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  2. Regions of France - Wikipedia

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    Overseas region (French: Région d'outre-mer) is a recent designation, given to the overseas departments that have similar powers to those of the regions of metropolitan France. As integral parts of the French Republic , they are represented in the National Assembly , Senate and Economic and Social Council , elect a Member of the European ...

  3. Category:Former provinces of France - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 28 September 2024, at 10:21 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  4. Provinces of France - Wikipedia

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    Map of the provinces of France in 1789. They were abolished the following year. Under the Ancien Régime, the Kingdom of France was subdivided in multiple different ways (judicial, military, ecclesiastical, etc.) into several administrative units, until the National Constituent Assembly adopted a more uniform division into departments (départements) and districts in late 1789.

  5. Category:Former regions of France - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Former regions of France" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aquitaine;

  6. Category:Geographical, historical and cultural regions of ...

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    Wine regions of France (6 C, 38 P) Pages in category "Geographical, historical and cultural regions of France" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.

  7. 130 departments of the First French Empire - Wikipedia

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    Several territories of European France were also ruled over directly by France but were not organised into deparrtments, these being: Illyrian Provinces, and the Principality of Erfurt, and so these are not included in this list. Similarly, four additional French departments were also created in Catalonia (annexed from Spain in 1812); their ...

  8. List of French possessions and colonies - Wikipedia

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    In the 19th century, starting with the conquest of Algiers in 1830, France began to establish a new empire in Africa and Southeast Asia. The following is a list of all countries that were part of the French colonial empires from 1534; 490 years ago () to the present, either entirely or in part, either under French sovereignty or as mandate.

  9. Territorial evolution of France - Wikipedia

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    To a large extent, modern France lies within clear limits of physical geography.Roughly half of its margin lies on sea coasts: one continuous coastline along "La Manche" ("the sleeve" or English Channel) and the Atlantic Ocean forming the country's north-western and western edge, and a shorter, separate coastline along the Mediterranean Sea forming its south-eastern edge.