Regions in France
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You can sort the regions in France alphabeticallyby population by capitals of the regionsby capitals population
Primary administrative regions in France
There are 13 regions in France in the primary administrative level.Region | No | Population | Capital | Capital population |
Ile-de-France Île-de-France | 1. | 12,262,544 | Paris Paris | 2,138,551 |
Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 2. | 8,042,936 | Lyon Lyon | 522,969 |
Nouvelle-Aquitaine Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 3. | 6,010,289 | Bordeaux Bordeaux | 260,958 |
Hauts-de-France Hauts-de-France | 4. | 6,004,947 | Lille Lille | 234,475 |
Occitanie Occitanie | 5. | 5,626,858 | Toulouse Toulouse | 493,465 |
Bourgogne-Franche-Comte Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | 6. | 5,556,219 | Dijon Dijon | 158,002 |
Grand Est Grand Est | 7. | 5,556,219 | Strasbourg Strasbourg | 274,845 |
Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 8. | 5,081,101 | Marseille Marseille | 870,731 |
Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire | 9. | 3,806,461 | Nantes Nantes | 318,808 |
Normandy Normandie | 10. | 3,499,280 | Rouen Rouen | 234,475 |
Brittany Bretagne | 11. | 3,120,288 | Rennes Rennes | 220,488 |
Centre Centre-Val de Loire | 12. | 2,573,180 | Orleans Orléans | 116,269 |
Corsica Corse | 13. | 351,255 | Ajaccio Ajaccio | 54,364 |