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.