The 13 French Administrative Regions of France are:
The New Regions of France now entailing of 13 Regions are Hautes-de-France, Normandie, Bretagne, Ile-de-France, Grand-Est, Pays-de-la-Loire, Centre-Val-de-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Compté, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Auvergne-Rhöne-Alpes, Occitanie, Provence-Alpes-Côtes-d’Azur and Corse
Here is a clear map showing the departments within each Region :
So, what has changed?
There is actually only 7 changes to the previously existing regions.
The regions that changed are:
- Grand-Est (Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine)
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine (Aquitaine, Limousin and Poitou-Charentes)
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Occitanie (Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées)
- Hauts-de-France (combining Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardie)
- Normandie (combining Basse-Normandie and Haute-Normandie)
The other 6 regions stay just as they were before:
- Bretagne
- Corse
- Centre
- Île-de-France
- Pays de la Loire
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
