French region

Other forms: French regions

Definitions of French region

1. noun

   a geographical subdivision of France
   examples:

   French Riviera

   the French part of the Riviera

   Alsatia

   a region of northeastern France famous for its wines

   Anjou

   a former province of western France in the Loire valley

   Aquitaine

   a region of southwestern France between Bordeaux and the Pyrenees

   Artois

   a former province of northern France near the English Channel (between Picardy and Flanders)

   Auvergne

   a region in central France

   Basse-Normandie

   a division of Normandy

   Bourgogne

   a former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines

   Bretagne

   a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay

   Centre

   a low-lying region in central France

   Champagne-Ardenne

   a region of northeastern France

   Corsica

   a region of France on the island of Corsica; birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte

   Franche-Comte

   a former province of eastern France

   Gascogne

   a region of southwestern France

   Haute-Normandie

   a division of Normandy

   Ile-de-France

   a region of north central France including Paris and the area around it

   Languedoc-Roussillon

   a region in south central France; named after the medieval dialect of French that was spoken there

   Limousin

   a region of central France to the west of the Auvergne mountains

   Lothringen

   an eastern French region rich in iron-ore deposits

   Martinique

   an island in the eastern Caribbean in the Windward Islands; administered as an overseas region of France

   Mayenne

   a department of northwestern France in the Pays de la Loire region

   Midi-Pyrenees

   a region in southwestern France

   Nord-Pas-de-Calais

   a region in northeastern France

   Pays de la Loire

   an agricultural region of western France on the Bay of Biscay

   Picardie

   a region of northern France on the English Channel

   Poitou-Charentes

   a low-lying region of west central France on the Bay of Biscay

   Rhone-Alpes

   a mountainous region of eastern France drained by the Rhone and Saone and Isere rivers

   Provence

   a former province of southeastern France; now administered with Cote d'Azur

   type of:

   geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region

   a demarcated area of the Earth