See soorce fer Regions o Fraunce

{{Infobox subdivision type
| name               = Region<br>{{native name|fr|Région}}
| map                = {{France Regions Labelled Map}}
| category           = [[Unitary State]]
| territory          = [[French Republic]]
| start_date         =
| current_number     = 18
| number_date        =
| population_range   = 212,645 ([[Mayotte]]) – 12,005,077 ([[Île-de-France]])
| area_range         = {{Convert|376|sqkm|abbr=on}} ([[Mayotte]]) – {{Convert|84,061|sqkm|abbr=on}} ([[Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes]])
| government         = Region Govrenment, [[Govrenment o Fraunce|Naitional Govrenment]]
| subdivision        = [[Depairtments o Fraunce|Depairtment]]
| status             = [[Owerseas region]] (5)<br>Région d'outre-mer
| exofficio          = [[Territorial collectivity]]<br>Collectivité Territoriale
}}

[[Fraunce]] is dividit intae 18 admeenistrative '''regions''' ({{lang-fr|régions}}, {{IPA-fr|ʁeʒjɔ̃|pron}}), 22 o whilk is in [[Metropolitan Fraunce]], an five o which are [[Owerseas regions|owerseas]]. [[Corsica]] is  a [[territorial collectivity]] ({{lang-fr|collectivité territoriale|link=no}}), but is considered a region in mainstream uisage, an is even shawn in a siclike wey on the [[INSEE]] [[wabsteid]].<ref name="INSEE">{{cite web |url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/methodes/nomenclatures/cog/carte_regions.asp |title=Carte des Régions |publisher=[[INSEE]] |language=French |accessdate=2009-09-29}}</ref> Ilka mainland region an Corsica is forder subdividit intae [[Depairtments o Fraunce|depairtments]], rangin in nummer frae 2 tae 8 per region for the metropolitan anes whaur the owerseas regions technically conseest o anerlie ane depairtment.
The term ''region'' wis offeecially creatit bi the Law o Decentralization (2 Mairch 1982), whilk gied regions thair legal status an aw. The first direct elections for regional representatives teuk place on 16 Mairch 1986.

==General characteristics==
In mainland Fraunce (keepin oot Corsica), the [[median]] land area o a region is 25,809&nbsp;km² (9,965&nbsp;sq&nbsp;mi), that is that wee bit lairger than the U.S. state o [[Vermont]], an 4% the median land area o a [[Canadian province]], but 15% lairger than the median land area o a [[Regions o Germany|German region ("Regierungsbezirk")]].

In 2004, the median population o a region in continental Fraunce wis 2,329,000 indwallers, three quarters o the median population o a German ''[[States o Germany|Land]]'' (state), but mair nor twice the median population o a Canadian province.

==Role==
Regions lack separate legislative authority an syne canna write thair ain statutory law. Thay levy thair ain taxes an, in return, receive a decreasin pairt o thair budget frae the central govrenment, that gies them a portion o the taxes it levies. Thay hae considerable budgets managit bi a [[Regional cooncils o Fraunce|regional council]] ''(conseil régional)'' made up o representatives votit intae office in regional elections.

A region's primary responsibility is tae big an furnish heich schools. In Mairch 2004, the French central govrenment unveiled a controversial plan tae transfer regulation o certaint categories o non-teaching scuil staff tae the regional authorities. Critics o this plan contendit that tax revenue wis insufficient for tae pey for the resultin costs, an that a siclike measures wad increase regional inequalities.

In addition, regions hae considerable discretionary pouer ower infrastructural spendin, e.g., eddication, public transit, varsities an research, an assistance tae business awners. This haes meant that the heids o walthy regions lik [[Île-de-France (region)|Île-de-France]] or [[Rhône-Alpes]] can be heich-profile poseetions.

Proposals tae gie regions limitit legislative autonomy hae met wi considerable resistance; ithers propose transferrin certaint pouers frae the depairtments tae thair respective regions, leavin the departments wi leemitit authority.

===Regional Control===

Nummer o regions controlled bi ilka coalition syne [[French regional elections, 1986|1986]].

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== Representation o mainland France's regions an their respective historical an military flags ==
[[Image:France-Regions et blasons.svg|600px|Map o mainland France's regions an thair respective historical an military flags.]]

==Regions an their caipitals==
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="font-size:90%;line-height:1.25em;white-space:nowrap;"
|+ Metropolitan regions
|-
! Banner<ref>Thir flags isnae offeecial, but popularly uised.</ref>
! Region
! French name
! Native name/s
! Caipital
! [[INSEE]] No.<ref name="INSEE" />
! Derivation or status
|-
| [[File:Flag of Alsace.svg|50px|Banner o Alsace]]
| [[Alsace]]
| [[:fr:Alsace|Alsace]]
| [[Alsatian leid|Alsatian]]: ''Elsàss''<br/>{{lang-de|Elsass}}
| [[Strasbourg]]
|align=center| 42
| Umwhile German territory o Elsaß
|-
| [[File:Aquitaine flag.svg|50px|Banner o Aquitaine]]
| [[Aquitaine]]
| [[:fr:Aquitaine|Aquitaine]]
| {{lang-oc|Aquitània}}<br/>{{lang-eu|Akitania}}
| [[Bordeaux]]
|align=center| 72
| Umwhile [[Roman province]] o Aquitaine<br/>plus [[Guyenne]] an [[Gascony]]
|-
| [[File:Auvergne flag.svg|50px|Banner o Auvergne]]
| [[Auvergne (region)|Auvergne]]
| [[:fr:Auvergne|Auvergne]]
| {{lang-oc|Auvèrnhe / Auvèrnha}}
| [[Clermont-Ferrand]]
|align=center| 83
| Umwhile [[Auvergne (province)|province o Auvergne]]
|-
| [[File:Flag_of_Brittany_(Gwenn_ha_du).svg|50px|Banner o Brittany]]
| [[Breetany (admeenistrative region)|Breetany]]
| ''[[:fr:Bretagne|Bretagne]]''
| {{lang-br|Breizh}}<br/>[[Gallo leid|Gallo]]: ''Bertaèyn''
| [[Rennes]]
|align=center| 53
| [[Duchy o Brittany]]
|-
| [[File:Bourgogne flag.svg|50px|Banner o Bourgogne (Burgundy)]]
| [[Burgundy (French region)|Burgundy]]
| ''[[:fr:Bourgogne|Bourgogne]]''
| [[Burgundian leid (Oïl)|Burgundian]]: ''Bregogne''{{\}}''Borgoégne''<br/>{{lang-frp|Borgogne}}
| [[Dijon]]
|align=center| 26
| [[Duchy o Burgundy]]
|-
| [[File:Centre flag.svg|50px|Banner o Centre]]
| [[Centre (French region)|Centre]]
| [[:fr:Centre|Centre]]
| 
| [[Orléans]]
|align=center| 24
| Central poseetion
|-
| [[File:Flag_of_Champagne-Ardenne.svg|50px|Banner o Champagne-Ardenne]]
| [[Champagne-Ardenne]]
| ''[[:fr:Champagne-Ardenne|Champagne-Ardenne]]''
| 
| [[Châlons-en-Champagne|Châlons-en-<br/>Champagne]]
|align=center| 21
| Umwhile [[province o Champagne]]
|-
| [[File:Franche-Comté.svg|50px|Banner o Franche-Comté]]
| [[Franche-Comté]]
| ''[[:fr:Franche-Comté|Franche-Comté]]''
| [[Franc-Comtois leid|Franc-Comtois]]: ''Fràntche-Comté''<br/>{{lang-frp|Franche-Comtât}}
| [[Besançon]]
|align=center| 43
| [[Free Coonty o Burgundy]]<br/>(''Franche-Comté'')
|-
| [[File:Flag_of_Île-de-France.svg|50px|Banner o Île-de-France]]
| [[Île-de-France (region)|Île-de-France]]
| [[:fr:Ile-de-France|Ile-de-France]]
| 
| [[Paris]]
|align=center| 11
| [[Île-de-France (province)|Province o Ile-de-France]] an pairts<br/>o the umwhile [[Champagne (province)|province o Champagne]]
|-
| [[File:Languedoc Roussillon flag.svg|50px|Banner o Languedoc-Roussillon]]
| [[Languedoc-Roussillon]]
| [[:fr:Languedoc-Roussillon|Languedoc-Roussillon]]
| {{lang-oc|Lengadòc-Rosselhon}}<br/>{{lang-ca|Llenguadoc-Rosselló}}
| [[Montpellier]]
|align=center| 91
| Umwhile provinces o [[Languedoc]]<br/>an [[Roussillon]]
|-
| [[File:Limousin flag.svg|50px|Banner o Limousin]]
| [[Limousin (region)|Limousin]]
| [[:fr:Limousin|Limousin]]
| {{lang-oc|Lemosin}}
| [[Limoges]]
|align=center| 74
| Umwhile [[Limousin (province)|province o Limousin]] an pairts<br/>o [[Marches#Fraunce|Marche]], [[Berry (province)|Berry]], [[Auvergne (province)|Auvergne]], [[Poitou]]<br/>an [[Angoumois]]
|-
| [[File:Lorraine.svg|50px|Banner o Lorraine]]
| [[Lorraine (region)|Lorraine]]
| [[:fr:Lorraine|Lorraine]]
| {{lang-de|Lothringen}}
| [[Metz]]
|align=center| 41
| Umwhile [[Lorraine (province)|province o Lorraine]] plus<br/>[[Barrois]] an the [[Three Bishoprics]]
|-
| [[File:Flag_of_Basse-Normandie.svg|50px|Banner o Lawer Normandy]]
| [[Lawer Normandy]]
| ''[[:fr:Basse-Normandie|Basse-Normandie]]''
| [[Norman leid|Norman]]: ''Basse-Normaundie''
| [[Caen]]
|align=center| 25
| 
|-
| [[File:Flag of Midi-Pyrénées.svg|50px|Banner o Midi-Pyrénées]]
| [[Midi-Pyrénées]]
| ''[[:fr:Midi-Pyrénées|Midi-Pyrénées]]''
| {{lang-oc|Miègjorn-Pirenèus}}<br/>{{lang-oc|Mieidia-Pirenèus}}
| [[Toulouse]]
|align=center| 73
| Nane; creatit for [[Toulouse]]
|-
| [[File:Nord-Pas-de-Calais flag.svg|50px|Banner o Nord-Pas-de-Calais]]
| [[Nord-Pas-de-Calais]]
| [[:fr:Nord-Pas-de-Calais|Nord-Pas-de-Calais]]
| {{lang-nl|Noord-Nauw van Kales}}
| [[Lille]]
|align=center| 31
| [[Nord (depairtment)|Nord]] an [[Pas-de-Calais]] depairtments
|-
| [[File:Pays-de-la-Loire flag.svg|50px|Banner o Pays-de-la-Loire]]
| [[Pays de la Loire]]
| [[:fr:Pays de la Loire|Pays de la Loire]]
| {{lang-br|Broioù al Liger}}
| [[Nantes]]
|align=center| 52
| Nane; creatit for [[Nantes]]
|-
| [[File:Picardie flag.svg|50px|Banner o Picardie (Picardy)]]
| [[Picardy (region)|Picardy]]
| ''[[:fr:Picardie|Picardie]]''
| 
| [[Amiens]]
|align=center| 22
|
|-
| [[File:Poitou-Charentes flag.svg|50px|Banner o Poitou-Charentes]]
| [[Poitou-Charentes]]
| [[:fr:Poitou-Charentes|Poitou-Charentes]]
| 
| [[Poitiers]]
|align=center| 54
| Umwhile province o [[Poitou]]
|-
| [[File:Flag_of_Provence_Alpes_Cote_d_Azur.png|50px|Banner o Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]]
| [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]]
| [[:fr:Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur|Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]]
|style="white-space:nowrap;"| [[Occitan language|Occitan]]:<br/>{{spaces|3}}''Provença-Aups-Còsta d'Azur''<br/>{{spaces|3}}''Prouvènço-Aup-Costo d'Azur''<br/>[[Italian leid|Italian]]:<br/>{{spaces|3}}''Provenza-Alpi-Costa Azzurra''
| [[Marseille]]
|align=center| 93
| [[Provence]] plus the umwhile [[coonty o Nice|coonty o<br/>Nice]], [[principality o Orange]] an<br/>[[Avignon]]
|-
| [[File:Rhône-Alpes flag.svg|50px|Banner o Rhône-Alpes]]
| [[Rhône-Alpes]]
| ''[[:fr:Rhône-Alpes|Rhône-Alpes]]''
| {{lang-frp|Rôno-Arpes}}<br/>{{lang-oc|Ròse Aups}}
| [[Lyon]]
|align=center| 82
| Creatit for [[Lyon]] frae [[Dauphiné]] an<br/>[[Lyonais]] provinces
|-
| [[File:Haute-Normandie flag.svg|50px|Banner o Haute-Normandie]]
| [[Upper Normandy]]
| ''[[:fr:Haute-Normandie|Haute-Normandie]]''
| [[Norman leid|Norman]]: ''Ĥâote-Normaundie''
| [[Rouen]]
|align=center| 23
| 
| [[Alain Le Vern|A.&nbsp;Le&nbsp;Vern]] ([[Socialist Pairty (Fraunce)|PS]])
|-
|colspan="7"| ''The follaeing region haes the special status o [[territorial collectivity]].''
|-
| [[File:Flag of Corsica.svg|50px|Banner o Corsica]]
| [[Corsicae]]
| ''[[:fr:Corse|Corse]]''
| {{lang-co|Corsica}}<br/>[[Italian leid|Italian]]: ''Corsica''
| [[Ajaccio]]
|align=center| 94
| [[Territorial collectivity]]
|-
|colspan="7"| ''The follaein five regions hae the special status o [[owerseas region]].''
|-
| [[File:Flag of French Guiana.svg|50px|Banner o French Guiana]]
| [[French Guiana]]
| [[:fr:Guyane|Guyane]]
| 
| [[Cayenne]]
|align=center| 03
| [[Owerseas region]]
|-
| [[File:Flag of Guadeloupe (local).svg|50px|Banner o Guadeloupe]]
| [[Guadeloupe]]
| [[:fr:Guadeloupe|Guadeloupe]]
| [[Antillean Creole]]: ''Gwadloup''
| [[Basse-Terre]]
|align=center| 01
| [[Owerseas region]]
| [[Victorin Lurel|V.&nbsp;Lurel]] ([[Socialist Pairty (Fraunce)|PS]])
|-
| [[File:Flag of Martinique.svg|50px|Banner o Martinique]]
| [[Martinique]]
| [[:fr:Martinique|Martinique]]
| [[Antillean Creole]]: ''Matinik''
| [[Fort-de-France]]
|align=center| 02
| [[Owerseas region]]
| [[Serge Letchimy|S.&nbsp;Letchimy]] ([[Martinican Progressive Pairty|PPM]])
|-
| [[File:Flag of Mayotte (local).svg|50px|unofficial banner o Mayotte]]
| [[Mayotte]]
| [[:fr:Mayotte|Mayotte]]
| [[Shimaore dialect|Shimaore]]: ''Maore''<br/>[[Malagasy leid|Malagasy]]: ''Mahori''
| [[Mamoudzou]]
|align=center| 05
| [[Owerseas region]]
|-
| [[File:ReunionFlag.png|50px|Banner o Réunion based on the logo o the région.]]
| [[Réunion|Reunion]]
| [[:fr:La Réunion|La Réunion]]
| [[Reunion Creole]]: ''La Rényon''
| [[Saint-Denis, Réunion|Saint-Denis]]
|align=center| 04
| [[Owerseas region]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Freemit airtins==
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* {{en icon}} {{ODP|Regional/Europe/France/Regions|Regions of France}}
* [http://about-france.com/regions.htm Guide tae the regions o Fraunce]
* [http://lessites.service-public.fr/cgi-bin/annusite/annusite.fcgi/loc1?lang=uk Local wabsteids bi region] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819075657/http://lessites.service-public.fr/cgi-bin/annusite/annusite.fcgi/loc1?lang=uk |date=2007-08-19 }}
* [http://travelfrance.yolasite.com/ Uiseful information on Fraunce] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311081700/http://travelfrance.yolasite.com/ |date=2010-03-11 }}
* [http://www.english.rfi.fr/france/20100319-will-regional-poll-mean-political-shake Will 2010 regional elections lead to political shake-up?] Radio France Internationale in Inglis
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