Click each of the 18 French regions on the map.
France is divided into 18 administrative regions — 13 in metropolitan France and 5 overseas. The current map dates from 2016, when a major reform merged 22 metropolitan regions down to 13, creating large entities like Grand Est, Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Hauts-de-France. The overseas regions — Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Réunion and Mayotte — span from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean, giving France the second-largest exclusive economic zone in the world.
Each region carries its own personality. Brittany clings to its Celtic heritage, Corsica guards its island identity, Provence conjures images of lavender and rosé, while Île-de-France is home to Paris and nearly a fifth of the country's population. The regions manage transport, high schools, economic development and spatial planning — they are the building blocks of French territorial governance.
Whether you grew up memorising the old map of 22 regions or you're discovering the new one, placing all 18 on the map is a surprisingly revealing exercise in French geography and politics.
