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In 2014, the French parliament passed a law reducing the number of metropolitan regions from 22 to 13 effective 1 January 2016. [ 5 ] The law gave interim names for most of the new regions by combining the names of the former regions, e.g. the region composed of Aquitaine , Poitou-Charentes and Limousin was temporarily called Aquitaine-Limousin ...
Rank Region Population 2016 Area (km 2) Density; 1 Île-de-France 12,117,132 12,012 1,009 2 Mayotte 256,518 374 685 3 Réunion 852,924 2,504 340 4 Martinique 376,480 1,128
The French Republic is divided into 18 regions: 12 in mainland France and 6 elsewhere (1 in Europe: Corsica; 2 in the Caribbean (the Lesser Antilles): Guadeloupe and Martinique; 1 in South America: French Guiana; and 2 in the Indian Ocean near East Africa: Mayotte and Réunion). They are traditionally divided between the metropolitan regions ...
French is also the second most geographically widespread language in the world after English, with about 60 countries and territories having it as a de jure or de facto official, administrative, or cultural language. [1] The following is a list of sovereign states and territories where French is an official or de facto language.
Pierre Martin (French Navy officer) Mathuedoï I, Count of Poher; County of Melgueil; Nicolas Mesnager; Charles-Daniel de Meuron; Nicolas François, Count Mollien; Counts of Montaigu; Charles Forbes René de Montalembert; Jean de Montfort-Castres; François Gédéon Bailly de Monthion; Guy de Montlaur
2 French overseas departments and territories. 3 See also. Toggle the table of contents. ... The following is a list of cantons of France, within each department:
This category lists countries and territories where French is used as either a first or native language or an official language The main article for this category is Francophonie . See also: Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
List of communes 975 Saint Pierre and Miquelon: Miquelon-Langlade Saint-Pierre: 987 French Polynesia (Polynésie française) Administrative divisions of French Polynesia: 988 New Caledonia (Nouvelle-Calédonie) Administrative divisions of New Caledonia