Regions of France

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France is split into (administrative) regions. 22 of them are in Metropolitan France (the part of the country that is in Europe):

1. Alsace
2. Aquitaine
3. Auvergne
4. Basse-Normandie
5. Bourgogne
6. Bretagne
7. Centre
8. Champagne-Ardenne
9. Corsica

10. Franche-Comté
11. Haute-Normandie

12. Île-de-France
13. Languedoc-Roussillon
14. Limousin
15. Lorraine
16. Midi-Pyrénées
17. Nord-Pas-de-Calais
18. Pays de la Loire
19. Picardie
20. Poitou-Charentes
21. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
22. Rhône-Alpes

Corsica has a different status than the other 21 metropolian regions. It is called collectivité territoriale.
  • Four of them are overseas:
  1. Guadeloupe
  2. French Guiana
  3. Martinique
  4. Réunion