France is divided into 18 administrative regions, including 13 metropolitan regions and 5 overseas regions. The 13 metropolitan regions (including 12 mainland regions and Corsica) are each further subdivided into 2 to 13 departments, while the overseas regions consist of only one department each and are also referred to as "overseas departments". The current legal concept of region was adopted in 1982, and in 2016 what had been 27 regions was reduced to 18. As for 2018, the 18 regions are:
1. Bourgogne-Franche-Comte
2. Nouvelle-Aquitaine
3. Normandy
4. Grand Est
5. Occitanie
6. Hauts-de-France
7. Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes
8. Brittany
9. Centre-Val de Loire
10. Ile-de-France
11. Pays de la Loire
12. Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Oversea
13. Corsica
14. French Guiana
15. Guadeloupe
16. Martinique
17. Mayotte
18. Reunion
This geography learning game may answer the following questions:
- How many regions do France have?
- Which are the France regions?
- Which are the 5 biggest regions of France?
- What are the political borders of France regions?
- Where is Normandy situated?
- Where is Corsica situated?