| Dated location | Oise | ||||
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| Guadeloupe |
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Location | Basse-Terre |
Guadeloupe is an island group or archipelago located in the eastern Caribbean Sea at , with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres (629 sq. mi). It is an overseas department of France. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe is also...
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| Franche-Comté | |||||