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France is divided into 27 administrative regions: 22 regions in metropolitan France (including the territorial collectivity of Corsica), and 5 overseas collectivities (French Polynesia, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and Wallis and Futuna), plus 1 sui generis collectivity (New Caledonia), 1 overseas territory (French Southern and Antarctic Lands), and 1 island possession in the Pacific Ocean (Clipperton Island). French Polynesia is divided into 5 groups of islands: The Society Islands archipelago composed of the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands, the Tuamotu Archipelago, the Gambier Islands, the Marquesas Islands and the Austral Islands. Among its 118 islands and atolls, 67 are inhabited. The most famous island, Tahiti, is located within the Society Islands archipelago. Tahiti is the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the collectivity; Pape’ete. Although not an integral part of its territory, Clipperton Island was administered from French Polynesia until 2007. New Caledonia (French: Nouvelle-Calédonie) is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, 1,210 km. (750 mi.) east of Australia and 16,136 km. (10,026 mi.) east of Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Chesterfield Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of Pines, and a few remote islets. The Chesterfield Islands are in the Coral Sea. Locals refer to Grande Terre as “Le Caillou” (“the stone”). Saint Pierre and Miquelon is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France, situated in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean near Canada.The total population of the islands at the January 2011 census was 6,080 of which 5,456 lived in Saint-Pierre and 624 in Miquelon-Langlade. Wallis and Futuna is a French island collectivity in the South Pacific with a land area of 142.42 sq. km. (54.99 sq. mi.) and a population of about 12,000. Mata-Utu is the capital and biggest city of Wallis and Futuna. Saint Barthélemy is an overseas collectivity of France, often abbreviated to Saint-Barth in French, or St. Barts or St. Barths in English. The indigenous people called the island Ouanalao. Saint Barthélemy, has an area of 25 sq. km. (9.7 sq. mi.) and a population of about 9,035 (2011). The capital of St. Barts is Gustavia. Saint Martin is an overseas collectivity of France encompassing the northern two-thirds of Saint Martin island. The capital of St. Martin is Marigot. St. Martin has a population of about 36,286 (2011), and consists of 53.2 sq. km. (20.5 sq. mi.).

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Metropolitan France and Corsica

Alsace
> Bas-Rhin
>> Strasbourg
> Haut-Rhin
>> Colmar
Aquitaine
> Dordogne
>> Perigueux
> Gironde
>> Bordeaux
> Landes
>> Mont-de-Marsan
> Lot-et-Garonne
>> Agen
> Pyrénées-Atlantiques
>> Pau
Auvergne
> Allier
>> Moulins
> Cantal
>> Aurillac
> Haute-Loire
>> Le Puy-en-Velay
> Puy-de-Dôme
>> Clermont-Ferrand
Burgundy (Bourgogne)
> Côte-d’Or
>> Dijon
> Nièvre
>> Nevers
> Saône-et-Loire
>> Macon
> Yonne
>> Auxerre
Brittany (Bretagne)
> Côtes-d’Armor
>> Saint-Brieuc
> Finistère
>> Quimper
> Ille-et-Vilaine
>> Rennes
> Morbihan
>> Vannes
Centre
> Cher
>> Bourges
> Eure-et-Loir
>> Chartres
> Indre
>> Chateauroux
> Indre-et-Loire
>> Tours
> Loir-et-Cher
>> Blois
> Loiret
>> Orleans
Champagne-Ardenne
> Ardennes
>> Charleville-Mezieres
> Aube
>> Troyes
> Marne
>> Chalons-en-Champagne
> Haute-Marne
>> Chaumont
Corsica (Corse)
> Corse-du-Sud
>> Ajaccio
> Haute-Corse
>> Bastia
Franche-Comté
> Doubs
>> Besancon
> Jura
>> Lons-le-Saunier
> Haute-Saône
>> Vesoul
> Territoire de Belfort
>> Belfort
Île-de-France
> Paris
>> Paris
> Seine-et-Marne
>> Melun
> Yvelines
>> Versailles
> Essonne
>> Evry
> Hauts-de-Seine
>> Nanterre
> Seine-Saint-Denis
>> Bobigny
> Val-de-Marne
>> Creteil
> Val-d’Oise
>> Pontoise
Languedoc-Roussillon
> Aude
>> Carcassonne
> Gard
>> Nimes
> Hérault
>> Montpellier
> Lozère
>> Mende
> Pyrénées-Orientales
>> Perpignan
Limousin
> Corrèze
>> Tulle
> Creuse
>> Gueret
> Haute-Vienne
>> Limoges
Lorraine
> Meurthe-et-Moselle
>> Nancy
> Meuse
>> Bar-le-Duc
> Moselle
>> Metz
> Vosges
>> Espinal
Lower Normandy (Basse-Normandie)
> Calvados
>> Caen
> Manche
>> Saint-Lo
> Orne
>> Alencon
Midi-Pyrénées
> Ariège
>> Foix
> Aveyron
>> Rodez
> Haute-Garonne
>> Toulouse
> Gers
>> Auch
> Lot
>> Cahors
> Hautes-Pyrénées
>> Tarbes
> Tarn
>> Albi
> Tarn-et-Garonne
>> Montauban
Nord-Pas de Calais
> Nord
>> Lille
> Pas-de-Calais
>> Arras
Pays-de-la-Loire (Loire Country)
> Loire-Atlantique
>> Nantes
> Maine-et-Loire
>> Angers
> Mayenne
>> Laval
> Sarthe
>> Le Mans
> Vendée
>> La Roche-sur-Yon
Picardy (Picardie)
> Aisne
>> Laon
> Oise
>> Beauvais
> Somme
>> Amiens
Poitou-Charentes
> Charente
>> Angouleme
> Charente-Maritime
>> La Rochelle
> Deux-Sèvres
>> Niort
> Vienne
>> Poitiers
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
> Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
>> Digne-les-Baines
> Hautes-Alpes
>> Gap
> Alpes-Maritimes
>> Nice
> Bouches-du-Rhône
>> Marseilles
> Var
>> Toulon
> Vaucluse
>> Avignon
Rhône-Alpes
> Ain
>> Bourg-en-Bresse
> Ardèche
>> Privas
> Drôme
>> Valence
> Isère
>> Grenoble
> Loire
>> Saint-Etienne
> Rhône
>> Lyon
> Savoie
>> Chambery
> Haute-Savoie
>> Annecy
Upper Normandy (Haute-Normandie)
> Eure
>> Evreux
> Seine-Maritime
>> Rouen

Overseas Departments

French Guiana
> Guyane
>> Cayenne
Guadeloupe
>> Basse-Terre
Martinique
>> Fort-de-France
Mayotte
> Mayotte
>> Mamoudzou
Réunion
> La Reunion
>> Saint-Denis

Overseas Collectives

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
Saint-Barthélemy
Saint-Martin
Wallis and Futuna
French Polynesia

Sui Generis Collectivity

New Caledonia

Overseas Territory

French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Clipperton Island