France is divided into 26 regions, out of which 21 are on continental France.
The 21 continental
regions are, as shown on the map above:
Alsace
Aquitaine
Auvergne
Basse-Normandie
Bretagne
Burgundy
Centre
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Champagne-Ardenne
Franche-Comté
Haute-Normandie
Île-de-France
Languedoc-Roussillon
Limousin
Lorraine
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Midi-Pyrénées
Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Pays-de-la-Loire
Picardie
Poitou-Charentes
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Rhône-Alpes
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List of the largest and most important
cities of France, as for the refence of the above map:
Paris
Marseille
Lyon
Toulouse
Nice
Nantes
Strasbourg
Montpelier
Bordeaux
Lille
Rennes
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Le Havre
Reims
Saint-Etienne
Toulon
Grenoble
Dijon
Brest
Clermont-Ferrand
Amiens
Limoges
Tours
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Metz
Besançon
Caen
Orléans
Mulhouse
Perpignan
Nancy
Calais
La Rochelle
Saint-Nazaire
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