| Okay, let me explain this whole thing. Every week or so, I'm going to write up a short "report" on one of the regions of France, as well as that region's different departments. I'll include maps, pictures, and, when I can find them, fun facts.
Anyone who knows anything about any of any of this (I love how that sounded extremely idiotic) feel free to give me pictures, maps, or...fun facts!
As you probably noticed, there are 2 links at the top of the page (for now) One is a site I share with a friend, Megan, and the other is a quick look at all the 22 regions of France. We'll start with Northeast France, which is comprised of 5 departments: Picardy (Picardie), Le Nord (Nord-Pas-de-Calais), Champagne (Champagne-Ardenne), Alsace, and Lorraine.
Avec une bonne journeé!
- Marie
Commune: Communes are the villages, towns and cities of France. There are 36,851 communes. The largest commune are Paris, Lyon and Marseilles, followed by Toulouse, Dijon, Bordeaux, and Strasbourg. Only 52 communes have more than 100,000 inhabitants.
Departments: The entire country is divided into 95 or 99 departments (depends who you read). Before the French Revolution, the country was divided into regions, but this was changed to make the more anonymous and smaller departments. In 1982, the French government brought back the regions, keeping the departments, but assigning groups of departments to a region.
Regions: There are 22 or 26 regions (depends who you read). Regions existed in some form originally (pre-French Revolution), then were disbanded and replaced by departments, but in 1982 were brought back. |
