- France
- is divided into the following twenty-two regions (English version in parentheses where appropriate): Alsace, Aquitaine, Auvergne, Basse-Normandie, Bretagne (Brittany), Bourgogne (Burgundy), Centre, Champagne-Ardennes, Corse (Corsica), Franche-Comté, Haute-Normandie, Île-de-France, LanguedocRoussillon, Limousin, Lorraine, Midi-Pyrénées, Nord-Pas-deCalais, Pays-de-la-Loire, Picardie (Picardy), Poitou-Charentes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Rhône-Alpes.
Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors. 2013.