What are the 18 regions of France and their capitals?

What are the 18 regions of France and their capitals?

Regions of France

Region Capital Etymology
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon Auvergne, Rhône-Alpes
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Dijon Burgundy, Franche-Comté
Brittany Rennes Duchy of Brittany
Centre-Val de Loire Orléans North-central France; crosses the middle of the Loire Valley

What are the names of the 5 overseas regions in France?

The five French overseas territorial communities are Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and French Polynesia.

What is the region north of Paris called?

Metropolitan France is divided into 22+ 5 overseas administrative regions….The old 22 regional names.

English French spelling
Midi-Pyrenees Midi-Pyrénées
North-Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Paris-Isle-of-France Île-de-France
Pays-de-la-Loire Pays-de-la-Loire

What are the 8 capitals of France?

List if 18 France Regions and Capitals

S.N Region Capital
6 Grand Est Strasbourg
7 Hauts-de-France Lille
8 ÃŽle-de-France Paris
9 Normandie Caen

What does Drom stand for French?

The overseas departments and regions
The overseas departments and regions of France (French: départements et régions d’outre-mer, pronounced [depaʁtəmɑ̃ e ʁeʒjɔ̃ d‿utʁəmɛʁ]; DROM) are departments of France that are outside metropolitan France, the European part of France.

What major region is France in?

France, the largest country in Western Europe, has long been a gateway between the continent’s northern and southern regions.

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