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Provinces of France
Prior to 1790, France was organised into provinces; in that year they were replaced with departements, which continue to exist until the present day.
Several of the province names are now used for administrative regions.
Former provinces of France:
- Alsace
- Angoumois[?]
- Anjou
- Artois
- Aunis[?]
- Auvergne
- Béarn[?]
- Berry
- Bourbonnais[?]
- Bourgogne (Burgundy)
- Bretagne (Brittany)
- Champagne
- Comté de Foix[?]
- Corse
- Dauphiné
- Flandre[?]
- Franche-Comté
- Guyenne and Gascogne[?]
- Ile-de-France
- Languedoc
- Limousin
- Lorraine
- Lyonnais[?]
- Maine[?]
- Marche[?]
- Nivernais[?]
- Normandie (Normandy)
- Orléanais[?]
- Picardie
- Poitou
- Provence
- Roussillon
- Saintonge[?]
- Touraine
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