French INSEE Derivation or Sr.No Region Other local name(s) Capital President name No. status Formerly a coalition of free cities in Holy Roman Empire, attached to Kingdom of France in 1648. Alsatian: Elsass P. Richert 1 Alsace Alsace Strasbourg 42 German: Elsass Annexed by (UMP) Germany from Franco- Prussian war to the end of World War I and briefly during World War II Former Roman Occitan: Aquitania province of A. Rousset 2 Aquitaine Aquitaine Bordeaux 72 Basque: Akitania Aquitaine (PS) plus Guyenne and Gascony Former Clermont- R. Souchon 3 Auvergne Auvergne Occitan: Auvernhe / Auvernha 83 province of Ferrand (PS) Auvergne J- Breton: Breizh Duchy of 4 Brittany Bretagne Rennes 53 Y. Le Drian Gallo: Bertaeyn Brittany (PS) Burgundian: Bregogne / Duchy of F. Patriat 5 Burgundy Bourgogne Borgoegne Dijon 26 Burgundy (PS) Arpitan: Borgogne Located in F. Bonneau 6 Centre Centre Orleans 24 central France (PS) ChAlons- Former Champagne- Champagne- J-P. Bachy 7 en- 21 province of Ardenne Ardenne (PS) Champagne Champagne Free County Franc-Comtois: Frantche- Franche- Franche- of Burgundy M-M. Dufay 8 Comte Besancon 43 Comte Comte (Franche- (PS) Arpitan: Franche-ComtAt Comte) Province of Ile-de-France Ile-de- Ile-de- and parts J-P. Huchon 9 Paris 11 France France of the former (PS) province of Champagne Former provinces of Languedoc- Languedoc- Occitan: Lengadoc-Rosselhon C. Bourquin 10 Montpellier 91 Languedoc Roussillon Roussillon Catalan: Llenguadoc-Rossello (DVG) and Roussillon Former province of Limousin and parts of Marche, J-P. Denanot 11 Limousin Limousin Occitan: Lemosin Limoges 74 Berry, (PS) Auvergne, Poitou and Angoumois Named for Charlemagne's son Lothair I, the kingdom of Lotharingia is etymologically J- German: Lothringen the source for 12 Lorraine Lorraine Metz 41 P. Masseret Lorraine Franconian: Lottringe the name (PS) Lorraine (duchy), Lothringen (German), Lottringe (Lorraine Franconian) Western half Lower Basse- of former L. Beauvais 13 Norman: Basse-Normaundie Caen 25 Normandy Normandie province of (PS) Normandy Midi- Midi- Occitan: Miegjorn-Pireneus None; created M. Malvy 14 Toulouse 73 Pyrenees Pyrenees Occitan: Mieidia-Pireneus for Toulouse (PS) Nord and Pas- Nord-Pas- Nord-Pas- D. Percheron 15 Dutch: Noord-Nauw van Kales Lille 31 de-Calais de-Calais de-Calais (PS) departments Pays de la Pays de la None; created J. Auxiette 16 Breton: Broiou al Liger Nantes 52 Loire Loire for Nantes (PS) Former C. Gewerc 17 Picardy Picardie Amiens 22 province of (PS) Picardy Former Poitou- Poitou- S. Royal 18 Poitiers 54 province of Charentes Charentes (PS) Poitou Provence plus Occitan: the former Provence- Provence- Provenca-Aups-Costa d'Azur county of M. Vauzelle 19 Alpes-Cote Alpes-Cote Prouvenco-Aup-Costo d'Azur Marseille 93 Nice, (PS) d'Azur d'Azur Italian: principality of Provenza-Alpi-Costa Azzurra Orange and Avignon Created for Lyon from J- Rhone- Rhone- Arpitan: Rono-Arpes Dauphine and 20 Lyon 82 J. Queyranne Alpes Alpes Occitan: Rose Aups Lyonais (PS) provinces and Savoy Eastern half of Upper Haute- former A. Le Vern 21 Norman: hAote-Normaundie Rouen 23 Normandy Normandie province of (PS) Normandy The following region has the special status of territorial collectivity. Corsican: Corsica Territorial P. Giacobbi 22 Corsica Corse Ajaccio 94 Italian: Corsica collectivity (PRG) The following five regions have the special status of overseas region. French Overseas R. Alexandre 23 Guyane Cayenne 03 Guiana region (PSG) Overseas V. Lurel 24 Guadeloupe Guadeloupe Antillean Creole: Gwadloup Basse-Terre 01 region (PS) Fort-de- Overseas S. Letchimy 25 Martinique Martinique Antillean Creole: Matinik 02 France region (PPM) Shimaore: Maore Overseas D. Zaidani 26 Mayotte Mayotte Mamoudzou 05 Malagasy: Mahori region (DVG) Overseas D. Robert 27 Reunion La Reunion Reunion Creole: La Renyon Saint-Denis 04 region (UMP) For more other formats kindly visit www.downloadexcelfiles.com.