Country · FR
France in other languages: French Republic, Paris, Corsica and regions
France is the République française in French and carries the ISO 3166-1 codes FR, FRA and 250. The lists below give the country in 210 languages, Paris in 111, Marseille in 70 and Corsica in 99; they are followed by the official name in eight regional languages and by the political subdivisions of France: 13 metropolitan regions, five overseas departments and regions, and the overseas collectivities.
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ISO 3166-1alpha-2 · alpha-3 · numeric
- alpha-2
- FR
- alpha-3
- FRA
- numeric
- 250
France
French · Latin
République française
- English
- FranceFrench Republic
- Capital
- ParisParis
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026
France in other languages: list of exonyms
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, French, Franco-Provençal, Friulian, Jersey Norman French, Walloon | eng / fra / frp / fur / jnf / wln | France | same as written |
| Asturian, Corsican, Galician, Interlingua, Italian, Ladin (Val Badia), Sicilian, Spanish | ast / cos / glg / ina / ita / lld / scn / spa | Francia | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish, Tetum, Turkish, Zazaki | kur / tet / tur / zza | Fransa | same as written |
| Catalan, Occitan, Portuguese | cat / oci / por | França | same as written |
| Afrikaans, West Frisian | afr / fry | Frankryk | same as written |
| Aragonese, Ladin (Gherdëina) | arg / lld | Franzia | same as written |
| Estonian, Võro | est / vor | Prantsusmaa | same as written |
| Haitian Creole, Igbo | hat / ibo | Frans | same as written |
| Icelandic, Old Norse | isl / non | Frakkland | same as written |
| Kinyarwanda, Kirundi | kin / run | Ubufaransa | same as written |
| Latvian, Slovenian | lav / slv | Francija | same as written |
| Limburgish, Saterland Frisian, Low German | lim / stq / nds | Frankriek | same as written |
| Norwegian, Swedish | nor / swe | Frankrike | same as written |
| Pedi / Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho | nso / sot | Foranse | same as written |
| Saint Lucia Creole | acf | Lafwans, Fwans | same as written |
| Aymara | aym | Phransiya | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Fransa / Франса | Fransa |
| Bambara | bam | Faransi | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Francuska / Француска / فرانڄۆسقا | Francuska |
| Breton | bre | Bro-C’hall, Frañs | same as written |
| Czech | ces | Francie | same as written |
| Cornish | cor | Pow Frynk | same as written |
| Crimean Tatar | crh | Frenkistan / Френкистан | Frenkistan |
| Kashubian | csb | Frańcëskô, Francëjô | same as written |
| Welsh | cym | Ffrainc | same as written |
| Danish | dan | Frankrig | same as written |
| German | deu | Frankreich | same as written |
| Lower Sorbian | dsb | Francojska | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Francujo, Francio | same as written |
| Basque | eus | Frantzia | same as written |
| Faroese | fao | Frakland | same as written |
| Finnish | fin | Ranska | same as written |
| Kven | fkv | Franska, Franskanmaa | same as written |
| North Frisian | frr | Frånkrik | same as written |
| Gagauz | gag | Franţa / Франца | Franţa |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | An Fhraing | same as written |
| Irish | gle | An Fhrainc | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Yn Rank | same as written |
| Guarani | grn | Hyãsia | same as written |
| Hausa | hau | Faransi, Faransai | same as written |
| Hawaiian | haw | Palani, Farani | same as written |
| Croatian | hrv | Francuska | same as written |
| Upper Sorbian | hsb | Francoska | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Franciaország | same as written |
| Indonesian | ind | Perancis | same as written |
| Javanese | jav | Prancis | same as written |
| Karakalpak | kaa | Frantsiya / Франция | Frantsiya |
| Greenlandic | kal | Franskit Nunaat, Frankrigi | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Gallia, Francogallia, Francia | same as written |
| Lingala | lin | Falansia | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Prancūzija | same as written |
| Livonian | liv | Prantsūzmō | same as written |
| Lakota | lkt | Wašíču Ikčéka Makȟóčhe | same as written |
| Latgalian | ltg | Prancūzeja | same as written |
| Luxembourgish | ltz | Frankräich | same as written |
| Ganda | lug | Bufaransa | same as written |
| Mauritius Creole | mfe | Lafrans | same as written |
| Malagasy | mlg | Frantsa | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Franza | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Franța / Франца | Franța |
| Maori | mri | Wīwī | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Perancis / ڤرانچيس | Perancis |
| Nahuatl | nah | Francitlān | same as written |
| Dutch | nld | Frankrijk | same as written |
| Novial | nov | Fransia | same as written |
| Norman French, Scots | nrm / sco | Fraunce | same as written |
| Papiamentu | pap | Fransha | same as written |
| Polish | pol | Francja | same as written |
| Quechua | que | Phransya | same as written |
| Sinto Romani | rmo | Váltši | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Frančiya / फ़्रान्चिया | Frančiya |
| Romansh | roh | Frantscha | same as written |
| Romanian | ron | Franța | same as written |
| Aromanian | rup | Gallia, Frantsia | same as written |
| Sango | sag | Farânzi | same as written |
| Slovak | slk | Francúzsko | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Francia / Франциа, Franczem / Францзем | Francia, Franczem |
| Northern Sami | sme | Fráŋkriikka | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | Prancūzėjė | same as written |
| Samoan | smo | Farani | same as written |
| Somali | som | Faransiis, Faransa | same as written |
| Albanian | sqi | Franca | same as written |
| Sardinian | srd | Frantza | same as written |
| Swahili | swa | Ufaransa | same as written |
| Comorian | swb | Farantsa / فَرًتْسَ | Farantsa |
| Silesian | szl | Francyjo | same as written |
| Tahitian | tah | Farāni | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Pransya, Pransiya | same as written |
| Talysh | tly | Fırəng / Фырәнг, Fırəngıston / Фырәнгыстон | Fırəng, Fırəngıston |
| Tongan | ton | Falanise | same as written |
| Tok Pisin | tpi | Pranis | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Fransiýa / Франция | Fransiýa |
| Uzbek | uzb | Fransiya / Франция / فرەنسىيە | Fransiya |
| Veps | vep | Francii | same as written |
| Vietnamese | vie | Pháp | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Fransän | same as written |
| Wolof | wol | Faraas | same as written |
| Xhosa | xho | iFransi | same as written |
| Zhuang | zha | Fazgoz | same as written |
| Zulu | zul | iFulansi | same as written |
| Gothic | got | 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌹 | Fragkareiki |
| Old Church Slavonic | chu | Франкі́ꙗ | Frankī́ja |
| Abaza, Altai, Bulgarian, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Russian, Yakut, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk | abq / alt / bul / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / rus / sah / tyv / udm / xal | Франция | Francija |
| Mongolian, Ossetian | mon / oss | Франц | Franc |
| Rusyn, Ukrainian | rue / ukr | Франція | Francija |
| Abkhaz | abk | Франциа | Francia |
| Adyghe | ady | Францие | Francije |
| Avar | ava | Франсия | Fransija |
| Bashkir | bak | Франция / Franciya | Franciya |
| Belarusian | bel | Францыя / Francyja | Francyja |
| Chechen | che | Франци / Franci | Franci |
| Chuvash | chv | Франци | Franci |
| Kazakh | kaz | Франция / فرانتسيا / Francïya | Francïya |
| Kabardian | kbd | Фрэндж, Франциэ | Frăndž, Franciă |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Франция / فرانتسىيا / Frantsiya | Frantsiya |
| Kurdish (Caucasus) | kmr | Франси / Fransî, Франсе / Fransê, Франсьзистан / Fransizîstan | Fransî, Fransê, Fransizîstan |
| Meadow Mari | mhr | Франций | Francij |
| Macedonian | mkd | Франција | Francija |
| Serbian | srp | Француска / Francuska | Francuska |
| Tatar | tat | Франция / Fransiä / فرانسىيە | Fransiä |
| Tajik | tgk | Фаронса / فرانسه / Faronsa, Франсия / فرنسیه / Fransija | Faronsa, Fransija |
| Manchu | mnc | ᡶᡠᡵᠠᠩᠰᡳ | Furaŋsi |
| Arabic | ara | فرنسا | Faransā |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | فرانسا / Fransa | Fransa |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | فەڕەنسا / Feṟensa, فەرەنسا / Ferensa | Feṟensa, Ferensa |
| Persian | fas | فرانسه / Farânse | Farânse |
| Western Punjabi, Urdu | pnb / urd | فرانس | Frāns |
| Dari | prs | فرانسه | Frānsâ |
| Pashto | pus | فرانسه, فرانس | Frānsâ, Frāns |
| Sindhi | snd | فرانس | Frānsa |
| Uyghur | uig | فرانسىيە / Fransiye / Франция | Fransiye |
| Dhivehi | div | ފްރާންސް, ފަރަންސޭސިވިލާތް | Frāns, Faransēsivilāt |
| Syriac | syr | ܦܪܢܣܐ | Pransā |
| Hebrew | heb | צרפת | Tsarəfat |
| Ladino | lad | פﬞראנסיה / Fransia | Fransia |
| Yiddish | yid | פֿראַנקרײַך | Frankrayḫ |
| Berber, Kabyle | ber / kab | ⴼⵔⴰⵏⵙⴰ / Fransa | Fransa |
| Amharic | amh | ፈረንሣይ, ፈረንሳይ, ፍራንስ | Färänśay, Färänsay, Frans |
| Tigrinya | tir | ፈረንሳ | Färänsa |
| Greek | ell | Γαλλία | Gallía |
| Armenian | hye | Ֆրանսիա | Fransia |
| Georgian, Mingrelian | kat / xmf | საფრანგეთი | Saṗrangeṭi |
| Laz | lzz | ჶრანსა / Fransa | Fransa |
| Marathi, Nepali | mar / nep | फ्रान्स | Pʰrāns |
| Hindi | hin | फ़्रांस, फ्रांस, फ़्राँस | Frāṃs, Pʰrāṃs, Frā̃ns |
| Bengali | ben | ফ্রান্স | Pʰrāns |
| Gujarati | guj | ફ્રાન્સ | Pʰrāns |
| Odia | ori | ଫ୍ରାନ୍ସ | Pʰrāns |
| Punjabi | pan | ਫਰਾਂਸ | Pʰrāṃs |
| Sinhala | sin | ප්රංශය | Praṃšaya |
| Kannada | kan | ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸ್, ಪ್ರಾಂಸ್ | Pʰrāns, Prāṃs |
| Malayalam | mal | ഫ്രാന്സ് | Pʰrāns |
| Tamil | tam | பிரான்ஸ், பிரெஞ்சு, பிரான்சு | Pirāṉs, Pireñcu, Pirāṉcu |
| Telugu | tel | ఫ్రాన్స్ | Pʰrāns |
| Chinese | zho | 法國/法国, 法蘭西/法兰西 | Fǎguó, Fǎlánxī |
| Cantonese | yue | 法國/法国, 法蘭西/法兰西 | Faatgwok, Faatlāahnsāi |
| Japanese | jpn | フランス | Furansu |
| Korean | kor | 프랑스 | Peurangseu |
| Tibetan | bod | ཕ་རན་སི།, ཧྥ་རན་ས།, ཧྥ་རན་སི།, ཧྥ་གོ། | Pʰa.ran.si, Hpʰa.ran.sa, Hpʰa.ran.si, Hpʰa.go |
| Dzongkha | dzo | ཕརཱནསི། | Pʰrānsi |
| Burmese | mya | ပြင်သစ် | Pẏĩṯiʿ |
| Thai | tha | ฝรั่งเศส | Farầṅsēt |
| Lao | lao | ຝະລັ່ງ, ຝຣັ່ງ | Falầṅ, Frầṅ |
| Khmer | khm | បារាំង | Bārāṃṅ |
02 · NamesU+00C7 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
France, Frankreich, Gallia: the land of the Franks
Most names of France go back to Latin Francia, the land of the Franks. The Romance languages say Francia, França or Franța, and the form France itself is shared by English, Walloon, Friulian and Franco-Provençal. The Germanic languages add a word for realm or land: German Frankreich, Dutch Frankrijk, Swedish and Norwegian Frankrike, Icelandic Frakkland; Estonian Prantsusmaa and Hungarian Franciaország do the same with their own words for land and country.
A second group keeps the Roman name of the region. Latin lists Gallia beside Francia, Greek writes Γαλλία (Gallía), and Welsh Ffrainc and Irish An Fhrainc show how far the Frankish name changed in the Celtic languages. Finnish drops the initial F and says Ranska, and Breton has two forms, Bro-C’hall and Frañs.
In Asia the name is often a transcription with an added syllable. Japanese writes フランス (Furansu), Korean 프랑스 and Arabic فرنسا (Faransā), while Chinese has two forms, 法國 (Fǎguó) with 國 for country and the longer 法蘭西 (Fǎlánxī). Thai ฝรั่งเศส (Farầṅsēt) and Khmer បារាំង (Bārāṃṅ) sound quite different from the European forms.
Paris in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, French, German, Low German | eng / fra / deu / nds | Paris | same as written |
| Aragonese, Asturian, Catalan, Galician, Occitan, Spanish, Tetum | arg / ast / cat / glg / oci / spa / tet | París | same as written |
| Breton, Kashubian, Croatian, Slovenian | bre / csb / hrv / slv | Pariz | same as written |
| Bambara, Haitian Creole, Lingala | bam / hat / lin | Pari | same as written |
| Corsican, Italian, Sardinian | cos / ita / srd | Parigi | same as written |
| Afrikaans, West Frisian | afr / fry | Parys | same as written |
| Azerbaijani, Turkmen | aze / tuk | Parij / Париж | Parij |
| Bosnian | bos | Pariz / Париз / پارٖىز | Pariz |
| Czech | ces | Paříž | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Parizo | same as written |
| Estonian | est | Pariis | same as written |
| Finnish | fin | Pariisi | same as written |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | Pairios | same as written |
| Irish | gle | Páras, Páris | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Paarys | same as written |
| Hawaiian | haw | Palika | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Párizs | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | París, Parísarborg | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Parîs | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Lutetia, Lutetia Parisiorum, Parisii | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Parīze | same as written |
| Limburgish | lim | Paries | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Paryžius | same as written |
| Luxembourgish | ltz | Paräis | same as written |
| Malagasy | mlg | Parisy | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Pariġi | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Paris / Парис | Paris |
| Malay | msa | Paris / ڤاريس | Paris |
| Dutch | nld | Parijs | same as written |
| Old Norse | non | París, Parísborg | same as written |
| Polish | pol | Paryż | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Paris / पारिस | Paris |
| Romansh | roh | Parìs | same as written |
| Aromanian | rup | Parij, Paris | same as written |
| Sicilian | scn | Pariggi | same as written |
| Slovak | slk | Paríž | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Parizx / Париж | Parizx |
| Northern Sami | sme | Parisa | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | Parīžios | same as written |
| Somali | som | Baariis | same as written |
| Albanian | sqi | Parisi | same as written |
| Silesian | szl | Paryž | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Parij / Париж / پەرىج | Parij |
| Vietnamese | vie | Pa Ri | same as written |
| Gothic | got | 𐍀𐌰𐍂𐌹𐍃 | Paris |
| Old Church Slavonic | chu | Пари́жь | Parížĭ |
| Bulgarian, Russian | bul / rus | Париж | Pariž |
| Bashkir | bak | Париж / Parij | Parij |
| Belarusian | bel | Парыж / Paryž | Paryž |
| Kazakh | kaz | Париж / پاريج / Parïj | Parïj |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Париж / پارئج / Paric | Paric |
| Mongolian | mon | Парис | Paris |
| Serbian | srp | Париз / Pariz | Pariz |
| Tatar | tat | Париж / Parij / پارىژ | Parij |
| Tajik | tgk | Париж / پریژ / Pariƶ | Pariƶ |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Париж | Paryž |
| Arabic | ara | باريس | Bārīs |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | پاریژ / Parij | Parij |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | پاریس / Parîs | Parîs |
| Persian | fas | پاریس / Pâris | Pâris |
| Western Punjabi, Urdu | pnb / urd | پیرس | Pæris |
| Pashto | pus | پاريس, پېرس | Pārīs, Peris |
| Sindhi | snd | پئرس, پيرس | Pærisi, Pērisi |
| Uyghur | uig | پارىژ / Parizh / Париж | Parizh |
| Syriac | syr | ܦܪܝܣ | Parīs |
| Hebrew | heb | פריז, פאריז | Parīz, Pārīz |
| Yiddish | yid | פּאַריז | Pariz |
| Berber | ber | ⴱⴰⵔⵉⵣ / Bariz | Bariz |
| Amharic | amh | ፓሪስ | Paris |
| Greek (Demotic) | ell | Παρίσι | Parísi |
| Greek (Katharevousa) | ell | Παρίσιοι | Parísioi |
| Armenian | hye | Փարիզ | P̕ariz |
| Georgian | kat | პარიზი | Parizi |
| Hindi | hin | पेरिस, पैरिस | Peris, Pæris |
| Marathi | mar | पॅरिस | Pĕris |
| Nepali | nep | पेरिस | Peris |
| Bengali | ben | প্যারিস | Pæris |
| Gujarati | guj | પૅરિસ | Peris |
| Punjabi | pan | ਪੈਰਿਸ, ਪੇਰਿਸ | Pæris, Peris |
| Sinhala | sin | පැරිස්, පැරිසිය | Pæris, Pærisiya |
| Kannada | kan | ಪ್ಯಾರಿಸ್ | Pæris |
| Malayalam | mal | പാരിസ് | Pāris |
| Tamil | tam | பாரிஸ், பாரீஸ், பரிஸ் | Pāris, Pārīs, Paris |
| Telugu | tel | పేరిస్ | Pēris |
| Chinese | zho | 巴黎 | Bālí |
| Cantonese | yue | 巴黎 | Bàlàih |
| Japanese | jpn | パリ | Pari |
| Korean | kor | 파리 | Pari |
| Tibetan | bod | ཕ་རིས།, པའ་ལི།, པ་ལི། | Pʰa.ris, Pā.li, Pa.li |
| Burmese | mya | ပါရစ် | Paẏiʿ |
| Thai | tha | ปารีส | Pārīt |
| Khmer | khm | ប៉ារីស | Bārīs |
Marseille in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, French, German, Luxembourgish, Low German, Irish | eng / fra / deu / ltz / nds / gle | Marseille | same as written |
| Aragonese, Asturian, Catalan, Galician, Spanish | arg / ast / cat / glg / spa | Marsella | same as written |
| Occitan, Portuguese | oci / por | Marselha | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Marsel / Марсел | Marsel |
| Bosnian | bos | Marseille / Марсељ / مارسەڵ | Marseille |
| Breton | bre | Marseilh | same as written |
| Czech | ces | Marsej | same as written |
| Corsican | cos | Marseglia | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Marsejlo | same as written |
| Basque | eus | Marseilla | same as written |
| Franco-Provençal | frp | Marselye | same as written |
| Hausa | hau | Marsiliya | same as written |
| Italian | ita | Marsiglia | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Marsîlya | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Massilia | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Marseļa | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Marselis | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Marsilja | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Marsilia / Марсилия | Marsilia |
| Malay | msa | Marseille / مارسي | Marseille |
| Polish | pol | Marsylia | same as written |
| Romansh | roh | Marsigla | same as written |
| Romanian | ron | Marsilia | same as written |
| Sicilian | scn | Marsigghia | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Marseil / Марсеил | Marseil |
| Tagalog | tgl | Marseyla | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Marsel / Марсель | Marsel |
| Turkish | tur | Marsilya | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Marsel / Марсель / مەرسېل | Marsel |
| Vietnamese | vie | Mác Xây | same as written |
| Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainian | mon / rus / ukr | Марсель | Marsel' |
| Bashkir | bak | Марсель / Marsel | Marsel |
| Belarusian | bel | Марсель / Marsiel, Марсэль / Marsel | Marsiel, Marsel |
| Bulgarian | bul | Марсилия | Marsilija |
| Kazakh, Kyrgyz | kaz / kir | Марсель / مارسەل / Marsel | Marsel |
| Serbian | srp | Марсеј / Marsej, Марсељ / Marselj | Marsej, Marselj |
| Tatar | tat | Марсель / Marsel / مارسېل | Marsel |
| Tajik | tgk | Марсел / مرسیل / Marsel | Marsel |
| Arabic | ara | مرسيليا, مارسيليا | Marsīliyā, Mārsīliyā |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | مارسئل / Marsel | Marsel |
| Persian | fas | مارسی / Mârsey | Mârsey |
| Pashto | pus | مارسېل, مارسېلز, مارسيليا | Mārsel, Mārselz, Mārsīliyā |
| Uyghur | uig | مارسېل / Marsél / Марсель | Marsél |
| Urdu | urd | مارسیلی | Mārsēlī |
| Hebrew | heb | מרסי / מרסיי, מארסיי | Marsey, Mārsey |
| Yiddish | yid | מאַרסײ | Marsey |
| Berber | ber | ⵎⴰⵔⵙⵉⵍⵢⴰ / Marsilya | Marsilya |
| Greek | ell | Μασσαλία, Μαρσίλια | Massalía, Marsília |
| Armenian | hye | Մարսել | Marsel |
| Georgian | kat | მარსელი | Marseli |
| Hindi | hin | मार्सैय | Mārsæy |
| Bengali | ben | মার্সেই | Mārsei |
| Chinese | zho | 馬賽/马赛 | Mǎsài |
| Japanese | jpn | マルセイユ | Maruseiyu |
| Korean | kor | 마르세유, 마르세이유 | Mareuseyu, Mareuseiyu |
| Thai | tha | มาร์เซย์, มาร์เซ | Mā[r]sē[y], Mā[r]sē |
| Khmer | khm | មាកសី | Māksī |
05 · Official nameU+00C9 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
The French Republic in eight regional languages
Beside French, the list gives the official name of the republic and the name of Paris in eight languages spoken in France and its overseas collectivities.
- Breton: Republik C’hall; Paris is Pariz
- Catalan: República Francesa; Paris is París
- Corsican: Republica Francese; Paris is Parighji
- Basque: Frantziako Errepublika; Paris is Paris
- Alsatian: Republik Frankriich; Paris is Paris
- Dutch: Franse Republiek; Paris is Parijs
- Occitan: Republica francesa; Paris is París
- Tahitian: Repupirita farāni; Paris is Paris
Political subdivisions of France: 13 regions, overseas departments and collectivities
Metropolitan France is divided into 13 regions, Corsica counted as one; five overseas departments and regions and several overseas collectivities and territories complete the list. Each row gives the French name, the ISO 3166-2 code and the capital.
| ISO 3166-2 | French | English | Administrative centre | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan regions13 | ||||
| FR-ARA | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | LyonLyon | 2016 Formed from Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes |
| FR-BFC | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | Besançon, DijonBesançon and Dijon | 2016 Formed from Bourgogne and Franche-Comté |
| FR-BRE | Bretagne | Brittany | RennesRennes | |
| FR-CVL | Centre-Val de Loire | Centre-Val de Loire | OrléansOrléans | |
| FR-20Rwas FR-H | Corse | Corsica | AjaccioAjaccio | 2016 Collectivity with special status; code FR-20R since 2016 |
| FR-GES | Grand Est | Grand Est | StrasbourgStrasbourg | 2016 Formed from Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine |
| FR-HDF | Hauts-de-France | Hauts-de-France | LilleLille | 2016 Formed from Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardie |
| FR-IDF | Île-de-France | Île-de-France | ParisParis | |
| FR-NOR | Normandie | Normandy | Caen, RouenCaen and Rouen | 2016 Formed from Basse-Normandie and Haute-Normandie |
| FR-NAQ | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | BordeauxBordeaux | 2016 Formed from Aquitaine, Limousin and Poitou-Charentes |
| FR-OCC | Occitanie | Occitania | ToulouseToulouse | 2016 Formed from Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées |
| FR-PDL | Pays-de-la-Loire | Pays de la Loire | NantesNantes | |
| FR-PAC | Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | MarseilleMarseille | |
| Overseas departments and regions5 | ||||
| FR-971 | Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe | Basse-TerreBasse-Terre | |
| FR-972 | Martinique | Martinique | Fort-de-FranceFort-de-France | |
| FR-973 | Guyane | French Guiana | CayenneCayenne | |
| FR-974 | La Réunion | Réunion | Saint-DenisSaint-Denis | |
| FR-976 | Mayotte | Mayotte | MamoudzouMamoudzou | |
| Overseas collectivities and territories8 | ||||
| FR-PF | Polynésie française | French Polynesia | PapeetePapeete | Overseas collectivity; ISO 3166-1 PF |
| FR-BL | Saint-Barthélemy | Saint Barthélemy | GustaviaGustavia | Overseas collectivity; ISO 3166-1 BL |
| FR-MF | Saint-Martin | Saint Martin | MarigotMarigot | Overseas collectivity; ISO 3166-1 MF |
| FR-PM | Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Saint-PierreSaint-Pierre | Overseas collectivity; ISO 3166-1 PM |
| FR-WF | Wallis-et-Futuna | Wallis and Futuna | Mata-UtuMata-Utu | Overseas collectivity; ISO 3166-1 WF |
| FR-NC | Nouvelle-Calédonie | New Caledonia | NouméaNouméa | Overseas collectivity with special status; ISO 3166-1 NC |
| FR-TF | Terres australes françaises | French Southern Territories | Overseas territory; ISO 3166-1 TF | |
| FR-CP | Clipperton | Clipperton | Dependency | |
Codes and categories: ISO 3166-2:FR on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, read from the English Wikipedia table that reproduces it on 28 October 2026, with the regional reform of 2016 and the changes of 2021. Regional capitals: Wikipedia, Regions of France, read the same day; where two cities are named, one holds the prefecture and the other the regional council. Overseas capitals: the 2017 edition of this list.
07 · RegionsU+0152 LATIN CAPITAL LIGATURE OE
From 22 regions to 13 in 2016
On 1 January 2016 the 22 metropolitan regions were merged into 13, and ISO 3166-2 replaced their one-letter codes with three-letter ones. Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine became Grand Est (FR-GES), the two Normandies Normandie (FR-NOR), and Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées Occitanie (FR-OCC). Corsica, which had been FR-H, is FR-20R as a collectivity with special status.
Two of the new regions are governed from two cities: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté from Besançon and Dijon, Normandie from Caen and Rouen. Overseas, Guadeloupe (FR-971), Martinique (FR-972), Guyane (FR-973), La Réunion (FR-974) and Mayotte (FR-976) are coded with the number of their department; French Polynesia, New Caledonia and the other collectivities have codes in ISO 3166-2:FR and also entries of their own in ISO 3166-1.
Corsica (Corse) in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Corsican, Italian, Latin, Dutch, Romanian, Sardinian | eng / cos / ita / lat / nld / ron / srd | Corsica | same as written |
| Afrikaans, Breton, Czech, Cornish, Danish, Estonian, Basque, Finnish, West Frisian, Indonesian, Javanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malagasy, Norwegian, Albanian, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish, German, Luxembourgish, Low German | afr / bre / ces / cor / dan / est / eus / fin / fry / ind / jav / lav / lit / mlt / nor / sqi / swa / swe / tur / deu / ltz / nds | Korsika | same as written |
| Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpak, Turkmen | aze / crh / gag / kaa / tuk | Korsika / Корсика | Korsika |
| Croatian, Hungarian, Slovak, Slovenian | hrv / hun / slk / slv | Korzika | same as written |
| French, Franco-Provençal, Norman French | fra / frp / nrm | Corse | same as written |
| Catalan, Venetian | cat / vec | Còrsega | same as written |
| Galician, Portuguese | glg / por | Córsega | same as written |
| Polish, Silesian | pol / szl | Korsyka | same as written |
| Aragonese | arg | Corzega | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Korzika / Корзика / قۉرزٖىقا | Korzika |
| Welsh | cym | Corsica, Ynys Cors | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Korsiko | same as written |
| Irish | gle | An Chorsaic | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Yn Chorsickey | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Korsíka | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Korsîka | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Corsica / Корсика | Corsica |
| Malay | msa | Corsica / كورسيكا | Corsica |
| Occitan | oci | Corsega | same as written |
| Sicilian | scn | Còrsica | same as written |
| Spanish | spa | Córcega | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Korsika / Корсика / كارسىكە | Korsika |
| Võro | vor | Korsiga | same as written |
| Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Yakut | bul / mkd / rus / sah | Корсика | Korsika |
| Bashkir | bak | Корсика / Korsika | Korsika |
| Belarusian | bel | Корсіка / Korsika, Корсыка / Korsyka | Korsika, Korsyka |
| Chuvash | chv | Корсикӑ | Korsikă |
| Kazakh | kaz | Корсика / كورسيكا / Korsïka | Korsïka |
| Kabardian | kbd | Корсикэ | Korsikă |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Корсика / كورسىكا / Korsika | Korsika |
| Mongolian | mon | Корсик | Korsik |
| Ossetian | oss | Корсикӕ | Korsikä |
| Serbian | srp | Корзика / Korzika | Korzika |
| Tatar | tat | Корсика / Korsika / كورسىكا | Korsika |
| Tajik | tgk | Корсика / کارسیکه / Korsika | Korsika |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Корсіка, Корсика | Korsika, Korsyka |
| Arabic | ara | كورسيكا | Kūrsīkā |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | کورسیکا / Korsika | Korsika |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | کۆرسیکا / Korsîka | Korsîka |
| Persian | fas | کرس / Kors | Kors |
| Uyghur | uig | كورسىكا / Korsika / Корсика | Korsika |
| Urdu | urd | کورسیکا | Kōrsīkā |
| Hebrew | heb | קורסיקה | Qōrsīqah |
| Ladino | lad | קורסיגה / Korsega | Korsega |
| Yiddish | yid | קאָרסיקע | Korsike |
| Amharic | amh | ኮርሲካ | Korsika |
| Ancient Greek | grc | Κορσίς, Κύρνος | Korsís, Kúrnos |
| Greek | ell | Κορσική | Korsikī́ |
| Armenian | hye | Կորսիկա | Korsika |
| Georgian | kat | კორსიკა | Korsika |
| Hindi | hin | कोर्सिका | Korsikā |
| Bengali | ben | কোরসিকা | Korsikā |
| Tamil | tam | கொர்சிகா | Korcikā |
| Chinese | zho | 科西嘉島/科西嘉岛 | Kēxījiā dǎo |
| Japanese | jpn | コルシカ島 | Korushika tō |
| Korean | kor | 코르시카섬 | Koreusika seom |
| Thai | tha | คอร์ซิกา | Kʰɔ̄[r]sikā |
09 · Anthem
La Marseillaise, the national anthem
The first stanza and the refrain of the anthem in French.
- Allons enfants de la Patrie / Le jour de gloire est arrivé ! / Contre nous de la tyrannie / L’étendard sanglant est levé / Entendez-vous dans nos campagnes / Mugir ces féroces soldats ? / Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras. / Égorger vos fils, vos compagnes !
- Aux armes, citoyens, / Formez vos bataillons, / Marchons, marchons ! / Qu’un sang impur / Abreuve nos sillons !
10 · Questions
Questions about the name France
What is the official name of France?
République française, the French Republic. In Breton it is Republik C’hall, in Basque Frantziako Errepublika.
What is Corsica called in other languages?
Corse in French, Corsica in Corsican and Italian, Korsika in German and Russian (Корсика), კორსიკა in Georgian.
How many regions does France have?
13 metropolitan regions since 2016, Corsica included, and five overseas departments and regions.