Regions and Their Capitals
| Flag | Region | French name | Other local name(s) | Capital | INSEE No. | Derivation or status | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alsace | Alsace | Alsatian: Elsàss German: Elsass |
Strasbourg | 42 | Former German territory of Elsaß | P. Richert (UMP) | |
| Aquitaine | Aquitaine | Occitan: Aquitània Basque: Akitania |
Bordeaux | 72 | Former Roman province of Aquitaine plus Guyenne and Gascony |
A. Rousset (PS) | |
| Auvergne | Auvergne | Occitan: Auvèrnhe / Auvèrnha | Clermont-Ferrand | 83 | Former province of Auvergne | R. Souchon (PS) | |
| Brittany | Bretagne | Breton: Breizh Gallo: Bertaèyn |
Rennes | 53 | Duchy of Brittany | J-Y. Le Drian (PS) | |
| Burgundy | Bourgogne | Burgundian: Bregogne / Borgoégne Arpitan: Borgogne |
Dijon | 26 | Duchy of Burgundy | F. Patriat (PS) | |
| Centre | Centre | Orléans | 24 | Located in central France | F. Bonneau (PS) | ||
| Champagne-Ardenne | Champagne-Ardenne | Châlons-en- Champagne |
21 | Former province of Champagne | J-P. Bachy (PS) | ||
| Franche-Comté | Franche-Comté | Franc-Comtois: Fràntche-Comté Arpitan: Franche-Comtât |
Besançon | 43 | Free County of Burgundy (Franche-Comté) |
M-M. Dufay (PS) | |
| Île-de-France | Île-de-France | Paris | 11 | Province of Ile-de-France and parts of the former province of Champagne |
J-P. Huchon (PS) | ||
| Languedoc-Roussillon | Languedoc-Roussillon | Occitan: Lengadòc-Rosselhon Catalan: Llenguadoc-Rosselló |
Montpellier | 91 | Former provinces of Languedoc and Roussillon |
C. Bourquin (DVG) | |
| Limousin | Limousin | Occitan: Lemosin | Limoges | 74 | Former province of Limousin and parts of Marche, Berry, Auvergne, Poitou and Angoumois |
J-P. Denanot (PS) | |
| Lorraine | Lorraine | German: Lothringen | Metz | 41 | Former province of Lorraine plus Barrois and the Three Bishoprics |
J-P. Masseret (PS) | |
| Lower Normandy | Basse-Normandie | Norman: Basse-Normaundie | Caen | 25 | Western half of former province of Normandy | L. Beauvais (PS) | |
| Midi-Pyrénées | Midi-Pyrénées | Occitan: Miègjorn-Pirenèus Occitan: Mieidia-Pirenèus |
Toulouse | 73 | None; created for Toulouse | M. Malvy (PS) | |
| Nord-Pas-de-Calais | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | Dutch: Noord-Nauw van Kales | Lille | 31 | Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments | D. Percheron (PS) | |
| Pays de la Loire | Pays de la Loire | Breton: Broioù al Liger | Nantes | 52 | None; created for Nantes | J. Auxiette (PS) | |
| Picardy | Picardie | Amiens | 22 | Former province of Picardy | C. Gewerc (PS) | ||
| Poitou-Charentes | Poitou-Charentes | Poitiers | 54 | Former province of Poitou | S. Royal (PS) | ||
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | Occitan: Provença-Aups-Còsta d'Azur Prouvènço-Aup-Costo d'Azur Italian: Provenza-Alpi-Costa Azzurra |
Marseille | 93 | Provence plus the former county of Nice, principality of Orange and Avignon |
M. Vauzelle (PS) | |
| Rhône-Alpes | Rhône-Alpes | Arpitan: Rôno-Arpes Occitan: Ròse Aups |
Lyon | 82 | Created for Lyon from Dauphiné and Lyonais provinces and Savoy |
J-J. Queyranne (PS) | |
| Upper Normandy | Haute-Normandie | Norman: Ĥâote-Normaundie | Rouen | 23 | Eastern half of former province of Normandy | A. Le Vern (PS) | |
| The following region has the special status of territorial collectivity. | |||||||
| Corsica | Corse | Corsican: Corsica Italian: Corsica |
Ajaccio | 94 | Territorial collectivity | P. Giacobbi (PRG) | |
| The following five regions have the special status of overseas region. | |||||||
| French Guiana | Guyane | Cayenne | 03 | Overseas region | R. Alexandre (PSG) | ||
| Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe | Antillean Creole: Gwadloup | Basse-Terre | 01 | Overseas region | V. Lurel (PS) | |
| Martinique | Martinique | Antillean Creole: Matinik | Fort-de-France | 02 | Overseas region | S. Letchimy (PPM) | |
| Mayotte | Mayotte | Shimaore: Maore Malagasy: Mahori |
Mamoudzou | 05 | Overseas region | D. Zaïdani (DVG) | |
| Reunion | La Réunion | Reunion Creole: La Rényon | Saint-Denis | 04 | Overseas region | D. Robert (UMP) | |
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