Annex:Regions of France

Annex collects, in table form, the main statistical data of the regions of France, the first level of subnational entities in which the country is organized. Data on the area, population (corresponding to the 2016 census) and population density have been collected. All the fields in the table can be sorted in increasing/decreasing order by simply clicking on the icon that appears at the top of each column.

Data for 2016 and new regions (January 1, 2016)

Statistical data of the regions of France (source: Insee)

Position					Name of the region			Area			Population		Density
Area	Pob.	Den.		ISO Code	Spanish	French	Capital	km2	% country	% metrop.	2016	% country	hab./km2
01	04			FRA-NAQ	New Aquitaine (Aquitaine-Lemosin-Poitou-Charentes)	Nouvelle-Aquitaine	Bordeaux	84 061			5 904 843		70
02	17	18		FRA-GF	French Guiana	Guyane	Cayenne	83 846	13.6	-	254 541		3
03	05			FRA-OCC	Occitania (Languedoc-Roussillon-Mediody-Pyrenees)	Occitanie	Toulouse	72 724			5 791 865		80
04	02			FRA-ARA	Auvergne-Ródano-Alpes	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	Lyon	69 711			7 874 586		113
05	06			FRA-GES	Great East (Alsace-Champaña-Ardenas-Lorraine)	Grand Est	Strasbourg	57 433			560 405		97
06	11	16		FRA-BFC	Burgundy-Franco County	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	Dijon	47 784			2 821 042		59
07	12	15		FRA-CVL	Centro-Valle de Loire	Centre-Val de Loire	Orleans	39 151	6.2	7.2	2 582 374		66
08	08			FRA-PDL	Loire countries	Pays de la Loire	Nantes	32 082	5,0	5.9	3 716 068		116
09	03			FRA-HDF	Alta France (Norte-Paso de Calais-Picardía)	Hauts-de-France	Lille	31 813	2.0	2.3	6 006 853		189
10	07	08		FRA-PAC	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	Marseille	31 400	4.9	5.8	4 989 435		159
11	09			FRA-NOR	Normandy	Normandie	Ruan (Prefecture) Caen (Regional Council)	29 906			334 657		112
12	10	08		FRA-BRE	Britain	Bretagne	Rennes	27 208	4.3	5,0	3 294 302		121
13	01	01		FRA-IDF	Isle of France	Île-de-France	Paris	12 012	1.9		12 073 914		1005
14	16	17		FRA-COR	Corsica	Corsica	Ajaccio	8680	1.4	1.6	326 898		38
15	13	03		FRA-RE	The Meeting		Saint-Denis	2504		-	843 529		337
16	14	05		FRA-GP	Guadalupe		Basse-Terre	1628		-	400 132		246
17	15	04		FRA-MQ	Martinique		Fort-de-France	1128		-	378 243		335
18	18	02		FRA-MY	Mayotte		Mamoudzou	376		-	248 656		607
-	-	-		FRA	France	France	Paris	635 775	100.0	100.0	60 343 561	100.0	94.9

1999 census data

Statistical data of the regions of France

Position					Name of the region			Area			Population		Density
Area	Pob.	Den.		ISO Code	Spanish	French	Capital	km2	% country	% metrop.	(1999)	% country	(hab/km2)
01	26	26		FRA-GF	French Guiana		Cayenne	86 504	13.6	-	157 213	0.3	1,8
02	08	20		FRA-N	Middle-Pyrenees (16)	Midi-Pyrénées	Toulouse	45 348	7.1	8.3	2 810 559	4.2	56.3
03	02	09		FRA-V	Rhone-Alpes (22)	Rhône-Alpes	Lyon	43 698	6.9	8,0	6 121 407	10.2	140.2
04	06	16		FRA-B	Aquitaine (2)	Aquitaine	Bordeaux	41 308	6.5	7.6	3 150 890	4.8	70.4
05	09	19		FRA-F	Centre (7)	Centre	Orleans	39 151	6.2	7.2	2 440 329	4.0	62.3
06	05	11		FRA-R	Loire countries (18)	Pays de la Loire	Nantes	32 082	5,0	5.9	3 482 594	5.3	100.4
07	16	22		FRA-D	Burgundy (5)	Bourgogne	Dijon	31 582	5,0	5.8	1 610 067	2.7	51,0
08	03	08		FRA-U	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (21)	Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzur	Marseille	31 400	4.9	5.8	4 864 015	6.7	143.5
09	11	14		FRA-K	Languedoc-Roussillon (13)	Languedoc-Roussillon	Montpellier	27 386	4.3	5,0	2 295 648	3,8	83.8
10	07	10		FRA-E	Britain (6)	Bretagne	Rennes	27 208	4.3	5,0	3 120 288	4.9	109.3
11	19	23		FRA-C	Auvergne (3)	Auvergne	Clermont-Ferrand	26 013	4,1	4.8	1 308 878	2.2	50.3
12	15	18		FRA-T	Poitou-Charentes (20)	Poitou-Charentes	Poitiers	25 810	4,1	4.7	1 640 068	2.7	63.5
13	18	21		FRA-G	Champagne Ardennes (8)	Champagne-Ardenne	Châlons-en-Champagne	25 606	4.0	4.7	1 342 363	2.2	52.4
14	10	12		FRA-M	Lorena (15)	Lorraine	Metz	23 547	3.7	4.3	2 310 376	3,8	98.1
15	12	13		FRA-S	Picardy (19)	Picardie	Amiens	19 399	3.1	3.6	1 857 481	3.1	95.8
16	17	15		FRA-P	Lower Normandy (4)	Basse-Normandie	Caen	17 589	2.8	3.2	1 422 193	2.4	80.9
17	22	24		FRA-L	Lemosin (14)	Limousin	Limoges	16 942	2.7	3.1	710.939	1.2	42,0
18	20	17		FRA-I	Franc County (10)	Franche-Comté	Kissing	16 202	2.5	3.0	1 117 059	1.9	68.9
19	04	03		FRA-O	North-Paso de Calais (17)	Nord-Pas-de-Calais	Lille	12 414	2.0	2.3	4 021 676	6.6	321,9
20	13	07		FRA-Q	Upper Normandy (11)	Haute-Normandie	Ruan	12 317	1.9	2.3	1 780 192	3.0	144,5
21	01	01		FRA-M	Isle of France (12)	Île-de-France	Paris	12 012	1.9		11 598 866	18.1	911.8
22	25	25		FRA-H	Corsica (9)	Corsica	Ajaccio	8680	1.4	1.6	290 196	0.5	33.4
23	14	06		FRA-A	Alsace (1)	Alsace	Strasbourg	8280	1.3.	1.5	1 734 145	2.9	209,4
24	21	04		FRA-RE	The Meeting		Saint-Denis	2512	0.4	-	720 934	1.2	287,0
25	23	05		FRA-GP	Guadalupe		Basse-Terre	1705	0.3	-	436 000	0.7	255,7
26	24	02		FRA-MQ	Martinique		Fort-de-France	1080	0.2	-	414 516	0.7	383.8
				FRA	France	France	Paris	635 775	100.0	100.0	60 343 561	100.0	94.9

The total population of France is 60.3 million inhabitants, of which 58.6 million (97.2%) live in Europe.

The total area of France is 635,775 km², of which 543,974 km² (85.6%) are in Europe.