ISO 3166-2:FR

ISO 3166-2:FR is the entry in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of France (whose ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code is FR).

Currently the following subdivisions are assigned codes:

• In metropolitan France, two levels of subdivisions are assigned codes:
  • 22 metropolitan regions — Each code is a letter (A–V, in alphabetical order, except for Basse-Normandie and Haute-Normandie, whose prefixes "Basse-" and "Haute-" are ignored).
  • 96 metropolitan departments — Each code starts with FR-, followed by two digits, with two exceptions (Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse) whose second character is a letter instead. This is the INSEE code of the department, which is currently used in the postal codes of France, and until 2009, the vehicle registration plates of France, whose assignment is based on the following:
    • 01–89 (except 20): departments created before the 20th century, in alphabetical order (prefixes in the form of "Bas-" and "Haute-" are ignored), except Paris and Yvelines, which replaced the former departments Seine and Seine-et-Oise respectively after the reorganization of the Paris region in 1968
    • 90: Territoire de Belfort (given department status in 1922)
    • 91–95: departments created after the reorganization of the Paris region in 1968
    • 2A and 2B: departments created after the division of Corsica in 1975, whose INSEE code was 20
• In overseas France, two sets of subdivisions are assigned codes:
  • 4 overseas regions/departments — Each code consists of two letters, which is also its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code.
  • 1 dependency and 8 overseas territorial collectivities — Each code starts with FR-, followed by two letters, which for the overseas territorial collectivities, is also its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (for the dependency, this corresponds to its reserved alpha-2 code in ISO 3166-1).

The four overseas regions/departments and the eight overseas territorial collectivities are also assigned their own country codes in ISO 3166-1, and have separate entries in ISO 3166-2 (see the section Subdivisions included in ISO 3166-1).

Current codes

Codes and subdivision names are listed as in the official standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA). Click on the button in the header to sort each column.

Metropolitan regions

These codes are defined in the official standard without the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country as prefix, and thus do not guarantee uniqueness in a global context by themselves. They can be completed by adding FR-.

Code	Subdivision name
A	Alsace
B	Aquitaine
C	Auvergne
P	Basse-Normandie
D	Bourgogne
E	Bretagne
F	Centre
G	Champagne-Ardenne
H	Corse
I	Franche-Comté
Q	Haute-Normandie
J	Ile-de-France  Île-de-France
K	Languedoc-Roussillon
L	Limousin
M	Lorraine
N	Midi-Pyrénées
O	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
R	Pays de la Loire
S	Picardie
T	Poitou-Charentes
U	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
V	Rhône-Alpes

Overseas regions/departments

These codes are defined in the official standard without the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country as prefix, and thus do not guarantee uniqueness in a global context by themselves. They can be completed by adding FR-.

Metropolitan departments

Map of metropolitan France with each department labelled with the second part of its ISO 3166-2 code (area around Paris shown in inset).

Dependency and overseas territorial collectivities

Subdivisions included in ISO 3166-1

Besides being included as subdivisions of France in ISO 3166-2, the four overseas regions/departments and the eight overseas territorial collectivities are also assigned their own country codes in ISO 3166-1, and have separate entries in ISO 3166-2 (click on alpha-2 code for entry in ISO 3166-2):

Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin have been assigned their own country codes in ISO 3166-1 since their secession in 2007 from Guadeloupe.

Changes

The following changes to the entry have been made and announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998:

See also

• Subdivisions of France
• FIPS region codes of France (standard withdrawn in 2008)
• NUTS codes of France

External links

• Departments of France, Statoids.com