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18 régions, 101 départements, and the cities between — every place a door to experiences, Cercles and the people already there.
18Régions
101Départements
59Cities profiled
10Coasts
7Massifs
The régions
Île-de-FranceThe cultural and political heart of France, home to the most visited city on earth and 12 million residents whose social life this platform serves street by street.Provence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurMediterranean coast, lavender plateaux, the Riviera and the southern Alps — a région where outdoor group life runs eleven months a year.Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesGastronomy capital, Alpine valleys and volcanic plateaux — France's second economic région and its richest terrain for mountain community.OccitanieCathar country, the Canal du Midi, the Pyrénées and the Camargue — a région of strong village identity and living traditions.Nouvelle-AquitaineThe largest région: Atlantic surf coast, world wine country, Dordogne prehistory and a deep rural fabric of communes.Grand EstAlsatian wine route, Champagne, the Vosges and Europe's crossroads — the région of twin towns and cross-border neighbourliness.BretagneCeltic culture, the fest-noz, megaliths and a dramatic Atlantic coastline — France's strongest regional identity and densest festival calendar.Hauts-de-FranceFlemish braderies, WWI memory, coastal dunes and the warmest café culture in the country.NormandieD-Day beaches, Mont-Saint-Michel, orchards and impressionist light — heritage and remembrance as community practice.Pays de la LoireLoire châteaux, the Vendée coast and a cooperative economic tradition that suits this platform's spirit.Centre-Val de LoireThe garden of France — the greatest concentration of royal châteaux and the Loire à Vélo backbone.Bourgogne-Franche-ComtéBurgundy climats, Romanesque abbeys and the Jura — terroir as social life.CorseThe island of beauty — maquis, mountains, polyphonic song and the strongest village solidarity in France.GuadeloupeCaribbean France — gwoka, the jardin créole and a community culture the hexagon has much to learn from.MartiniqueCarnival mastery, bokantaj exchange traditions and Mount Pelée's slopes.GuyaneAmazonian France — first peoples' knowledge, the space centre and the republic's youngest population.La RéunionIndian Ocean France — maloya, the cirques, and créole conviviality at altitude.MayotteThe 101st département — lagoon community life and the republic's newest citizens.Cities
Profiled cities with their social identity in one line.
ParisTwenty arrondissements, each a village — the world capital of the café and the bal.MarseilleThe oldest city in France — calanques, pastis and the loudest conviviality on the Mediterranean.LyonCapital of gastronomy — bouchons, traboules and the Fête des Lumières.ToulouseThe pink city — rugby thirds, Garonne banks and aerospace apprentices.NiceThe Promenade, the old town and Carnival — Riviera life as public spectacle.NantesMachines de l'Île, Loire estuary art and a cooperative civic spirit.MontpellierFrance's youngest big city — student energy ten minutes from the sea.StrasbourgEuropean crossroads — winstubs, the Grande Île and cross-border life with Kehl.BordeauxWine capital on the crescent river — the miroir d'eau as the city's salon.LilleThe Grande Braderie, estaminets and the warmest welcome in the north.RennesBreton capital — the Marché des Lices and Thursday student nights.ReimsCoronation cathedral and champagne cellars — toasting as heritage.Saint-ÉtienneDesign capital forged in coal and cycles — the Chaudron's green fervour.ToulonRade, rugby and the navy — Provence's working harbour.Le HavrePerret's rebuilt city — UNESCO concrete, containers and sea light.GrenobleAt the foot of three massifs — the flattest city with the highest horizons.DijonDukes' capital — the owl trail, mustard and the climats de Bourgogne.AngersThe Apocalypse tapestry, Loire douceur and Cointreau.NîmesRoman arena, férias and garrigue — the French Rome.Clermont-FerrandVolcanic stone, short-film festival and the Michelin epic.Aix-en-ProvenceCézanne's mountain, a thousand fountains and the Cours Mirabeau promenade.BrestOcean gateway — les Fêtes Maritimes and the Atlantic's workshops.ToursGarden of France capital — Loire châteaux and the guinguette summer.AmiensThe greatest Gothic nave and the hortillonnages' floating gardens.LimogesPorcelain and enamel — the fire arts as civic identity.AnnecyThe lake, the old canals and Alpine animation.PerpignanCatalan France — sardanes, Canigou and two languages at the market.BesançonVauban's citadel above the Doubs — watchmaking patience.MetzGolden stone, Centre Pompidou-Metz and Mirabelle summers.OrléansJoan of Arc's festival city on the Loire's northern arc.RouenHundred spires, the Gros-Horloge and the Armada's tall ships.CaenWilliam's city — abbeys, memorial and the D-Day coast at its door.NancyPlace Stanislas — the most beautiful square in Europe as a living room.AvignonPopes' palace and the world's greatest theatre festival.La RochelleTwin towers, Francofolies and the Atlantic pleasure fleet.BiarritzBasque surf capital — the ocean as the town common.AjaccioNapoléon's harbour city under Corsican peaks.BastiaGenoese port — polyphony in the old harbour's evening.ColmarLittle Venice of Alsace — the wine route's capital.CarcassonneThe walled cité — medieval France intact.Fort-de-FranceCarnival capital of the Antilles — vidé at dawn.Pointe-à-PitreGwoka léwoz and the spice market's theatre.Saint-Denis de La RéunionIndian Ocean capital under the cirques.CayenneAmazonian capital — Carnival's touloulous and the forest at the street's end.MentonLemon groves and Italianate façades at the edge of the Riviera.LorientPort city of the Interceltic festival — pipes, bagads and harbour nights.Chamonix-Mont-BlancThe valley beneath Mont Blanc — guides, huts and high trails.Saint-MaloThe walled corsair city between tides.ArlesRoman arena, Camargue light and summer photography.GordesA stone village climbing its hill in the Luberon.ÉtretatWhite chalk arches on the Alabaster Coast.HonfleurThe painters' harbour at the mouth of the Seine.Sarlat-la-CanédaGolden medieval town and the markets of the Périgord.CollioureCatalan fishing village where the Pyrenees meet the sea.CassisSmall port at the door of the calanques.Le Mont-Saint-MichelThe abbey island in its bay of tides.EguisheimRound wine village on the Alsace wine route.RocamadourA pilgrimage village built into the cliff.VézelayHilltop basilica and a starting point of the way to Compostela.
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