Regions

Since 2016 metropolitan France has had thirteen regions, Corsica included. Click the map or pick below.

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Extinct volcanoes, Alpine lakes, the gorges of the Ardèche and the kitchens of Lyon: France at its most vertical and most generous. 4 places · 97 AOP/IGP Burgundy–Franche-Comté Burgundy’s wine slopes and Romanesque abbeys meet the forests, lakes and limestone valleys of the Jura. 3 places · 129 AOP/IGP Brittany Granite headlands, standing stones, fishing ports and a Celtic language still on the signposts: France’s far west. 3 places · 13 AOP/IGP Centre–Val de Loire Royal châteaux, the last wild river in France, the cathedrals of Chartres and Bourges, and forests made for kings’ hunts. 3 places · 34 AOP/IGP Corsica A mountain in the sea: granite peaks, maquis-scented trails, red cliffs over blue water and villages that feel closer to Italy. 2 places · 19 AOP/IGP Grand Est Half-timbered wine villages, the Vosges mountains, Champagne cellars and a border history written in two languages. 3 places · 88 AOP/IGP Hauts-de-France White cliffs facing England, seals in the Bay of Somme, Gothic cathedrals, belfries and the memory of two world wars. 3 places · 10 AOP/IGP Île-de-France (beyond Paris) Beyond the périphérique: royal forests, palaces, painters’ villages on the Seine and medieval fair towns, all within a train ride. 2 places · 2 AOP/IGP Normandy Apple orchards and half-timbered farms, chalk cliffs and tidal bays, the D-Day beaches and an abbey rising from the sands. 3 places · 21 AOP/IGP Nouvelle-Aquitaine Europe’s tallest dune, Basque villages, Dordogne castles, prehistoric caves, Cognac and Bordeaux vineyards: France’s largest region. 4 places · 105 AOP/IGP Occitanie From Pyrenean cirques to Mediterranean lagoons: Roman aqueducts, Cathar castles, the Canal du Midi and wild limestone causses. 4 places · 127 AOP/IGP Pays de la Loire The lower Loire’s tufa châteaux and vineyards, the Vendée’s marshes and islands, and an Atlantic coast of salt pans and long beaches. 3 places · 46 AOP/IGP Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Lavender plateaus, the Verdon gorge, Roman Provence, Alpine valleys and a coastline of calanques and hill villages. 3 places · 53 AOP/IGP