Regions in France - find information on all regions in France

France is made up of 22 primary administrative regions. Have a closer look at the regions in France. Information on all primary administrative regions in France.

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Primary administrative regions in France

There are 22 regions in France in the primary administrative level.

Primary administrative regions in France
Region	No	Population	Capital	Capital population
Alsace Alsace	1.	1,827,248	Strasbourg Strasbourg	274,845
Aquitaine Aquitaine	2.	3,150,890	Bordeaux Bordeaux	231,844
Auvergne Auvergne	3.	1,339,247	Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand	138,681
Bourgogne Bourgogne	4.	1,633,891	Dijon Dijon	149,782
Brittany Bretagne	5.	3,120,288	Rennes Rennes	209,375
Centre Centre	6.	2,526,919	Orleans Orléans	124,149
Champagne-Ardenne Champagne-Ardenne	7.	1,339,487	Chalons-en-Champagne Châlons-en-Champagne	51,257
Corsica Corse	8.	299,209	Ajaccio Ajaccio	54,364
Franche-Comte Franche-Comté	9.	1,158,671	Besancon Besançon	128,426
Haute-Normandie Haute-Normandie	10.	1,816,716	Rouen Rouen	112,787
Ile-de-France Île-de-France	11.	11,598,866	Paris Paris	2,138,551
Languedoc-Roussillon Languedoc-Roussillon	12.	2,560,870	Montpellier Montpellier	248,252
Limousin Limousin	13.	737,001	Limoges Limoges	141,176
Lorraine Lorraine	14.	2,339,881	Metz Metz	123,914
Lower Normandy Basse-Normandie	15.	1,461,429	Caen Caen	110,624
Midi-Pyrenees Midi-Pyrénées	16.	2,810,247	Toulouse Toulouse	433,055
Nord-Pas-de-Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais	17.	4,021,676	Lille Lille	228,328
Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire	18.	3,482,594	Nantes Nantes	277,269
Picardie Picardie	19.	1,900,354	Amiens Amiens	143,086
Poitou-Charentes Poitou-Charentes	20.	1,739,780	Poitiers Poitiers	85,960
Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	21.	4,864,015	Marseille Marseille	794,811
Rhone-Alpes Rhône-Alpes	22.	6,065,959	Lyon Lyon	472,317