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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 ...
The new region was established on 1 January 2016, following the regional elections in December 2015. [5] It is the largest region in France by area (including overseas regions such as French Guiana), with a territory slightly larger than that of Austria.
Region boundaries are as of 2018. By population These figures are from the census in 2016. ... Total France: 66,361,658 By area. The total area of France is 632,734 ...
The Council of State approved Occitania as the new name of the region on 28 September 2016, coming into effect on 30 September 2016. [ 4 ] The modern administrative region is named after the larger cultural and historical region of Occitania , which corresponds with the southern third of France.
The new region came into existence on 1 January 2016, after the regional elections of December 2015, electing 100 members to the Regional Council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. [3] The region covers an area of 47,783 km 2 (18,449 sq mi) and eight departments; it had a population of 2,811,423 in 2017. [4]
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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (French pronunciation: [ovɛʁɲ ʁonalp] ⓘ; ARA) [note 1] is a region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. The new region came into effect on 1 January 2016, after the regional elections in December 2015. [4]
The region's interim name Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie was a hyphenated placename, created by hyphenating the merged regions' names—Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardie—in alphabetical order. [7] On 14 March 2016, well ahead of the 1 July deadline, the regional council decided on Hauts-de-France as the region's permanent name.