---
id: "fr_region_code"
kind: "pattern"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["geo", "government"]
country: ["FR"]
langs: ["fr"]
quality: 100
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/fr_region_code"
---

# French region code (INSEE) (`fr_region_code`)

> **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.

Two-digit code of a French region in the INSEE Official Geographic Code (COG). The 18 current codes are 01 to 04 and 06 for the overseas regions and 11, 24, 27, 28, 32, 44, 52, 53, 75, 76, 84, 93 and 94 for the regions of metropolitan France.

- Pattern of: `fr_region`
- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Geographic identifiers (geo), Government related (government)
- Countries: France (FR)
- Languages: French (fr)
- Classification: categorical

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^(?:0[1-46]|11|2[478]|32|44|5[23]|7[56]|84|9[34])$
```

## Examples

- `11` — Île-de-France
- `53` — Bretagne
- `84` — Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- `06` — Mayotte
- `05` (invalid example) — not a region code
- `21` (invalid example) — not a current region code

## Mappings

- wikidata: `P2585`

## Supported by tools

- `csvdetective`

## Translations

- fr: Code région

## Sources

- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2585>
- doc: <https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/2560452>
- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_France>

## Quality

Score 100/100.

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