France regions checklist: how many of the 13 have you visited?

Metropolitan France has 13 regions, and most people's France is really one of them: Île-de-France, for Paris. That's the classic first trip, and it leaves 12 regions you haven't seen, each with its own food, coastline and accent, from the lavender of the south to the lighthouses of Brittany.

Here's an easy way to see where you stand. Go through the 13 below, tick the ones you've been to, and see your number. Whatever you tick saves on this device, so you can come back and finish later.

Prefer to see it than list it? The free France regions visited map colors in every region you pick and shows your percentage, the same count in map form.

The checklist

All 13 are here. Tick the ones you've been to and your progress saves in your browser.

Want it on a map instead? Open the free France regions visited map and the regions you ticked come with you, already filled in, ready to save or share.

Paris and the north

Île-de-France, Hauts-de-France, Normandy and Grand Est. Paris hands people Île-de-France on the first morning, usually without them noticing the name. North of it, Hauts-de-France has Lille and the Channel beaches, Normandy has the D-Day coast, Mont-Saint-Michel and the cream and cider country, and Grand Est runs east to Strasbourg, Reims and the Champagne vineyards against the German border.

The west

Brittany, Pays de la Loire and Centre-Val de Loire. Brittany is the wild, rainy, proudly Celtic corner with its own language and the best crêpes. Pays de la Loire runs down to Nantes and the Atlantic, and Centre-Val de Loire holds the château country, Chambord, Chenonceau and the long green Loire itself.

The centre and east

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Burgundy for the wine and Dijon, the Jura mountains behind it, and then Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, the big one that quietly holds Lyon, the volcanoes of the Auvergne, Mont Blanc and most of the French Alps. Ski trips tick this one off without the name ever coming up.

The south

Occitania and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Occitania stretches from Toulouse and Carcassonne across to the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean, and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur is the postcard: Marseille, Nice, Cannes, the lavender fields and the whole French Riviera. One of the two most people have, the other often still blank.

The island

Corsica, out in the Mediterranean, big enough to be its own holiday. Mountains that fall straight into the sea, Napoleon's birthplace in Ajaccio, and some of the best hiking and swimming in France. One ferry or one flight, and a very satisfying final tick.

See the whole collection

Every region has its own stamp in Stampie's French Regions collection, ready to add to your journal the day you visit.

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Quick note: Stampie is a small indie project made by people who love travel and collecting stamps. The region designs are our own, not official symbols or coats of arms. They're just a fun way to mark where you've been. 🗺️

The checklist and the map are a nice start, but they only live on this one device. To keep your regions for good, sync them across your phone and the web and line them up next to every country and city you've been to, that's what Stampie is for. Each region becomes a stamp in your journal, with your own photos and the dates you went, there whenever you want to look back.

So, how many of the 13 have you got?

FAQ

How many regions does France have? Metropolitan France (the mainland plus Corsica) has 13 regions. There are also five overseas regions, Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Réunion and Mayotte, which brings the official total to 18. This checklist covers the 13 metropolitan regions.

What's the difference between a region and a department in France? Regions are the top level, 13 in metropolitan France. Departments sit underneath, and there are about 96, which is why French addresses and car plates carry a number you may never have decoded. This checklist and the map work at the region level.

Is there a free France regions checklist? Yes. The checklist above lets you tick off every region you've been to, saves your progress on your device, and needs no account. You can also download it as a printable PDF, or color your regions in on the free France regions visited map.

Can I download or print the France regions checklist as a PDF? Yes. Tick off your regions above and hit Download as PDF for a clean, printable page with a checkbox next to all 13 and your progress at the top.

Does a TGV through a region count? That's up to you. Some people only count a region where they got off and did something, others count anywhere they set foot. Pick a rule and stick to it so your number always means the same thing. The Paris to Nice line alone crosses several regions.

Which French regions do most people miss? Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Centre-Val de Loire and the far north of Hauts-de-France. They're off the Paris to Provence route, so many people finish several trips to France with those still blank.

What's the best way to track the French regions you've visited? Something you can update in the moment beats a list you keep up from memory. Stampie turns each region into a stamp and fills in a France map as you go, synced across your phone and the web.