Historical provinces of France

The Kingdom of France was organized into provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the departments abolished the existing provinces. The change was an attempt to eradicate local loyalty based on feudal land ownership and to concentrate all loyalty in the central government of Paris.

The names of the ancient provinces are still used by geographers to designate natural regions, and many French administrative regions bear their names.

 The meaning of "province" 
The French departments, their names, and boundaries were decided by the central government. On the contrary, the existence of the provinces came from the droit coutumier (" Customary law "), which was simply certified by the state. A province, also called pays ("country"), was characterized by the laws that belonged to it. One province could include many other provinces. For example, Burgundy was a province, but Bresse - another province - was still a part of Burgundy.

Therefore, an official list of provinces is missing. The list of generalities, administrative subdivisions of the kingdom, is often presented when the list of provinces is established on the eve of the French Revolution. The list that appears below is much broader, including provinces that were created throughout French history.

 List of historical provinces of France 

 Provinces 
Prinsipałi provinçe francexi prima de ła rivołusion, con le cavedale provinziai segnae. Le cità in graseto le gavea parlamenti provinziai o "conseils souverains".1. Île-de-France (Paris)
2. Verì (Bourges)
3. Orléanais (Orléans)
4. Normandie (Rovan)
5. Languedoc (Toulouse)
6. Lyonnais (Lyon)
7. Dauphiné (Grenoble)
8. Champagne (Troyes)
9. Aunis (La Rochelle)
10. Saintonge (Saintes)
11. Poitou (Poitiers)
12. Guyenne e Guascogna (Bordeaux)
13. Burgundy (Dijon)
14. Picardy (Amiens)
15. Anjou (Angers)
16. Provence (Aix-en-Provence)
17. Angoumois (Angoulême)
18. Bourbonnais (Moulins)
19. Marche (Guéret)
20. Brittany (Rennes)21. Maine (Le Mans)
22. Touraine (Tours)
23. Limousin (Limoges)
24. Foix (Foix)
25. Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand)
26. Béarn (Pau)
27. Alsace (Strasbourg, cons. souv. a Colmar)
28. Artois (Arras)
29. Roussillon (Perpignan)
30. Fiandre e Hainaut (Lille, parlemento a Douai)
31. Franche-Comté (Besançon)
32. Lorraine (Nancy)
33. Corsica (fora da ła mapa, Ajaccio, cons. souv. a Bastia)
34. Nivernais (Nevers)
35. Comtat Venaissin, un feudo papałe
36. Łibera sità inperiałe de Mulhouse
37. Savoia, un feudo sardo
38. Nisa, un feudo sardo
39. Montbéliard, un feudo de Württemberg
40. (mia raprexentà) Trois-Évêchés (Metz, Toul e Verdun).
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 Parts of France in 

 Alsazia
 Basse-Alsace
 Haute-Alsace
 Sundgau
 Angoumois
 Anjou
 Besugeois
 Mauges
 Artois
 Boulonnais
 Aunis
 Auvergne
 Basse-Navarre
 Béarn
 Soule
 Beaujolais
 Berry
 Bourbonnais
 Burgundy
 Autunois
 Auxerrois
 Auxois
 Bassigny
 Châlonnois
 Charollois
 Dijonnais
 Mâconnais
 Bresse
 Bugey
 Dombes
 Pays de Gex
 Valromey
 Bretagna
 Champagne
 Brie champenoise
 Perthois
 Rhemois
 Senonais
 Vallage
 Corsica
 Dauphiné
 Baronnies
 Briançonnois
 Champsaur
 Diois
 Gapençais
 Graisivaudan
 Embrunais
 Valentinois
 Viennois
 Flanders and Hainaut
 Flandre maritime
 Flandre wallonne
 Hainaut
 Cambresis
 Pays de Foix
 Donnezan
 Forez
 Franche-Comté
 Guascogna
 Agenois
 Armagnac
 Bigorre
 Comminges
 Condomois
 Couserans
 Estarac
 Grave
 Lomagne
 Marsan
 Nébouzan
 Quatre-Vallées
 Guyenne
 Bordelais
 Bazadois
 Chalosse
 Lapurdi
 Lannes
 Périgord
 Quercy
 Rouergue
 Île-de-France
 Beauvaisis
 Brie française
 Gâtinais français
 Hurepoix
 Laonnois
 Mantois
 Multien
 Noyonnais
 Omois
 Parisis
 Pays de France
 Quart de Noyon
 Soissonnois
 Vexin français
 Valois
 Languedoc
 Gévaudan
 Principauté d'Orange
 Velay
 Vivarais
 Landau (Łibera sità inperiałe ocupà in tel 1680, restitui a ła Baviera in tel 1815)
 Limousin
 Lorena
 Barrois
 Lyonnais
 Plat pays de Lyonnais
 Lyon
 Franc-Lyonnais
 Maine
 Marche
 Combrailles
 Nivernais
 Normandie
 Avranchin
 Pays d'Auge
 Bessin
 Pays de Bray
 Campagne de Caen
 Pays de Caux
 Cotentin
 Le Houlme
 Lieuvin
 Campagne de Neubourg
 Pays d'Ouche
 Roumois
 Campagne de Saint-André
 Vexin Normand
 Orléanais
 Blésois
 Pays chartrain
 Dunois
 Gâtinais orléanais
 Vendômois
 Perche
 Perche-Gouët
 Thimerais
 Picardy
 Amienois
 Ponthieu
 Santerre
 Thiérache
 Vermandois
 Vimeu
 Poitou
 Provensa
 Roussillon
 Roussillon
 Cerdagne
 Conflent
 Vallespir
 Capcir
 Saintonge
 Touraine
 Trois-Évêchés

 Provinces that were not part of France in 

 Avignon and the County of Venaissin, belonging to the Pope, were incorporated in
 Montbeliard was incorporated in 1793 as part of the French Republic, to which it belonged for a short time.
 Mulhouse, a free imperial city allied to Switzerland, was incorporated in
 Savoy and Nice had been temporarily annexed to France in the period 1792 - 1815, but were returned to the Kingdom of Sardinia by the Congress of Vienna Only in 1860 was it annexed again to France.
 Many other territories along the northern border of Alsace and Lorraine were incorporated during the French Revolution.
Category:History of France