French Foreign Legion - Composition

Composition

Previously, the legion was not stationed in mainland France except in wartime. Until 1962, the Foreign Legion headquarters was located in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria. Nowadays, some units of the Légion are in Corsica or overseas possessions (mainly in French Guiana, guarding Guiana Space Centre), while the rest are in the south of mainland France. Current headquarters is in Aubagne, France, just outside Marseille.

  • Mainland France
    • 1st Foreign Regiment (1e RE), based in Aubagne
    • 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI), based in Nîmes
    • 4th Foreign Regiment (4e RE), based in Castelnaudary (training)
    • 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1e REC), based in Orange, Vaucluse (armoured troops)
    • 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1e REG), based in Laudun
    • 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG), based in St Christol
  • Corsica
    • 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP), based in Calvi, Corsica
  • French Overseas Territories and Overseas Collectives
    • 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI), based in French Guiana
    • Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte (DLEM)
  • Arabian Peninsula
    • 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion (13 DBLE), based in United Arab Emirates, formerly in Africa (Djibouti).
  • COMLE
  • 1er RE
  • 1er REC
  • 1er REG
  • 2e REI
  • 2e REG
  • 2e REP
  • 3e REI
  • 4e RE
  • 13e DBLE
  • DLEM
  • GRLE

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