There are six main land regions of France.
There is the ile de France
There is the Massif Central
There is the Pyrenees
There is Rhone river valley
There is the Alps
and the Cote d'Azur
France has 22 political regions. They include Champagne-Ardenne, Corsica, Languedoc-Roussillon, Lower Normandy, Poitou-Charentes, Rhone-Alpes, Limousin, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Franche-Comte and Burgundy.
Provinces were abolished at the Revolution. France is a single State. The country is divided into Regions, which are divided into Départements,which are divided into Arrondissements,which are divided into Sous-Préfectures,which are divided into Cantons,which are divided into Communes. For a list of Regions and Départements, seehttp://www.lost-in-france.com/living-in-france/life/517-french-departments
There are 22 regions in mainland France, and 4 overseas:
France's mainland 22 regions are:
Alsace - Aquitaine - Auvergne - Bourgogne - Bretagne - Centre - Champagne-Ardenne - Corse - Franche-Comté - Île-de-France - Languedoc-Roussillon - Limousin - Lorraine - Midi-Pyrénées - Nord-Pas-de-Calais- Basse-Normandie - Haute-Normandie - Pays de la Loire - Picardie - Poitou-Charentes - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - Rhône-Alpes
The 4 overseas regions are: Guyane - Guadeloupe - Martinique - Réunion.
the regions of western France are; Normandy, Brittany, Loire valley, Limousin, The Dordogne, Quercy, Languedoc, Roussillon, Basque country, And Andorra.
la Bourgogne, l'Auvergne, la Provence
Le Havre, Cherbourg, Marseille
France is divided into regions, but these regions are modelled after the provinces of the old regime, before the French revolution.
provinces In France, there are Régions and Départements.
France doesn't have states. There are administrative subdivisions (regions and departements) with some power devolved at local level, but these powers are very limited (the law cannot be different for instance).
There are no such things as states in france. There are subdivisions called regions. Paris is located in the Île-de-France region. Regions are divided in departements and Paris is so large it is its own departement. The main differenc between states and regions is that regions have less autonomy.
Canada's counterpart to American states are called provinces, and its sparsely populated northern lands are called territories. There are 10 provinces and 3 territories in Canada.
France is divided into regions, but these regions are modelled after the provinces of the old regime, before the French revolution.
provinces In France, there are Régions and Départements.
No, there are no states in the Philippines, just regions and provinces.
States.States
Poland is divided into 16 voivodeships (provinces)
Japan is divided into regions and further subdivided into prefectures.
Spain is divided into both provinces and regions. See the related links for listings.
Japan is divided into regions and further subdivided into prefectures.
Ireland is divided into 4 provinces and into 32 counties
States, jurisdictions, regions, realms, divisions, sections...
Fiji is divided administratively into four divisions, which are further subdivided into fourteen provinces
Canada is divided in to 'Provinces'. NOT states.