| Flag | Division | Surface, ths. sq. km |
Population, ths., 1999 |
Capital |
 |
Alsace | 8.3 | 1 734 | Strasbourg |
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Aquitania Aquitaine |
41.4 | 2 908 | Bordeaux |
 |
Auvergne | 26.0 | 1 309 | Clermont-Ferrand |
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Brittany Bretagne Breizh |
27.2 | 2 906 | Rennes Roazhon |
 |
Burgundy Bourgogne |
31.6 | 1 610 | Dijon |
 |
Center Centre |
39.1 | 2 440 | Orléans |
 |
Champagne and Ardennes Champagne – Ardenne |
25.6 | 1 342 | Châlons-sur-Marne |
 |
Corsica Corse Corsica |
8.7 | 260 | Ajaccio Aiacciu |
 |
Free County Franche-Comté |
16.2 | 1 117 | Besançon |
 |
Ile-de-France Île-de-France |
12.0 | 10 952 | Paris |
 |
Languedoc and Roussillon Languedoc – Roussillon Llenguadoc – Rosselló |
27.5 | 2 296 | Montpellier Montpelhièr |
 |
Limousin | 16.9 | 711 | Limoges |
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Loire Lands Pays-de-la-Loire |
32.1 | 3 222 | Nantes |
 |
Lorraine | 23.5 | 2 311 | Metz |
 |
Lower Normandy Basse-Normandie |
17.6 | 1 422 | Caen |
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North and Pas-de-Calais Nord – Pas-de-Calais |
12.4 | 3 997 | Lille |
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Picardy Picardie |
19.4 | 1 858 | Amiens |
 |
Poitou and Charentes Poitou – Charentes |
25.8 | 1 640 | Poitiers |
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Provence, the Alps and Azure Coast Provence – Alpes – Côte-d'Azour |
31.4 | 4 506 | Marseille |
 |
Rhone and the Alps Rhône – Alpes |
43.7 | 5 645 | Lyon |
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South and the Pyrenees Midi – Pyrenées |
45.4 | 2 552 | Toulouse |
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Upper Normandy Haute-Normandie |
12.3 | 1 780 | Руан Rouen |
