{"id":16644,"date":"2015-12-08T13:30:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T13:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/?p=16644"},"modified":"2015-12-08T16:54:11","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T16:54:11","slug":"new-french-regions-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/new-french-regions-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"New French Regions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1 January 2016<\/strong> <\/span>the map of France is re-drawn!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18830\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18830\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18830 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/newfrenchregions2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/newfrenchregions2.jpg 650w, https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/newfrenchregions2-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/newfrenchregions2-125x150.jpg 125w, https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/newfrenchregions2-400x480.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New French Regions 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Something of a revolution will hit France on<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong> 1 January 2016<\/strong> <\/span>&#8211; streamlining of the French Regions: France has always had a multi-layered approach with over 36,000 <strong>communes<\/strong>, 96 <strong>d\u00e9partements<\/strong> (<em>counties<\/em>)  and 22 <strong>Regions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The number of regions is to be reduced to 13, with mergers to create new regions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alsace Champagne-Ardenne Lorraine (<em>ACAL<\/em>) &#8211; <strong>Strasbourg<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Aquitaine Limousin Poitou-Charentes (<em>ALPC<\/em>) &#8211;  <strong>Bordeaux<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Auvergne Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes (<em>ARA<\/em>) &#8211; <strong>Lyon<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Bretagne (unchanged) &#8211; <strong>Rennes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Bourgogne Franche-Comt\u00e9 (<em>BFC<\/em>) &#8211; <strong>Dijon<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Centre Val de Loire &#8211; <strong>Orl\u00e9ans<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Corse (unchanged) &#8211; <strong>Ajaccio<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Languedoc-Roussillon Midi-Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es &#8211; <strong>Toulouse<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Normandie &#8211; <strong>Rouen<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Nord-Pas-de-Calais Picardie &#8211; <strong>Lille<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u00cele-de-France (unchanged) &#8211; <strong>Paris<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Provence-Alpes-C\u00f4te d&#8217;Azur (unchanged) (<em>PACA<\/em>) &#8211; <strong>Marseille<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Regional Prefectures (regional capitals) are shown above in <strong>bold<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Yet only in France could it be that despite the reduction in the number of Regional Councils, there will be no reduction in the number of Councillors!.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From 1 January 2016 the map of France is re-drawn! 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