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On 1st January, 2016
France reduced the number of metropolitan
regions from twenty-two down to thirteen.
Our colour-coded map
helps illustrate the merging of regional
France.
The Merging of Regional France
The New Regions of France
France is now made up of 18 administrative
regions - 13 metropolitan regions
and five overseas regions.
The metropolitan regions are further divided into
departments.
Capital:
Lyon.
Merged Regions:
Auvergne,
Rhône-Alpes.
Departments:
Allier (03),
Cantal (15),
Haute-Loire
(43),
Puy-de-Dome (63).
Ain (01),
Ardeche (07),
Drome (26),
Isere (38),
Loire (42),
Rhone (69),
Savoie
(73),
Haute-Savoie (74).
Destinations:
Annecy,
Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble,
Saint-Étienne.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Regional Tourism.
Capital: Dijon.
Merged Regions: Bourgogne,
Franche-Comté.
Departments:
Cote-d'Or (21),
Nievre (58),
Saone-et-Loire
(71),
Yonne (89).
Doubs (25),
Jura (39),
Haute-Saone
(70),
Territoire de Belfort (90).
Destinations:
Auxerre, Beaune, Belfort, Besançon,
Chalon-sur-Saône, Dijon, Mâcon, Nevers.
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Regional Tourism.
Capital: Rennes.
No change for the region
of
Bretagne.
Departments:
Cotes-d'Armor (22),
Finistere (29),
Ille-et-Vilaine
(35,
Morbihan (56).
Destinations:
Brest, Bruz, Cesson-Sévigné, Concarneau,
Douarnenez, Fougères, Lanester, Lannion,
Lorient, Morlaix, Plœmeur, Quimper
Saint-Brieuc, Saint-Malo, Vannes, Vitré.
Capital: Orléans.
Although there was no territorial
expansion for the region of
Centre,
they did opt for a name change; to encompass
the touristic grandiose appeal of the Loire Valley.
Departments:
Cher (18),
Eure-et-Loir (28),
Indre (36),
Indre-et-Loire (37),
Loir-et-Cher (41) and
Loiret (45).
Destinations:
Blois, Bourges, Chartres, Châteauroux,
Dreux, Fleury-les-Aubrais, Joué-lès-Tours,
Orléans, Tours, Vierzon.
Capital: Ajaccio.
No change for
Corsica,
although some on the island of Corse may
still dream of independence from France; or
at least more autonomy.
Departments:
Corse-du-Sud
(2A),
Haute-Corse
(2B).
Destinations:
Bastia, Bonifacio, Calvi, Cargèse, Corte,
Porto-Vecchio, Saint-Florent.
Capital: Strasbourg.
Merged Regions:
Alsace,
Champagne-Ardenne,
Lorraine.
Departments:
Bas-Rhin
(67),
Haut-Rhin (68).
Ardennes (08),
Aube
(10),
Marne (51),
Haute-Marne (52).
Meurthe-et-Moselle (54),
Meuse (55),
Moselle
(57),
Vosges (88).
Destinations:
Reims, Metz, Mulhouse, Nancy, Colmar,
Troyes, Charleville-Mézi��res,
Châlons-en-Champagne, Thionville, Haguenau,
Épinal, Schiltigheim, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy,
Illkirch-Graffenstaden, Saint-Dizier,
Épernay, Chaumont, Forbach,
Montigny-lès-Metz, Sarreguemines,
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Saint-Louis.
On 1st January, 2016 xxx merged with yyyy to
form the new
administrative region of Grand Est (Großer Osten).
Capital: Lille.
Merged Regions:
Nord-Pas-de-Calais,
Picardie.
Departments:
Nord
(59),
Pas-de-Calais (62).
Aisne (02),
Oise
(60),
Somme (80).
Destinations:
Amiens, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Dunkirk, Calais,
Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Saint-Quentin, Beauvais,
Valenciennes.
Capital:
Paris.
The capital of France
sits in the
Ile-de-France region.
Departments:
Essonne (91),
Hauts-de-Seine (92),
Paris (75),
Seine-et-Marne (77),
Seine-Saint-Denis (93),
Val-de-Marne (94),
Val-d'Oise
(95),
Yvelines (78).
Capital: Rouen.
Merged Regions:
Basse-Normandie,
Haute-Normandie.
Departments:
Calvados (14),
Manche
(50),
Orne (61).
Eure (27),
Seine-Maritime (76).
Destinations:
Alençon, Argentan, Avranches, Bayeux,
Bernay, Caen, Cherbourg-Octeville,
Deauville, Dieppe, Évreux, Fécamp, Flers,
Hérouville-Saint-Clair, Le Grand-Quevilly,
Le Havre, Le Petit-Quevilly, Lisieux,
Louviers, Mont-Saint-Aignan,
Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, Saint-Lô,
Sotteville-lès-Rouen, Tourlaville, Vernon.
Capital: Bordeaux.
Merged Regions:
Aquitaine,
Limousin,
Poitou-Charentes.
Departments:
Dordogne (24),
Gironde (33),
Landes (40),
Lot-et-Garonne
(47),
Pyrenees-Atlantiques (64).
Correze (19),
Creuse
(23),
Haute-Vienne (87).
Charente (16),
Charente-Maritime (17),
Deux-Sevres
(79),
Vienne (86).
Destinations:
Bayonne, Limoges, Poitiers, Pau, La
Rochelle, Angoulême, Agen,
Brive-la-Gaillarde, Niort, Périgueux,
Bergerac, Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Dax,
Mont-de-Marsan.
Capital: Toulouse.
Merged Regions:
Languedoc-Roussillon,
Midi-Pyrenees.
Departments:
Aude (11),
Gard (30),
Herault (34),
Lozere
(48),
Pyrenees-Orientales (66).
Ariege (09),
Aveyron (12),
Haute-Garonne (31),
Gers (32),
Lot (46),
Hautes-Pyrenees (65),
Tarn
(81),
Tarn-et-Garonne (82).
Destinations:
Montpellier, Nîmes, Perpignan, Béziers,
Montauban.
Capital: Nantes.
Although
Pays de la Loire literally translates
as 'Lands of the Loire', the region was
originally created as a zone of influence
for the city of Nantes.
Departments:
Loire-Atlantique (44),
Maine-et-Loire (49),
Mayenne (53),
Sarthe
(72),
Vendee (85).
Destinations:
Angers, Cholet, La Roche-sur-Yon, Laval, Le
Mans, Saint-Nazaire.
Capital: Marseille.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur consists of
the former province of Provence as well as
some adjacent territories in the French Alps
and along the French Riviera (Côte d'Azur).
Departments:
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
(04), Hautes-Alpes (05),
Alpes-Maritimes (06),
Bouches-du-Rhone (13),
Var
(83),
Vaucluse (84).
Destinations:
Aix-en-Provence, Antibes, Arles, Aubagne,
Avignon, Cannes, Draguignan, Fréjus, Grasse,
Hyères, Juan-les-Pins, La Seyne-sur-Mer, Le
Cannet, Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Marseille,
Martigues, Mougins, Nice, Toulon,
Villeneuve-Loubet.
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