---
id: "fr_region"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["geo", "government"]
country: ["FR"]
langs: ["fr"]
quality: 75
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/fr_region"
---

# French region (région) (`fr_region`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Name of an administrative region of France, the level above the department, for example Île-de-France or Bretagne. France has 18 regions, five of them overseas. The INSEE code of a region is the pattern fr_region_code.

- Parent datatype: `admin_area_1`
- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Geographic identifiers (geo), Government related (government)
- Countries: France (FR)
- Languages: French (fr)
- Classification: categorical
- Patterns: `fr_region_code`

## Examples

- `Île-de-France` — region 11
- `Bretagne` — region 53
- `Guadeloupe` — overseas region 01

## Mappings

- fta: `STATE_PROVINCE.REGION_NAME_FR`
- schema_org: `addressRegion`

## Supported by tools

- `csvdetective`
- `fta`
- `talend`

## Translations

- fr: Région
- ru: Регион Франции

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_France>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36784>
- doc: <https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/2560452>

## Quality

Score 75/100. Missing: regexp, negative example.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/fr_region.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/FR/geo/fr_region.yaml>