Regions o Fraunce

Fraunce is dividit intae 18 admeenistrative regions (French: régions, pronounced [ʁeʒjɔ̃]), 22 o whilk is in Metropolitan Fraunce, an five o which are owerseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity (French: collectivité territoriale), but is considered a region in mainstream uisage, an is even shawn in a siclike wey on the INSEE wabsteid.^[1] Ilka mainland region an Corsica is forder subdividit intae depairtments, rangin in nummer frae 2 tae 8 per region for the metropolitan anes whaur the owerseas regions technically conseest o anerlie ane depairtment. The term region wis offeecially creatit bi the Law o Decentralization (2 Mairch 1982), whilk gied regions thair legal status an aw. The first direct elections for regional representatives teuk place on 16 Mairch 1986.

Region Région  (French)
Nord- Pas-de-Calais- Picardy Normandy Ile-de- France Alsace- Champagne- Ardenne- Lorraine Bourgogne- Franche- Comté Centre- Val de Loire Pays de la Loire Brittany Aquitaine- Limousin- Poitou- Charentes Auvergne- Rhône-Alpes Languedoc- Roussillon- Midi-Pyrénées Provence- Alpes- Côte d'Azur Corsicae French Guiana Guadeloupe Martinique Mayotte Réunion Belgium Luxembourg Germany Swisserland Italy Unitit Kinrick Andorrae Brazil Suriname Spain Monaco Channel Bay o Biscay Ligurian Sea Mediterranean Sea
Category	Unitary State
Location	French Republic
Nummer	18
Possible status	Owerseas region (5) Région d'outre-mer
Addeetional status	Territorial collectivity Collectivité Territoriale
Populations	212,645 (Mayotte) – 12,005,077 (Île-de-France)
Auries	376 km2 (145 sq mi) (Mayotte) – 84,061 km2 (32,456 sq mi) (Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes)
Govrenment	Region Govrenment, Naitional Govrenment
Subdiveesions	Depairtment

General characteristics

In mainland Fraunce (keepin oot Corsica), the median land area o a region is 25,809 km² (9,965 sq mi), that is that wee bit lairger than the U.S. state o Vermont, an 4% the median land area o a Canadian province, but 15% lairger than the median land area o a German region ("Regierungsbezirk").

In 2004, the median population o a region in continental Fraunce wis 2,329,000 indwallers, three quarters o the median population o a German Land (state), but mair nor twice the median population o a Canadian province.

Role

Regions lack separate legislative authority an syne canna write thair ain statutory law. Thay levy thair ain taxes an, in return, receive a decreasin pairt o thair budget frae the central govrenment, that gies them a portion o the taxes it levies. Thay hae considerable budgets managit bi a regional council (conseil régional) made up o representatives votit intae office in regional elections.

A region's primary responsibility is tae big an furnish heich schools. In Mairch 2004, the French central govrenment unveiled a controversial plan tae transfer regulation o certaint categories o non-teaching scuil staff tae the regional authorities. Critics o this plan contendit that tax revenue wis insufficient for tae pey for the resultin costs, an that a siclike measures wad increase regional inequalities.

In addition, regions hae considerable discretionary pouer ower infrastructural spendin, e.g., eddication, public transit, varsities an research, an assistance tae business awners. This haes meant that the heids o walthy regions lik Île-de-France or Rhône-Alpes can be heich-profile poseetions.

Proposals tae gie regions limitit legislative autonomy hae met wi considerable resistance; ithers propose transferrin certaint pouers frae the depairtments tae thair respective regions, leavin the departments wi leemitit authority.

Regional Control

Nummer o regions controlled bi ilka coalition syne 1986.

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  Right

Representation o mainland France's regions an their respective historical an military flags

Regions an their caipitals

Metropolitan regions

Banner[2]	Region	French name	Native name/s	Caipital	INSEE No.[1]	Derivation or status
	Alsace	Alsace	Alsatian: Elsàss German: Elsass	Strasbourg	42	Umwhile German territory o Elsaß
	Aquitaine	Aquitaine	Occitan: Aquitània Basque: Akitania	Bordeaux	72	Umwhile Roman province o Aquitaine plus Guyenne an Gascony
	Auvergne	Auvergne	Occitan: Auvèrnhe / Auvèrnha	Clermont-Ferrand	83	Umwhile province o Auvergne
	Breetany	Bretagne	Breton: Breizh Gallo: Bertaèyn	Rennes	53	Duchy o Brittany
	Burgundy	Bourgogne	Burgundian: Bregogne / Borgoégne Arpitan: Borgogne	Dijon	26	Duchy o Burgundy
	Centre	Centre		Orléans	24	Central poseetion
	Champagne-Ardenne	Champagne-Ardenne		Châlons-en- Champagne	21	Umwhile province o Champagne
	Franche-Comté	Franche-Comté	Franc-Comtois: Fràntche-Comté Arpitan: Franche-Comtât	Besançon	43	Free Coonty o Burgundy (Franche-Comté)
	Île-de-France	Ile-de-France		Paris	11	Province o Ile-de-France an pairts o the umwhile province o Champagne
	Languedoc-Roussillon	Languedoc-Roussillon	Occitan: Lengadòc-Rosselhon Catalan: Llenguadoc-Rosselló	Montpellier	91	Umwhile provinces o Languedoc an Roussillon
	Limousin	Limousin	Occitan: Lemosin	Limoges	74	Umwhile province o Limousin an pairts o Marche, Berry, Auvergne, Poitou an Angoumois
	Lorraine	Lorraine	German: Lothringen	Metz	41	Umwhile province o Lorraine plus Barrois an the Three Bishoprics
	Lawer Normandy	Basse-Normandie	Norman: Basse-Normaundie	Caen	25
	Midi-Pyrénées	Midi-Pyrénées	Occitan: Miègjorn-Pirenèus Occitan: Mieidia-Pirenèus	Toulouse	73	Nane; creatit for Toulouse
	Nord-Pas-de-Calais	Nord-Pas-de-Calais	Dutch: Noord-Nauw van Kales	Lille	31	Nord an Pas-de-Calais depairtments
	Pays de la Loire	Pays de la Loire	Breton: Broioù al Liger	Nantes	52	Nane; creatit for Nantes
	Picardy	Picardie		Amiens	22
	Poitou-Charentes	Poitou-Charentes		Poitiers	54	Umwhile province o Poitou
	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	Occitan:    Provença-Aups-Còsta d'Azur    Prouvènço-Aup-Costo d'Azur Italian:    Provenza-Alpi-Costa Azzurra	Marseille	93	Provence plus the umwhile coonty o Nice, principality o Orange an Avignon
	Rhône-Alpes	Rhône-Alpes	Arpitan: Rôno-Arpes Occitan: Ròse Aups	Lyon	82	Creatit for Lyon frae Dauphiné an Lyonais provinces
	Upper Normandy	Haute-Normandie	Norman: Ĥâote-Normaundie	Rouen	23		A. Le Vern (PS)
The follaeing region haes the special status o territorial collectivity.
	Corsicae	Corse	Corsican: Corsica Italian: Corsica	Ajaccio	94	Territorial collectivity
The follaein five regions hae the special status o owerseas region.
	French Guiana	Guyane		Cayenne	03	Owerseas region
	Guadeloupe	Guadeloupe	Antillean Creole: Gwadloup	Basse-Terre	01	Owerseas region	V. Lurel (PS)
	Martinique	Martinique	Antillean Creole: Matinik	Fort-de-France	02	Owerseas region	S. Letchimy (PPM)
	Mayotte	Mayotte	Shimaore: Maore Malagasy: Mahori	Mamoudzou	05	Owerseas region
Banner o Réunion based on the logo o the région.	Reunion	La Réunion	Reunion Creole: La Rényon	Saint-Denis	04	Owerseas region

References

1. "Carte des Régions" (in French). INSEE. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
2. Thir flags isnae offeecial, but popularly uised.

Freemit airtins

• (in Inglis) Regions of France at Curlie
• Guide tae the regions o Fraunce
• Local wabsteids bi region Archived 2007-08-19 at the Wayback Machine
• Uiseful information on Fraunce Archived 2010-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
• Will 2010 regional elections lead to political shake-up? Radio France Internationale in Inglis