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  2. Regions of France - Wikipedia

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    Overseas region (French: Région d'outre-mer) is a recent designation, given to the overseas departments that have similar powers to those of the regions of metropolitan France. As integral parts of the French Republic , they are represented in the National Assembly , Senate and Economic and Social Council , elect a Member of the European ...

  3. Administrative divisions of France - Wikipedia

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    The administrative divisions of France are concerned with the institutional and territorial organization of French territory. These territories are located in many parts of the world. There are many administrative divisions, which may have political (local government), electoral (districts), or administrative (decentralized services of the ...

  4. Provinces of France - Wikipedia

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    Map of the provinces of France in 1789. They were abolished the following year. Under the Ancien Régime, the Kingdom of France was subdivided in multiple different ways (judicial, military, ecclesiastical, etc.) into several administrative units, until the National Constituent Assembly adopted a more uniform division into departments (départements) and districts in late 1789.

  5. Ranked list of French regions - Wikipedia

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    Region boundaries are as of 2018. By population. These figures are from the census in 2016. [1] ... Hauts-de-France: 6,006,870 31,713 189 7

  6. Rhône-Alpes - Wikipedia

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    Rhône-Alpes is a prosperous region which can be seen by its per capita GDP of about €31,231 ($40,000), which is higher than the French average, and an average income of €35,910 ($50,246), its economy second in size only to Île-de-France in France. This can be attributed to the diversity of the production in different sectors.

  7. Departments of France - Wikipedia

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    Departments of France. In the administrative divisions of France, the department (French: département, pronounced [depaʁtəmɑ̃] ⓘ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities "), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-six departments are in metropolitan France, with ...

  8. Hauts-de-France - Wikipedia

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    The Conseil d'État approved Hauts-de-France as the name of the region on 28 September 2016, effective the following 30 September. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] With 6,009,976 inhabitants as of 1 January 2015 and a population density of 189 inhabitants per km 2 , it is the third most populous region in France and the second-most densely populated in metropolitan ...

  9. Pays de la Loire - Wikipedia

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    Pays de la Loire (French pronunciation: [pe.i d(ə) la lwaʁ]; lit. ' Lands of the Loire ') is one of the eighteen regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic coast. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital and most populated city, Nantes, one of a handful of French "balancing metropolises" (métropoles d'équilibre).