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== List of administrative regions == {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" border="1" style="font-size:90%" ! Type ! Region ! class="unsortable" | Other local name(s) !ISO ![[INSEE]] No.<ref>{{cite web|title=La nouvelle nomenclature des codes régions|url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/methodes/default.asp?page=nomenclatures/cog/codes_regions_2016.htm|publisher=[[INSEE]]|language=fr|access-date=17 January 2016}}</ref> ! Capital ! Area (km<sup>2</sup>) ! Population{{efn|As of 1 January 2022}}<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/6013844?sommaire=6011075 Populations légales des régions en vigueur au 1er janvier 2022]</ref> ! Seats in <br/> [[Regional council (France)|Regional council]] ! class="unsortable" | Former regions <br/> (until 2016) ! [[President of the Regional Council (France)|President of the Regional Council]] ! class="unsortable" | Location |- | bgcolor="lightgray" |[[Metropolitan France|Metropolitan]] |[[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]]<br />(Auvergne-Rhône-Alps) |{{langx|oc|Auvèrnhe-Ròse-Aups}}<br /> {{langx|frp|Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Arpes}} |FR-ARA | align="center" | 84 |[[Lyon]] | align="right" | 69,711 | {{right|{{nts|8042936}}}} |204 |[[Auvergne]]<br>[[Rhône-Alpes]] |[[Laurent Wauquiez]] ([[The Republicans (France)|LR]]) |[[File:Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in France 2016.svg|105px]] |- | bgcolor="lightgray" |Metropolitan |[[Bourgogne-Franche-Comté]]<br />(Burgundy-Free-County) |{{langx|frp|Borgogne-Franche-Comtât}} |FR-BFC | align="center" | 27 |[[Besançon]] and [[Dijon]] | align="right" | 47,784 | {{right|{{nts|2805580}}}} |100 |[[Burgundy]]<br>[[Franche-Comté]] |[[Marie-Guite Dufay]] ([[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]) |[[File:Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in France 2016.svg|105px]] |- | bgcolor="lightgray" | Metropolitan |[[Brittany (administrative region)|Bretagne]]<br />(Brittany) |{{langx|br|Breizh}}<br />[[Gallo language|Gallo]]: ''Bertaèyn'' |FR-BRE | align="center" | 53 |[[Rennes]] | align="right" | 27,208 | {{right|{{nts|3354854}}}} |83 |''unchanged'' |[[Loïg Chesnais-Girard]] ([[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]) |[[File:Brittany in France 2016.svg|105px]] |- | bgcolor="lightgray" | Metropolitan |[[Centre-Val de Loire]]<ref name="ReferenceA" /><br />(Central-Vale of the Loire) | |FR-CVL | align="center" | 24 |[[Orléans]] | align="right" | 39,151 | {{right|{{nts|2573180}}}} |77 |''unchanged'' |[[François Bonneau]] ([[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]) |[[File:Centre-Val de Loire in France 2016.svg|105px]] |- | bgcolor="lightgray" | Metropolitan |[[Corsica|Corse]]<br />(Corsica) |{{langx|co|Corsica}} |FR-20R | align="center" | 94 |[[Ajaccio]] | align="right" | 8,680 | {{right|{{nts|340440}}}} |63 |''unchanged'' |[[Jean-Guy Talamoni]] (CL) |[[File:Corsica in France 2016.svg|105px]] |- | bgcolor="lightgray" | Metropolitan |[[Grand Est]]<br />(Greater East) |{{langx|de|Großer Osten}} |FR-GES | align="center" | 44 |[[Strasbourg]] | align="right" | 57,441 | {{right|{{nts|5556219}}}} |169 |[[Alsace]]<br>[[Champagne-Ardenne]]<br>[[Lorraine]] |[[Jean Rottner]] ([[The Republicans (France)|LR]]) |[[File:Grand Est in France 2016.svg|105px]] |- | bgcolor="lightgray" | Metropolitan |[[Hauts-de-France]]<br />(Heights-of-France) | |FR-HDF | align="center" | 32 |[[Lille]] | align="right" | 31,806 | {{right|{{nts|6004947}}}} |170 |[[Nord-Pas-de-Calais]]<br>[[Picardy]] |[[Xavier Bertrand]] ([[The Republicans (France)|LR]]) |[[File:Hauts-de-France in France 2016.svg|105px]] |- | bgcolor="lightgray" | Metropolitan |[[Île-de-France]]<br />(Isle-of-France) |{{langx|br|Enez-Frañs}} |FR-IDF | align="center" | 11 |[[Paris]] | align="right" | 12,011 | {{right|{{nts|12262544}}}} |209 |''unchanged'' |[[Valérie Pécresse]] ([[The Republicans (France)|LR]]) |[[File:Île-de-France in France 2016.svg|105px]] |- | bgcolor="lightgray" | Metropolitan |[[Normandy (administrative region)|Normandie]]<br />(Normandy) |[[Norman language|Norman]]: ''Normaundie''<br />{{langx|br|Normandi}} |FR-NOR | align="center" | 28 |[[Caen]] and [[Rouen]] | align="right" | 29,907 | {{right|{{nts|3325032}}}} |102 |[[Upper Normandy]]<br>[[Lower Normandy]] |[[Hervé Morin]] ([[The Centrists|LC]]) |[[File:Normandy in France 2016.svg|105px]] |- | bgcolor="lightgray" | Metropolitan |[[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]]<br />(New Aquitaine) |{{langx|oc|Nòva Aquitània / Nava Aquitània / Novela Aquitània}}<br />{{langx|eu|Akitania Berria}}<br /> |FR-NAQ | align="center" | 75 |[[Bordeaux]] | align="right" | 84,036 | {{right|{{nts|6010289}}}} |183 |[[Aquitaine]]<br>[[Limousin]]<br>[[Poitou-Charentes]] |[[Alain Rousset]] ([[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]) |[[File:Nouvelle-Aquitaine in France 2016.svg|105px]] |- | bgcolor="lightgray" | Metropolitan |[[Occitania (administrative region)|Occitanie]] (Occitania) |{{langx|oc|Occitània}}<br />{{langx|ca|Occitània}} |FR-OCC | align="center" | 76 |[[Toulouse]] | align="right" | 72,724 | {{right|{{nts|5933185}}}} |158 |[[Languedoc-Roussillon]]<br>[[Midi-Pyrénées]] |[[Carole Delga]] ([[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]) |[[File:Occitanie in France 2016.svg|105px]] |- | bgcolor="lightgray" | Metropolitan |[[Pays de la Loire]]<br />(Lands of the Loire) |{{langx|br|Broioù al Liger}} |FR-PDL | align="center" | 52 |[[Nantes]] | align="right" | 32,082 | {{right|{{nts|3806461}}}} |93 |''unchanged'' |[[Christelle Morançais]] ([[The Republicans (France)|LR]]) |[[File:Pays de la Loire in France 2016.svg|105px]] |- | bgcolor="lightgray" | Metropolitan |[[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]]<br />(Provence-Alps-Azure Coast) |[[Provençal dialect|Provençal]]: ''Provença-Aups-Còsta d'Azur''<br />(''Prouvènço-Aup-Costo d'Azur'') |FR-PAC | align="center" | 93 |[[Marseille]] | align="right" | 31,400 | {{right|{{nts|5081101}}}} |123 |''unchanged'' |[[Renaud Muselier]] ([[The Republicans (France)|LR]]) |[[File:Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in France 2016.svg|105px]] |- | bgcolor="cyan" |[[Overseas departments and regions of France|Overseas]] |[[Guadeloupe]] |[[Antillean Creole]]: ''Gwadloup'' |GP | align="center" | 01 |[[Basse-Terre]] | align="right" | 1,628 | {{right|{{nts|384239}}}} |41 |''unchanged'' |[[Ary Chalus]] ([[United Guadeloupe, Socialism and Realities|GUSR]]) |[[File:Guadeloupe in France 2016.svg|105px]] |- | bgcolor="cyan" | Overseas |[[French Guiana|Guyane]]<br />(French Guiana) |[[French Guianese Creole]]: ''Lagwiyann'' or ''Gwiyann'' |GF | align="center" | 03 |[[Cayenne]] | align="right" | 83,534<ref>{{cite web |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYB2013/Table03.pdf |title= Population by sex, annual rate of population increase, surface area and density |website=untstats.un.org |page=5}}</ref> | {{right|{{nts|281678}}}} |51 |''unchanged'' |[[Rodolphe Alexandre]] ([[Guianese Socialist Party|PSG]]) |[[File:French Guiana in France 2016.svg|105px]] |- | bgcolor="cyan" | Overseas |[[Réunion|La Réunion]]<br />(Réunion) |[[Reunion Creole]]: ''La Rényon'' |RE | align="center" | 04 |[[Saint-Denis, Réunion|Saint-Denis]] | align="right" | 2,504 | {{right|{{nts|861210}}}} |45 |''unchanged'' |[[Didier Robert]] ([[The Republicans (France)|LR]]) |[[File:Département 974 in France 2016.svg|105px]] |- | bgcolor="cyan" | Overseas |[[Martinique]] |[[Antillean Creole]]: ''Matinik'' |MQ | align="center" | 02 |[[Fort-de-France]] | align="right" | 1,128 | {{right|{{nts|364508}}}} |51 |''unchanged'' |[[Claude Lise]] (RDM) |[[File:Martinique in France 2016.svg|105px]] |- | bgcolor="cyan" | Overseas |[[Mayotte]] |[[Shimaore dialect|Shimaore]]: ''Maore''<br />[[Malagasy language|Malagasy]]: ''Mahori'' |YT | align="center" | 06 |[[Mamoudzou]] | align="right" | 374 | {{right|{{nts|262895}}{{efn|As of 2017}}<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/3291775?sommaire=2120838 Populations légales des communes de Mayotte en 2017]</ref>}} |26 |''unchanged'' |[[Soibahadine Ibrahim Ramadani]] (LR) |[[File:Mayotte in France 2016.svg|105px]] |- ! ! ! ! ! ! !632,734 !68,035,000 !1,910 ! ! ! |}
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