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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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| x Nord-Pas de Calais |
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Lille | Pas-de-Calais |
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 both the region and the...
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| x Aquitaine |
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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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| Gironde | ||||
| Pyrénées-Atlantiques | ||||
| Lot-et-Garonne | ||||
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| x Basse-Normandie |
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Caen | Calvados |
Basse-Normandie (English: Lower Normandy) is an administrative region of France. It was created in 1956, when the Normandy region was divided into Basse-Normandie and Haute-Normandie (English: Upper Normandy). The region includes three departments,...
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| Orne | ||||
| Manche | ||||
| x Languedoc-Roussillon |
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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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| Aude | ||||
| Gard | ||||
| Hérault | ||||
| Lozère | ||||
| x Rhône-Alpes |
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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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| Rhône | ||||
| Ardèche | ||||
| Isère | ||||
| Haute-Savoie | ||||
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| x Haute-Normandie |
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Rouen | Seine-Maritime |
Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) is one of the 26 regions of France. It was created in 1956 from two départements: Seine-Maritime and Eure, when Normandy was divided into Basse-Normandie and Haute-Normandie. This division continues to provoke...
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| Eure | ||||
| x Bourgogne |
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Dijon | Côte-d'Or |
Bourgogne ( French pronunciation (help·info); 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...
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| x Réunion Island |
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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 kilometres (120 mi) south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.
Administratively, Réunion is one of the...
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| x Île-de-France |
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Paris | Val-d'Oise |
Île-de-France (French pronunciation: [il də fʁɑ̃s]) is one of the twenty-six administrative regions of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area. Its name literally means "Island of France", maybe from ancient Frankish Liddle Franke, ...
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| Yvelines | ||||
| Seine-Saint-Denis | ||||
| Hauts-de-Seine | ||||
| Seine-et-Marne | ||||
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| x Poitou-Charentes |
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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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| Deux-Sèvres | ||||
| Charente-Maritime | ||||
| Vienne | ||||
| x Midi-Pyrénées |
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Toulouse | Hautes-Pyrénées |
Midi-Pyrénées (Occitan: Miègjorn-Pirenèus or 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 France...
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| Gers | ||||
| Ariège | ||||
| Aveyron | ||||
| Haute-Garonne | ||||
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| x Martinique |
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Fort-de-France |
Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, having a land area of 1,128 km (436 sq mi). It is an overseas department of France. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia. As with the other overseas departments, Martinique is...
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| x Limousin |
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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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| Haute-Vienne | ||||
| Corrèze | ||||
| x French Guiana |
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Cayenne |
French Guiana (French: Guyane française, officially Guyane) is an overseas department and colony (French: département d'outre-mer, or DOM) of France, located on the northern coast of South America. Like the other DOMs, French Guiana is also an...
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| x Pays de la Loire |
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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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| Maine-et-Loire | ||||
| Loire-Atlantique | ||||
| Sarthe | ||||
| Mayenne | ||||
| x Bretagne |
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Rennes | Côtes-d'Armor |
Brittany (French: Bretagne) ( French pronunciation (help·info); 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...
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| Morbihan | ||||
| Finistère | ||||
| Ille-et-Vilaine | ||||
| x Champagne-Ardenne |
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Châlons-en-Champagne | Ardennes |
Champagne-Ardenne is one of the 26 regions of France. It is located in the northeast of the country, bordering Belgium, and consists of four departments: Aube, Ardennes, Haute-Marne, and Marne. The region is famous for its sparkling white wine ...
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| Aube | ||||
| Marne | ||||
| Haute-Marne | ||||
| x Centre |
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Orléans |
Centre is one of the 26 regions of France, located towards the northwest of the actual centre of the country, around the Loire Valley. Its capital is Orléans, although its largest city is Tours.
The main feature of Centre is the Loire Valley. It...
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| x Alsace |
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Strasbourg | Bas-Rhin |
Alsace ( Elsassisch Elsàss, pronounced [elzàs]; French: Alsace, pronounced: [alzas]; and German: Elsass, pre-1996 German: Elsaß; Latin: Alsatia) is the fourth-smallest of the 26 regions of France in land area (8,280 km²), and the smallest in...
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| Haut-Rhin | ||||
| x Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
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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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| Alpes-Maritimes | ||||
| Hautes-Alpes | ||||
| Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | ||||
| Bouches-du-Rhône | ||||
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| x Auvergne |
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Clermont-Ferrand | Allier |
Auvergne (French pronunciation: [oˈvɛʀɲ], 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...
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| Puy-de-Dôme | ||||
| Haute-Loire | ||||
| Cantal | ||||
| x Corsica |
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Ajaccio, Corsica | Haute-Corse |
Corsica (French: La 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 the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....
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| Corse-du-Sud | ||||
| x Picardie |
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Amiens | Somme |
This article is about the modern French region. For other uses, see Picardy (disambiguation).
Picardy (French: Picardie) is one of the 26 regions of France. It is located in the northern part of France.
The modern region of Picardy is larger than...
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| Aisne | ||||
| Oise | ||||
| x Guadeloupe |
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Basse-Terre |
Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the eastern Caribbean Sea at 16°15′N 61°35′W / 16.25°N 61.583°W / 16.25; -61.583, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres (629 sq. mi). It is an overseas department of France. As with the other overseas...
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| x Franche-Comté |
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Besançon | Jura |
Franche-Comté (Franc-Comtois: Fràntche-Comté; Franco-Provençal: Franche-Comtât) the former "Free County" of Burgundy, as distinct from the neighbouring Duchy, is an administrative region and a traditional province of eastern France. It is composed...
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| Haute-Saône | ||||
| Doubs | ||||
| Territoire de Belfort | ||||
| x Lorraine |
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Vosges |
Lorraine (German: Lothringen) is one of the 26 régions of France. It is the only administrative region with two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. Metz is considered to be the official capital since that is where the regional parliament is...
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| Moselle | ||||
| Meuse | ||||
| Meurthe-et-Moselle | ||||
