France map: regions and prefectures
France map: regions with prefectures
This map shows the thirteen administrative regions of metropolitan France, each with its own prefecture (commune in which the administration of a region is located). Including overseas regions, France has eighteen regions. The thirteen metropolitan administrative regions are further divided into departments.
Below is a list of the regions (in alphabetical order) and their prefectures:
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (prefecture: Lyon)
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (prefecture: Dijon)
- Brittany (French: Bretagne; prefecture: Rennes)
- Centre-Val de Loire (prefecture: Orléans)
- Corsica (French: Corse; prefecture: Ajaccio)
- Grand Est (prefecture: Strasbourg)
- Hauts-de-France (prefecture: Lille)
- Île-de-France (prefecture: Paris)
- Normandy (French: Normandie; prefecture: Rouen)
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine (prefecture: Bordeaux)
- Occitania (French: Occitanie; prefecture: Toulouse)
- Pays de la Loire (prefecture: Nantes)
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (prefecture: Marseille)
The capital of France is Paris.
Map created by NWEGEO; administrative boundaries and fill colours by Mapchart.net. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).
