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Territories: Regions and departments of metropolitan France

Browse all 13 regions and 96 departments covered, understand geographic data and prepare a local site project.

choose a region then a department

The basis of this site covers metropolitan France: 13 regions and 96 departments. Overseas territories are not included in this inventory. The names and administrative codes remain the same when changing the language.

Understand the data scope

The territorial pages reuse the site's geographic catalog. An administrative code is used to link the data; The name displayed is used to understand them. The postal code and the common code do not play the same role.

The date of consultation of a source does not transform an old data into the current year data. For the figures presented on a sheet, consult the vintage and the source notes. This index indicates the territories covered; It does not constitute an updated census of their population.

A local page does not mean that a physical agency is located on site. The examples of projects describe work possibilities and should be read with their editorial status.

Prepare a site with a local scope

  1. Describe the area actually served and the intervention limits.
  2. Gather verified information about the activity, its schedules and its accesses.
  3. Present authorized evidence by distinguishing between achievement and illustration.
  4. Check contact and practical content in each published language.

Folder: publish verifiable local information · Project preparation guides

Sources and verifications

Administrative cutting public API : Documentation to understand codes and relationships between territories. The records of the sheets specify the data used by the site.

Frequently asked questions

Why not offer a separate page for each municipality?

A page deserves to exist when it provides separate and verifiable information. Local routes can be grouped together at the department level to avoid repetitions without additional value.

Are place names translated?

Official names and codes are kept. Explanations, advice and navigation links are translated in order to maintain the same territory when changing the language.