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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 ...
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:
Pages in category "Counties of France" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. County of Boulogne; C.
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 ...
France was the most populous country in Europe at this time, with a population of approximately 25 million inhabitants in the late 18th century (England in contrast had only 6 million inhabitants), which accounts for the large number of parishes. French kings often prided themselves on ruling over a "realm of 100,000 steeples".
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