France

Map of France

regions, departments and capitals

The following map of France shows las regions (subdividas en departamentos) y sus capitals.
First read the questions and then have a look at the map to be able to answer them. We hope this test will be of great use to both students and people who are planning to visit France (viajes y turismo). We suggest visitors to read the article entitled “Tourism in France”, below the map.

What’s the name of each of the una de las 22 regions that appear on the map?
Taking the cursor to las capitals , you will be able to see them as tooltips*. Haciendo clic accederás a un mapa en el que se ha resaltado y aparece sobreimpreso su nombre.
What are the names of their sus capitals?
Check your answers by clicking on them.

To take into account: En este mapa se muestran los territorios que constituyen la llamada "Francia Metropolitana", pero no se debe olvidar que Francia posee también: 4 regiones de ultramar (la Guayana Francesa, Guadalupe, Martinica, y Reunión); 3 colectividades de ultramar (San Pedro y Miquelón, Wallis y Futuna, y Mayotte); 1 colectividad sui generis (Nueva Caledonia); 1 país de ultramar (la Polinesia Francesa); 1 territorio de ultramar, llamado "Tierras Australes y Antárticas Francesas" (tierras australes: Kerguelén, Crozet, Nueva Ámsterdam, y San Pablo; tierras antárticas: Tierra Adelia y Estación Dumont D'Urville); un grupo de cinco islas en el océano Índico, llamadas "Islas Dispersas" (Bassas da India, Europa, Juan de Nova, Gloriosa, y Tromelín), que no tienen asentamientos permanentes y son administradas desde Reunión; y una isla deshabitada llamada Clipperton, ubicada en el Pacífico (a la altura de la costa mejicana) y dependiente de la Polinesia Francesa.

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Los nombres Los nombres de las regions of France (en orden alfabético) son: (en orden alfabético) son: Alsace, Aquitaine, Auvergne, Brittany, Burgundy, Centre, Champagne-Ardenne, Corsica, Frank County, Island of France, Languedoc-Roussillon, Limousin, Loire Country, Lorraine, Lower Normandy, Middle Pyrenees, North-Calais, Picardy, Poitou-Charentes, Provence-Alps-Blue Coast, Rhone-Alps; y Upper Normandy.

Tourism in France

France is one of the main tourist destinies of Europe due to its history, cities and colorful geography. Among others many places the tourist should visit: the Castles of the Loire (Châteaux of the Loire), located in a region of pools and forests; the Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel, constructed on a rock that emerges from the sea to certain distance from the coast; the Palace of Versailles (Château de Versailles), the prime example of the architecture of the XVII century; the city of Rennes, capital of the region of Britain (Bretagne), town of gaelic origin conquered by Julius Caesar; the cathedrals of Chartres, Amiens, Bourges and Reims, declared "World Heritage" by UNESCO; the city of Rouen (Rouen), capital of the region of Upper Normandy (Haute-Normandie), located over both margins of the Seine river; the city of Falls, capital of the region of Lower Normandy (Basse-Normandie), with several historical monuments, like the Ducal Castle of William the Conqueror and the churches of Saint Peter (Saint-Pierre) and Saint John (Saint-Jean); Lille, capital of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, next to Belgium that in its metropolitan area sandal to the cities Belgians of Courtrai, Ménin and Mouscron; the city of Metz, capital of the region of Lorraine (Lorraine), cradles of kings Carolingios; Dijon, capital of the Region of Burgundy (Bourgogne, Burgundy), a beautiful city that blanket very many monuments of high historical and artistic value; the marvellous medieval town of Chauvigny, near Poitiers, in the region Poitou-Charentes; the city of Clermont-Ferrand, capital of the region of Auvergne; Limoges, capital of the region of Lemosín (Limousin), famous by the quality of its porcelains; the valley of the region of Alsace, separated of the German Black Forest by the Rhine river; the city of Lyon, second by population (after Paris), capital of the region of the Rhone-Alps (the Rhône-Alps), city of industrial and commercial prominence and a gastronomical center of international level; the calm and extensive Mediterranean beaches of the region of Languedoc-Rosellón (Languedoc-Roussillon); the Blue Coast, also on the Mediterranean, in that the gorgeous cities of Nize (Nice) and Cannes, both located in Marine the Alps department; the island of Corsica (Corse or Corsica), with the colorful cities of Ajaccio and Bastia; and, in "the City of Light" (Paris), the Eiffel Tower, the Elisseus Fields, the Place of the Concord, the Arc of the Triumph, the Cathedral of Notre Dame and the Louvre Museum. Collapse article … Expand article