In 1967 the ' (French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies, INSEE), together with the French Commissariat général and DATAR () declared the nominal division of

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

into eight large regions. These were named (Research and National Development Zones) or ZEAT. Until 2016, the ZEAT corresponded to the first level in the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or NUTS (french: Nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of countries for statistical purposes. The standard, adopted in 2003, ...

(NUTS 1).

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