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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.
Former historical province of Provence and County of Nice annexed by France in 1860. Rhône-Alpes: Rhône-Alpes: Arpitan: Rôno-Arpes Occitan: Ròse Aups: 82 Lyon: Created for Lyon from Dauphiné and Lyonnais provinces and Savoy: Upper Normandy: Haute-Normandie: Norman: Ĥâote-Normaundie Breton: Normandi-Uhel: 23 Rouen: Eastern half of former ...
Provinces of royal France superimposed by modern administrative boundaries and the names of the actual regions Regions and departments of France from 1982 to 2015. Historically, France was divided into a complex mosaic of more or less independent entities.
Total France: 66,361,658 By area. The total area of France is 632,734 km 2, of which 543,940 km 2 (86.0%) is in Europe (Metropolitan France). [4] Rank Region
Modern France is the result of centuries of nation building and the acquisition and incorporation of a number of historical provinces into the French domain. The names of these provinces are still used to designate natural, historical and cultural regions, and many of them appear in modern région or département names.
56 provinces (provincias) 346 communes (comunas) neighborhood units (unidades vecinales) [14] China, People's Republic of Regional 23 provinces (shěng) (including Taiwan Province, which is claimed but not administered) 5 autonomous regions (zìzhìqū) 4 municipalities (zhíxiáshì) 2 Special administrative regions (tè bié xíng zhèng qū)
The Illyrian Provinces [note 1] were an autonomous province of France during the First French Empire that existed under Napoleonic Rule from 1809 to 1814. [1] The province encompassed large parts of modern Italy and Croatia, extending their reach further east through Slovenia, Montenegro, and Austria. Its capital was Ljubljana (German: Laybach ...
Pages in category "Former provinces of France" The following 88 pages are in this category, out of 88 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *