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France is divided into eighteen administrative regions (french: régions, singular ), of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France (in Europe), while the other five are
overseas regions The overseas departments and regions of France (french: départements et régions d'outre-mer, ; ''DROM'') are departments of France that are outside metropolitan France, the European part of France. They have exactly the same status as mainlan ...
(not to be confused with the overseas collectivities, which have a semi-autonomous status). All of the thirteen metropolitan administrative regions (including
Corsica Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...
) are further subdivided into two to thirteen administrative
departments Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
, with the prefect of each region's administrative centre's department also acting as the regional prefect. The overseas regions administratively consist of only one department each and hence also have the status of overseas departments. Most administrative regions also have the status of regional
territorial collectivities A territorial collectivity (french: collectivité territoriale, previously '), or territorial authority, is a chartered subdivision of France with recognized governing authority. It is the generic name for any subdivision (subnational entity) wi ...
, which comes with a local government, with departmental and communal collectivities below the region level. The exceptions are
Corsica Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...
, French Guiana, Mayotte and Martinique, where region and department functions are managed by single local governments having consolidated jurisdiction and which are known as single territorial collectivities.


History


1982–2015

The term was officially created by the Law of Decentralisation (2 March 1982), which also gave regions their legal status. The first direct elections for regional representatives took place on 16 March 1986. Between 1982 and 2015, there were 22 regions in Metropolitan France. Before 2011, there were four
overseas regions The overseas departments and regions of France (french: départements et régions d'outre-mer, ; ''DROM'') are departments of France that are outside metropolitan France, the European part of France. They have exactly the same status as mainlan ...
( French Guiana,
Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...
, Martinique, and
Réunion Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...
); in 2011 Mayotte became the fifth. } ,
Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...
, align=center, 42 , Formerly a coalition of free cities in Holy Roman Empire, attached to Kingdom of France in 1648; annexed by Germany from Franco-Prussian war to the end of World War I and briefly during World War II , - , Aquitaine , , oc, Aquitània
eu, Akitania
Saintongeais Saintongeais (''saintonjhais'') is a dialect of Poitevin-Santongeais spoken halfway down the western coast of France in the former provinces of Saintonge, Aunis and Angoumois, all of which have been incorporated into the current departments o ...
: ''Aguiéne'' , Bordeaux , align=center, 72 , Guyenne and
Gascony Gascony (; french: Gascogne ; oc, Gasconha ; eu, Gaskoinia) was a province of the southwestern Kingdom of France that succeeded the Duchy of Gascony (602–1453). From the 17th century until the French Revolution (1789–1799), it was part o ...
, - , Auvergne , , oc, Auvèrnhe / Auvèrnha , Clermont-Ferrand , align=center, 83 , Former
province of Auvergne The history of the Auvergne dates back to the early Middle Ages, when it was a historic province in south central France. It was originally the feudal domain of the Counts of Auvergne. History Auvergne was a province of France deriving its ...
, - , Brittany , , br, Breizh
Gallo: ,
Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...
, align=center, 53 , Duchy of Brittany , - ,
Burgundy Burgundy (; french: link=no, Bourgogne ) is a historical territory and former administrative region and province of east-central France. The province was once home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th century. The c ...
, ,
Burgundian Burgundian can refer to any of the following: *Someone or something from Burgundy. *Burgundians, an East Germanic tribe, who first appear in history in South East Europe. Later Burgundians colonised the area of Gaul that is now known as Burgundy (F ...
: ''Bregogne'Borgoégne''
frp, Borgogne , Dijon , align=center, 26 , Duchy of Burgundy , - ,
Centre-Val de Loire Centre-Val de Loire (, , ,In isolation, ''Centre'' is pronounced . ) or Centre Region (french: région Centre, link=no, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley ...
New name as of 17 January 2015; formerly named . , , , Orléans , align=center, 24 , Located in north-central France; straddles the middle of the Loire Valley , - , Champagne-Ardenne , , , Châlons-en-
Champagne , align=center, 21 , Former province of Champagne , - ,
Corsica Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...
, , ,
Ajaccio Ajaccio (, , ; French: ; it, Aiaccio or ; co, Aiacciu , locally: ; la, Adiacium) is a French commune, prefecture of the department of Corse-du-Sud, and head office of the ''Collectivité territoriale de Corse'' (capital city of Corsica). ...
, align=center, 94 , , - ,
Franche-Comté Franche-Comté (, ; ; Frainc-Comtou: ''Fraintche-Comtè''; frp, Franche-Comtât; also german: Freigrafschaft; es, Franco Condado; all ) is a cultural and historical region of eastern France. It is composed of the modern departments of Doubs, ...
, ,
Franc-Comtois Frainc-Comtou (french: franc-comtois) is a Romance language of the ''langues d'oïl'' language family spoken in the Franche-Comté region of France and in the Canton of Jura and Bernese Jura in Switzerland. Sample vocabulary References Bi ...
: ''Fràntche-Comté''
frp, Franche-Comtât , Besançon , align=center, 43 , Free County of Burgundy (''Franche-Comté'') , - , Île-de-France , , , Paris , align=center, 11 , Province of Île-de-France and parts of the former province of Champagne , - , Languedoc-Roussillon , , oc, Lengadòc-Rosselhon
ca, Llenguadoc-Rosselló ,
Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...
, align=center, 91 , Former provinces of Languedoc and
Roussillon Roussillon ( , , ; ca, Rosselló ; oc, Rosselhon ) is a historical province of France that largely corresponded to the County of Roussillon and part of the County of Cerdagne of the former Principality of Catalonia. It is part of the reg ...
, - , Limousin , , oc, Lemosin ,
Limoges Limoges (, , ; oc, Lemòtges, locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region ...
, align=center, 74 , Former province of Limousin and parts of
Marche Marche ( , ) is one of the twenty regions of Italy. In English, the region is sometimes referred to as The Marches ( ). The region is located in the central area of the country, bordered by Emilia-Romagna and the republic of San Marino to the ...
,
Berry A berry is a small, pulpy, and often edible fruit. Typically, berries are juicy, rounded, brightly colored, sweet, sour or tart, and do not have a stone or pit, although many pips or seeds may be present. Common examples are strawberries, raspb ...
, Auvergne, Poitou and Angoumois , - , Lorraine , , german: Lothringen
Lorraine Franconian Lorraine Franconian (Lorraine Franconian: ''Plàtt'' or ''lottrìnger Plàtt''; french: francique lorrain or ''platt lorrain''; german: Lothringisch) is an ambiguous designation for dialects of West Central German (german: Westmitteldeutsch), ...
: , Metz , align=center, 41 , Named for Charlemagne's son
Lothair I Lothair I or Lothar I (Dutch and Medieval Latin: ''Lotharius''; German: ''Lothar''; French: ''Lothaire''; Italian: ''Lotario'') (795 – 29 September 855) was emperor (817–855, co-ruling with his father until 840), and the governor of Bavar ...
, the kingdom of Lotharingia is etymologically the source for the name Lorraine (duchy), , (
Lorraine Franconian Lorraine Franconian (Lorraine Franconian: ''Plàtt'' or ''lottrìnger Plàtt''; french: francique lorrain or ''platt lorrain''; german: Lothringisch) is an ambiguous designation for dialects of West Central German (german: Westmitteldeutsch), ...
) , - , Lower Normandy , , Norman:
br, Normandi-Izel ,
Caen Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Normandy , - , Midi-Pyrénées , , oc, Miègjorn-Pirenèus
oc, Mieidia-Pirenèus , Toulouse , align=center, 73 , None; created for Toulouse , - , Nord-Pas-de-Calais , , , Lille , align=center, 31 ,
Nord Nord, a word meaning "north" in several European languages, may refer to: Acronyms * National Organization for Rare Disorders, an American nonprofit organization * New Orleans Recreation Department, New Orleans, Louisiana, US Film and televisi ...
and
Pas-de-Calais Pas-de-Calais (, " strait of Calais"; pcd, Pas-Calés; also nl, Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments ...
departments , - ,
Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire (; ; br, Broioù al Liger) is one of the 18 regions of France, in the west of the mainland. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital, Nantes, one of a handful of "balancing metropolises" (). ...
, , br, Broioù al Liger ,
Nantes Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...
, align=center, 52 , None; created for
Nantes Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...
, - ,
Picardy Picardy (; Picard and french: Picardie, , ) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Hauts-de-France. It is located in the northern part of France. Hi ...
, , , Amiens , align=center, 22 , Former province of Picardy , - , Poitou-Charentes , , oc, Peitau-Charantas
Poitevin and
Saintongeais Saintongeais (''saintonjhais'') is a dialect of Poitevin-Santongeais spoken halfway down the western coast of France in the former provinces of Saintonge, Aunis and Angoumois, all of which have been incorporated into the current departments o ...
: ''Poetou-Chérentes'' ,
Poitiers Poitiers (, , , ; Poitevin: ''Poetàe'') is a city on the River Clain in west-central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and the historical centre of Poitou. In 2017 it had a population of 88,291. Its agglomerat ...
, align=center, 54 , Former provinces of Angoumois, Aunis, Poitou and Saintonge , - , Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA) , (PACA) , style="white-space:nowrap;",
Provençal Provençal may refer to: *Of Provence, a region of France * Provençal dialect, a dialect of the Occitan language, spoken in the southeast of France *''Provençal'', meaning the whole Occitan language *Franco-Provençal language, a distinct Roman ...
:
() , Marseille , align=center, 93 , Former historical province of Provence and County of Nice annexed by France in 1860. , - , Rhône-Alpes , , frp, Rôno-Arpes
oc, Ròse Aups , Lyon , align=center, 82 , Created for Lyon from Dauphiné and Lyonnais provinces and
Savoy Savoy (; frp, Savouè ; french: Savoie ) is a cultural-historical region in the Western Alps. Situated on the cultural boundary between Occitania and Piedmont, the area extends from Lake Geneva in the north to the Dauphiné in the south. Savo ...
, - , Upper Normandy , , Norman:
br, Normandi-Uhel ,
Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...
, align=center, 23 , Eastern half of former province of Normandy


Reform and mergers of regions

In 2014, the French parliament passed a law reducing the number of metropolitan regions from 22 to 13 effective 1 January 2016. The law gave interim names for most of the new regions by combining the names of the former regions, e.g. the region composed of Aquitaine, Poitou-Charentes and Limousin was temporarily called ''Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes''. However, the combined region of Upper and Lower Normandy is simply called "Normandy" (''Normandie''). Permanent names were proposed by the new regional councils by 1 July 2016 and new names confirmed by the
Conseil d'État In France, the (; Council of State) is a governmental body that acts both as legal adviser to the executive branch and as the supreme court for administrative justice, which is one of the two branches of the French judiciary system. Establi ...
by 30 September 2016. The legislation defining the new regions also allowed the Centre region to officially change its name to "
Centre-Val de Loire Centre-Val de Loire (, , ,In isolation, ''Centre'' is pronounced . ) or Centre Region (french: région Centre, link=no, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley ...
" with effect from January 2015. Two regions,
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (ARA; ; frp, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes; oc, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups; it, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi) is a region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Au ...
and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, opted to retain their interim names. File:France proposal regions (2009) map.svg , Édouard Balladur's proposal File:France proposal regions (2014) map.svg , Manuel Valls's proposal A File:France proposal regions (2014) map2.svg, Manuel Valls's proposal B File:France proposal regions (2014) map3.svg, President
François Hollande François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande (; born 12 August 1954) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2012 to 2017. He previously was First Secretary of the Socialist Party (PS) from 1997 to 2008, Mayor of Tulle from ...
's proposal File:France assembly vote.svg, Regions as instituted by the National Assembly in 2014 Given below is a table of former regions and which new region they became part of.


List of administrative regions

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frp, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Arpes , Lyon , align="right" , 69,711 , , 204 , align="center" , 84 , Auvergne
Rhône-Alpes , Laurent Wauquiez ( LR) , , - , bgcolor="lightgray" , Metropolitan , Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
(Burgundy-Free County) , frp, Borgogne-Franche-Comtât , Dijon , align="right" , 47,784 , , 100 , align="center" , 27 ,
Burgundy Burgundy (; french: link=no, Bourgogne ) is a historical territory and former administrative region and province of east-central France. The province was once home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th century. The c ...

Franche-Comté Franche-Comté (, ; ; Frainc-Comtou: ''Fraintche-Comtè''; frp, Franche-Comtât; also german: Freigrafschaft; es, Franco Condado; all ) is a cultural and historical region of eastern France. It is composed of the modern departments of Doubs, ...
, Marie-Guite Dufay ( PS) , , - , bgcolor="lightgray" , Metropolitan , Bretagne
(Brittany) , br, Breizh
Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ,
Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...
, align="right" , 27,208 , , 83 , align="center" , 53 , ''unchanged'' , Loïg Chesnais-Girard ( PS) , , - , bgcolor="lightgray" , Metropolitan ,
Centre-Val de Loire Centre-Val de Loire (, , ,In isolation, ''Centre'' is pronounced . ) or Centre Region (french: région Centre, link=no, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley ...

(Centre-Loire Valley) , , Orléans , align="right" , 39,151 , , 77 , align="center" , 24 , ''unchanged'' ,
François Bonneau François Bonneau (; born 12 October 1953) is a French educationalist, politician, and incumbent President of the Regional Council of Centre-Val de Loire. He is a member of the Socialist Party. He has served as *a representative member of the ...
( PS) , , - , bgcolor="lightgray" , Metropolitan , Corse
(Corsica) , co, Corsica ,
Ajaccio Ajaccio (, , ; French: ; it, Aiaccio or ; co, Aiacciu , locally: ; la, Adiacium) is a French commune, prefecture of the department of Corse-du-Sud, and head office of the ''Collectivité territoriale de Corse'' (capital city of Corsica). ...
, align="right" , 8,680 , , 63 , align="center" , 94 , ''unchanged'' , Jean-Guy Talamoni (CL) , , - , bgcolor="lightgray" , Metropolitan , Grand Est
(Great East) , german: Großer Osten ,
Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...
, align="right" , 57,441 , , 169 , align="center" , 44 , Alsace
Champagne-Ardenne
Lorraine , Jean Rottner ( LR) , , - , bgcolor="lightgray" , Metropolitan ,
Hauts-de-France Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost Regions of France, region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its Prefectu ...

(Upper France) , , Lille , align="right" , 31,806 , , 170 , align="center" , 32 , Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Picardy Picardy (; Picard and french: Picardie, , ) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Hauts-de-France. It is located in the northern part of France. Hi ...
, Xavier Bertrand ( LR) , , - , bgcolor="lightgray" , Metropolitan , ÃŽle-de-France
(Island of France) , br, Enez-Frañs , Paris , align="right" , 12,011 , , 209 , align="center" , 11 , ''unchanged'' , Valérie Pécresse ( LR) , , - , bgcolor="lightgray" , Metropolitan , Normandie
(Normandy) , Norman: ''Normaundie''
br, Normandi ,
Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...
, align="right" , 29,907 , , 102 , align="center" , 28 , Upper Normandy
Lower Normandy , Hervé Morin ( LC) , , - , bgcolor="lightgray" , Metropolitan , Nouvelle-Aquitaine
(New Aquitaine) , oc, Nòva Aquitània / Nava Aquitània / Novela Aquitània
eu, Akitania Berria
, Bordeaux , align="right" , 84,036 , , 183 , align="center" , 75 , Aquitaine
Limousin
Poitou-Charentes ,
Alain Rousset Alain Rousset (born 16 February 1951) is the Socialist president of the Aquitaine Aquitaine ( , , ; oc, Aquitània ; eu, Akitania; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Aguiéne''), archaic Guyenne or Guienne ( oc, Guiana), is a historical region o ...
( PS) , , - , bgcolor="lightgray" , Metropolitan ,
Occitanie Occitanie may refer to: *Occitania, a region in southern France called ''Occitanie'' in French *Occitania (administrative region) Occitania ( ; french: Occitanie ; oc, Occitània ; ca, Occitània ) is the southernmost administrative region of ...
(Occitania) , oc, Occitània
ca, Occitània , Toulouse , align="right" , 72,724 , , 158 , align="center" , 76 , Languedoc-Roussillon
Midi-Pyrénées ,
Carole Delga Carole Delga (born 19 August 1971) is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been serving as the President of Occitania since 2016. Political career Delga has been a member of the Socialist Party since 2004. Member of the N ...
( PS) , , - , bgcolor="lightgray" , Metropolitan ,
Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire (; ; br, Broioù al Liger) is one of the 18 regions of France, in the west of the mainland. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital, Nantes, one of a handful of "balancing metropolises" (). ...

(Loire Countries) , br, Broioù al Liger ,
Nantes Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...
, align="right" , 32,082 , , 93 , align="center" , 52 , ''unchanged'' ,
Christelle Morançais Christelle Morançais (; born 28 January 1975) is a French politician of the Republicans (LR) who has been serving as the Regional Council President for the Pays de la Loire region since 2017. Early career A graduate of a business school, Moran ...
( LR) , , - , bgcolor="lightgray" , Metropolitan , Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
(Provence-Alps-Azure Coast) ,
Provençal Provençal may refer to: *Of Provence, a region of France * Provençal dialect, a dialect of the Occitan language, spoken in the southeast of France *''Provençal'', meaning the whole Occitan language *Franco-Provençal language, a distinct Roman ...
: ''Provença-Aups-Còsta d'Azur''
(''Prouvènço-Aup-Costo d'Azur'') , Marseille , align="right" , 31,400 , , 123 , align="center" , 93 , ''unchanged'' ,
Renaud Muselier Renaud Muselier (born 6 May 1959) is a French physician and politician who has served as President of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur since 2017. A former member of The Republicans (LR), he previously was a Member of the Euro ...
( LR) , , - , bgcolor="cyan" , Overseas ,
Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...
, Antillean Creole: ''Gwadloup'' , Basse-Terre , align="right" , 1,628 , , 41 , align="center" , 01 , ''unchanged'' , Ary Chalus ( GUSR) , , - , bgcolor="cyan" , Overseas , Guyane
(French Guiana) , ,
Cayenne Cayenne (; ; gcr, Kayenn) is the capital city of French Guiana, an overseas region and Overseas department, department of France located in South America. The city stands on a former island at the mouth of the Cayenne River on the Atlantic Oc ...
, align="right" , 83,534 , , 51 , align="center" , 03 , ''unchanged'' , Rodolphe Alexandre ( PSG) , , - , bgcolor="cyan" , Overseas , La Réunion
(Réunion) , Reunion Creole: ''La Rényon'' , Saint-Denis , align="right" , 2,504 , , 45 , align="center" , 04 , ''unchanged'' , Didier Robert ( LR) , , - , bgcolor="cyan" , Overseas , Martinique , Antillean Creole: ''Matinik'' ,
Fort-de-France Fort-de-France (, , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Fodfwans) is a Communes of France, commune and the capital city of Martinique, an overseas department and region of France located in the Caribbean. It is also one of the major cities in the ...
, align="right" , 1,128 , , 51 , align="center" , 02 , ''unchanged'' , Claude Lise (RDM) , , - , bgcolor="cyan" , Overseas , Mayotte ,
Shimaore Maore Comorian, or ''Shimaore'' (French ''Mahorais''), is one of the two indigenous languages spoken in the French-ruled Comorian islands of Mayotte; Shimaore being a dialect of the Comorian language, while ShiBushi is an unrelated Malayo-Po ...
: ''Maore''
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Role

Regions lack separate legislative authority and therefore cannot write their own statutory law. They levy their own taxes and, in return, receive a decreasing part of their budget from the central government, which gives them a portion of the taxes it levies. They also have considerable budgets managed by a
regional council Regional Council may refer to: * Regional Council (Hong Kong), disbanded in 1999 ** Regional Council (constituency) Regional council may refer to: * Regional council (Cameroon) * Regional council (France), the elected assembly of a region of Fra ...
''(conseil régional)'' made up of representatives voted into office in regional elections. A region's primary responsibility is to build and furnish high schools. In March 2004, the French central government unveiled a controversial plan to transfer regulation of certain categories of non-teaching school staff to the regional authorities. Critics of this plan contended that tax revenue was insufficient to pay for the resulting costs, and that such measures would increase regional inequalities. In addition, regions have considerable discretionary power over infrastructural spending, e.g., education, public transit, universities and research, and assistance to business owners. This has meant that the heads of wealthy regions such as Île-de-France or Rhône-Alpes can be high-profile positions. Proposals to give regions limited legislative autonomy have met with considerable resistance; others propose transferring certain powers from the departments to their respective regions, leaving the former with limited authority.


Regional control

Number of regions controlled by each coalition since
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.


Overseas regions

Overseas region (french: Région d'outre-mer) is a recent designation, given to the
overseas department The overseas departments and regions of France (french: départements et régions d'outre-mer, ; ''DROM'') are departments of France that are outside metropolitan France, the European part of France. They have exactly the same status as mainlan ...
s that have similar powers to those of the regions of metropolitan France. As integral parts of the
French Republic France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
, they are represented in the National Assembly,
Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
and Economic and Social Council, elect a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and use the euro as their currency. Although these territories have had these political powers since 1982, when France's
decentralisation Decentralization or decentralisation is the process by which the activities of an organization, particularly those regarding planning and decision making, are distributed or delegated away from a central, authoritative location or group. Conce ...
policy dictated that they be given elected regional councils along with other regional powers, the designation ''overseas regions'' dates only to the 2003 constitutional change; indeed, the new wording of the constitution aims to give no precedence to either appellation ''overseas department'' or ''overseas region'', although the second is still virtually unused by French media. The following have overseas region status: * in the Indian Ocean ( Africa): ** Mayotte **
Réunion Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...
* in the
Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. Along with th ...
: ** French Guiana in South America **
Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...
in the Antilles (
Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...
) ** Martinique in the Antilles (
Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...
) : ^ Saint Pierre and Miquelon (off Canada, in North America), once an overseas department, was demoted to a territorial collectivity in 1985. France-Constituent-Lands.png Outre-mer en sans Terre Adelie.png


See also

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List of current presidents of the regional councils of France and the Corsican Assembly The following is a list of current presidents of the regional councils of France and the Corsican Assembly. List Since 2011, the Departmental Council of Mayotte has simultaneously exercised the competencies of a regional council. Since 2015, t ...
* Ranked list of French regions * Administrative divisions of France * List of French regions and overseas collectivities by GDP *
List of French regions by Human Development Index This is a list of French regions and overseas territories by Human Development Index as of 2019. The regions since 2016 that the pre-2016 regions correspond to or are part of are shown alongside. References {{Subnational entities by Huma ...
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List of regions of France by population The following are ranked lists of French regions. Population figures are from the 2016 census, with the exception of Mayotte, whose statistics are as of 2017. Region boundaries are as of 2018. __TOC__ By population These figures are from the ...
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Flags of the regions of France The galleries below show flags attributed to the eighteen (formerly, twenty-seven) regions, five overseas collectivities, one sui generis collectivity and one overseas territory of France. Most of them are both non-official and traditional as regi ...
* ISO 3166-2:FR General: * Decentralisation in France *
Budget of France The budget of France, setting revenues and spending levels is set after approval of the national assembly and the senate. The Constitution of France, French Constitution provides for a maximum of 70 days between the budget being proposed to parliame ...
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Regional councils of France A regional council (french: conseil régional) is the elected assembly of a region of France. History Regional councils were created by law on 5 July 1972. Originally they were simply consultative bodies consisting of the region's parliamentary ...
* Administrative divisions of France ; Overseas * Overseas France ** Clipperton Island ** Overseas collectivity *** Overseas country (Outre-mer) **
Overseas department and region The overseas departments and regions of France (french: départements et régions d'outre-mer, ; ''DROM'') are departments of France that are outside metropolitan France, the European part of France. They have exactly the same status as mainlan ...
** Overseas territory ** Sui generis collectivity


Notes


References


External links

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Guide to the regions of France

Local websites by region

Will 2010 regional elections lead to political shake-up?
Radio France Internationale in English ; Overseas regions
Ministère de l'Outre-Mer


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