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France is divided into 21 regions, each with an identifying theme and culture. The Provence area of France includes parts of the Provence Alpes Côte-d'Azur (PACA), Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées regions (see below).
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The regions are listed below, in alphabetical order, and each region links to the appropriate Beyond France map showing that region.
Each region has a list of the France departments that make up that region. The departments are listed in alphabetical order, and include the department number. For some of the departments we have mentioned the main town(s).
Alsace [map]
Bas-Rhin (67): Strasbourg
Haut-Rhin (68): Colmar , Mulhouse
Aquitaine [map] in southwestern France.
Dordogne (24): Périgueux - Lascaux Grotto, Vézère Valley, Cénac-et-Saint-Julien
Gironde (33): Bordeaux
Landes (40): Dax
Lot-et-Garonne (47): Agen
Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64): Bayonne, Pau
Auvergne [map]
Allier (03)
Cantal (15)
Haut-Loire (43)
Puy-de-Dôme (63)
Basse-Normandie [map]
Calvados (14): Caen, Deauville, Honfleur
Manche (50): Saint Lô, Cherbourg, Mont-Saint-Michel
Orne (61)
Bourgogne [map]
Côte-d'Or (21): Dijon
Nièvre (58): Nevers
Saône-et-Loire (71): Mâcon
Yonne (89): Auxerre
Bretagne [map]
Côte-d'Armor (22): St Brieuc, Dinan
Finistère (29): Brest, Quimper
Ille-et-Vilaine (35): Renne
Morbihan (56): Lorient, Vannes
Centre [map]
Cher (18): Bourges, Vierzon
Eure-et-Loir (28): Chartres
Indre (36): Chateauroux, Menetou-sur-Nahon
Indre-et-Loire (37): Tours, Chenonceaux
Loir-et-Cher (41): Blois, Chambord, Vendôme
Loiret (45): Orléans
Champagne-Ardenne [map]
Ardennes (08): Charleville-Mézières
Aube (10): Troyes
Haute-Marne (52): Saint Dizier
Marne (51): Reims
Corse (Corsica) [no map]
Corse-du-Sud (102A)
Haute-Corse (102B)
Franche-Comté [map]
Doubs (25): Besançon
Haute-Saône (70): Lure
Jura (39): Dole
Territoire-de-Belfort (90): Belfort
Haute-Normandie [map]
Eure (27): Evreux
Seine-Maritime (76): Le Havre, Rouen, Diepe
Ile-de-France [map]
Essonne (91): South of Paris
Hauts-de-Seine (92): Paris suburbs W, NW, SW
Seine-et-Marne (77): E, NE, SE of Paris
Seine-Saint-Denis (93): Paris suburbs NE
Ville de Paris (75)
Yvelines (78); W, NW, SW of Paris
Languedoc-Roussillon [map] covers the south of France from the Camargue to the Spanish border near Perpignan. Languedoc-Roussillon includes the towns of Carcassonne, Narbonne, Montpellier and Nîmes, and stretches northward to include the department of Lozère and the town of Mende.
Aude (11): Carcassonne, Narbonne, Limoux
Gard (30): Nîmes, Aigues-Mortes
Hérault (34): Adge, Béziers, Montpellier
Lozère (48): Mende
Pyrénées-Oriental (66): Perpignan
Limousin [map]
Corrèze (19): Brive-la-Gaillarde
Creuse (23): Guéret
Haute-Vienne (87): Limoges
Lorraine [map]
Meurthe-et-Moselle (54): Nancy
Meuse (55): Verdun
Moselle (57): Metz
Vosges (88): Epinal
Midi-Pyrénées [map] is the southwestern region of France that includes the mountains of the Pyrénées north of the Spanish border and the Principality of Andorra. Towns of the Midi-Pyrénées [include] Tarbes and Foix in the south, past the "Ville de Rose" of Toulouse to Cahors in the north.
Ariège (09): Foix
Aveyron (12): Rodez, Millau
Gers (32): Auch
Haute-Garonne (31): Toulouse
Haute-Pyrénées (65): Tarbes, Lourdes
Lot (46): Cahors,
Tarn (81): Albi
Tarn-et-Garonne (82)
Nord-Pas-de-Calais [map]
Nord (59): Lille, Dunkerque
Pas-de-Calais (62): Calais
Pays de la Loire [map]
Loire-Atlantique (44): Nantes
Maine-et-Loire (49): Angers, Saumur
Mayenne (53): Mayenne
Sarthe (72): Le Mans
Vendée (85): Le Roche-sur-Yon
Picardie [map]
Aisne (02): Saint Quentin, Soissons
Oise (60): Beauvais, Compiègne
Somme (80): Amiens
Poitou-Charentes [map]
Charente (16): Angouleme, Cognac
Charente-Maritime (17): La Rochelle
Deux-Sèvres (79): Niort
Vienne (86): Poitiers
Provence Alpes Côte-d'Azur (PACA) [map] is the southeastern region of France, famed for the tourism-focused French Riviera beaches and seaside resorts, from the Italian Riviera to Saint Tropez and Marseille.
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04): Digne-les-Bains
Haute-Alpes (05): Gap, Briançon
Alpes-Maritimes (06): Cannes, Nice
Bouches-du-Rhône (13): Marseille, Aix-en-Provence
Var (83): Toulon
Vaucluse (84): Avignon
Rhône-Alpes [map], [map]
Ain (01): Bourg-en-Bresse
Ardèche (07): Tournon-sur-Rhône
Drôme (26): Valence, Montélimar
Haute-Savoie (74): Annecy
Isère (38): Grenoble, Vienne
Loire (42): Saint Etienne, Roanne
Rhône (69): Lyon
Savoie (73): Chambery
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