regions of france
departments of france

 
Map Of France showing Regions And Departments
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Regions of France

France is divided into 21 regions and each region is further divided into departments, all of which are numbered.

The department numbers form part of both French postcodes and car registration plates and you often see property for sale with the two digit department number included for reference (the department number forms the first two numbers of a postcode in France).

Alsace
67 Rhin - Bas (Strasbourg)
68 Rhin - Haute (Colmar)

Aquitaine
24 Dordogne (Périgueux)
33 Gironde (Bordeaux)
40 Landes (Mont-de-Marsan)
47 Lot - et - Garonne (Agen)
64 Pyrénées - Atlantique (Pau)


Auvergne
3 Allier (Moulins)
15 Cantal (Aurillac)
43 Loire - Haute (Le Puy)
63 Puy - de - Dôme (Clermont-Ferrand)


Basse-Normandie (South Normandy)
14 Calvados (Caen)
50 Manche (St.-Lô)
61 Orne (Alençon)

Bourgogne
21 Côte-d'Or (Dijon)
58 Nièvre (Nevers)
71 Saône-et-Loire (Mâcon)
89 Yonne (Auxerre)

Bretagne (Britanny)
22 Cotes d'Armore (St. Brieuc)
29 Finistère (Quimper)
35 Ille et Vilaine (Rennes)
56 Morbihan (Vannes)

Centre (Loire Valley)


18 Cher (Bourges)
28 Eure-et-Loir (Chatres)
36 Indre (Châteauroux)
37 Indre-et-Loire (Tours)
41 Loire-et-Cher (Blois)
45 Loiret (Orléans)

Champagne-Ardenne
8 Ardennes (Charville-Mézières)
10 Aube (Troyes)
51 Marne (Châlons-sur-Mame)
52 Marne-Haute (Chaumont)

Corse (Corsica)
2A Corse-du-Sud (Ajaccio)
2B Corse-Haute (Bastia)

Franche-Comté
39 Jura (Lons-le-Saunier)
70 Saône-Haute (Versaul)

Haute-Normandie (North Normandy)
27 Eure (Évreux)
76 Seine-Maritime (Rouen)

Île-de-France
(includes Paris)

75 Paris
77 Seine-et-Marne (Melun)
91 Essonne (Évry)
95 Val-d'Oise (Pontoise)

Languedoc-Roussillon
11 Aude (Carcassone)
30 Gard (Nîmes)
34 Hérault (Montpellier)
48 Lozère (Mende)
66 Pyrénées-Orientales (Perpignan)

Limousin
19 Corrèze (Tulle)
23 Creuse (Guèret)
87 Vienne-Haute (Limoges)
88 Vosges (Épinal)

Lorraine
54 Meurthe- et-Moselle (Nancy)
55 Meuse (Bar-le-Duc)
57 Moselle (Metz)

Midi-Pyrénées
9 Ariège (Foix)
12 Aveyron (Rodez)
31 Garonne - Haute (Toulouse)
32 Gers (Auch)
46 Lot (Cahors)
65 Pyrénées-Haute (Tarbes)
81 Tarn (Albi)
82 Tarn-et-Garonne (Monauban)

Nord-Pas-de-Calais
59 Nord (Lille)
62 Pas-de-Calais (Arras)

Pays de la Loire
44 Loire-Atlantique (Nantes)
49 Maine-et-Loire (Angers)
53 Mayenne (Laval)
72 Sarthe (Le Mans)
85 Vendée (La Roche-sur-Yon)

Picardie
2 Aisne (Laon)
60 Oise (Beauvais)
80 Somme (Amiens)

Poitou-Charentes
16 Charente (Angoulême)
17 Charente-Maritime (La Rochelle)
79 Sèvres-Deux (Niort)
86 Vienne (Poitiers)

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
4 Alpes de Haute-Provence (Digne)
5 Alpes-Haute (Gap)
6 Alpes-Maritimes (Nice)
13 Bouches-du-Rhône (Marseille)
83 Var (Toulon)
84 Vaucluse (Avignon)

Rhône-Alpes
1 Ain (Bourg-en-Bress)
7 Ardéche (Privas)
26 Drôme (Valence)
38 Isère (Grenoble)
42 Loire (St-Étienne)
69 Rhône (Lyon)
73 Savoie (Chambéry)
74 Savoie-Haute (Annecy)

Departments Of France

Here's a list of departments with main administrative town in numerical order for easy reference.

1 Ain (Bourg-en-Bress)
2 Aisne (Laon)
3 Allier (Moulins)
4 Alpes de Haute-Provence (Digne)
5 Alpes-Haute (Gap)
6 Alpes-Maritimes (Nice)
7 Ardéche (Privas)
8 Ardennes (Charville-Mézières)
9 Ariège (Foix)
10 Aube (Troyes)
11 Aude (Carcassone)
12 Aveyron (Rodez)
13 Bouches-du-Rhône (Marseille)
14 Calvados (Caen)
15 Cantal (Aurillac)
16 Charente (Angoulême)
17 Charente-Maritime (La Rochelle)
18 Cher (Bourges)
19 Corrèze (Tulle)
2A Corse-du-Sud (Ajaccio)
2B Corse-Haute (Bastia)
21 Côte-d'Or (Dijon)
22 Cotes d'Armore (St. Brieuc)
23 Creuse (Guèret)
24 Dordogne (Périgueux)
25 Doubs (Besançon)
26 Drôme (Valence)
27 Eure (Évreux)
28 Eure-et-Loir (Chatres)
29 Finistère (Quimper)
30 Gard (Nîmes)
31 Garonne-Haute (Toulouse)
32 Gers (Auch)
33 Gironde (Bordeaux)
34 Hérault (Montpellier)
35 Ille et Vilaine (Rennes)
36 Indre (Châteauroux)
37 Indre-et-Loire (Tours)
38 Isère (Grenoble)
39 Jura (Lons-le-Saunier)
40 Landes (Mont-de-Marsan)
41 Loire-et-Cher (Blois)
42 Loire (St-Étienne)
43 Loire-Haute (Le Puy)
44 Loire-Atlantique (Nantes)
45 Loiret (Orléans)
46 Lot (Cahors)
47 Lot-et-Garonne (Agen)
48 Lozère (Mende)
49 Maine-et-Loire (Angers)
50 Manche (St.-Lô)
51 Marne (Châlons-sur-Mame)
52 Marne-Haute (Chaumont)
53 Mayenne (Laval)
54 Meurthe-et-Moselle (Nancy)
55 Meuse (Bar-le-Duc)
56 Morbihan (Vannes)
57 Moselle (Metz)
58 Nièvre (Nevers)
59 Nord (Lille)
60 Oise (Beauvais)
61 Orne (Alençon)
62 Pas-de-Calais (Arras)
63 Puy-de-Dôme (Clermont-Ferrand)
64 Pyrénées-Atlantique (Pau)
65 Pyrénées-Haute (Tarbes)
66 Pyrénées-Orientales (Perpignan)
67 Rhin-Bas (Strasbourg)
68 Rhin-Haute (Colmar)
69 Rhône (Lyon)
70 Saône-Haute (Versaul)
71 Saône-et-Loire (Mâcon)
72 Sarthe (Le Mans)
73 Savoie (Chambéry)
74 Savoie-Haute (Annecy)
75 Paris
76 Seine-Maritime (Rouen)
77 Seine-et-Marne (Melun)
78 Yvelines (Versailles)
79 Sèvres-Deux (Niort)
80 Somme (Amiens)
81 Tarn (Albi)
82 Tarn-et-Garonne (Monauban)
83 Var (Toulon)
84 Vaucluse (Avignon)
85 Vendée (La Roche-sur-Yon)
86 Vienne (Poitiers)
87 Vienne-Haute (Limoges)
88 Vosges (Épinal)
89 Yonne (Auxerre)
90 Belfort-Terroire de (Belfort)
91 Essonne (Évry)
92 Hauts-de-Seine (Nanterre)
93 Seine-Saint Denis (Bobigny)
94 Val-de-Marne (Créteil)
95 Val-d'Oise (Pontoise)

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