ISO 3166-2:FR is the entry forFrance inISO 3166-2, part of theISO 3166standard published by theInternational Organization for Standardization (ISO), which definescodes for the names of the principalsubdivisions (e.g.,provinces orstates) of allcountries coded inISO 3166-1.
Currently for France, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for the following subdivisions:
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part isFR, theISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of France. The second part is either of the following:
The metropolitan departments use theirINSEE codes, which are currently used inpostal codes, and used invehicle registration plates until 2009. INSEE codes are assigned as follows:
01–89 except20: departments created before the 20th century, assigned in alphabetical order (prefixes in the form of "Bas-" and "Haute-" are ignored at the primary sort level), exceptParis andYvelines, which replaced the former departmentsSeine andSeine-et-Oise respectively after the reorganization of theParis region in 1968;90:Territoire de Belfort, which was given department status in 1922;91–95: departments created after the reorganization of the Paris region in 1968;2A and2B:Corse-du-Sud andHaute-Corse, which were created after the division ofCorsica in 1975, whose INSEE code was20.Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).
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| Code | Subdivision name (fr) | Subdivision name (en)[a] | Subdivision category |
|---|---|---|---|
| FR-ARA |  Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Auvergne-Rhône-Alps | metropolitan region |
| FR-BFC |  Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | Burgundy-Franche-Comté | metropolitan region |
| FR-BRE |  Bretagne | Brittany | metropolitan region |
| FR-CVL |  Centre-Val de Loire | Centre-Loire Valley | metropolitan region |
| FR-20R |  Corse | Corsica | metropolitan collectivity with special status |
| FR-GES |  Grand Est | Great East | metropolitan region |
| FR-HDF |  Hauts-de-France | Upper France | metropolitan region |
| FR-IDF |  Île-de-France | Paris | metropolitan region |
| FR-NOR |  Normandie | Normandy | metropolitan region |
| FR-NAQ |  Nouvelle-Aquitaine | NewAquitaine | metropolitan region |
| FR-OCC |  Occitanie | Occitania | metropolitan region |
| FR-PDL |  Pays-de-la-Loire | Loire Country | metropolitan region |
| FR-PAC |  Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur | Provence-Alps-French Riviera | metropolitan region |
| Code | Subdivision name (fr) | Subdivision name (en)[a] | Subdivision category | In subdivision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR-01 |  Ain | Ain[note 1] | metropolitan department | ARA |
| FR-02 |  Aisne | Aisne[note 1] | metropolitan department | HDF |
| FR-03 |  Allier | Allier[note 1] | metropolitan department | ARA |
| FR-04 |  Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | Alps ofUpper Provence | metropolitan department | PAC |
| FR-06 |  Alpes-Maritimes | Maritime Alps | metropolitan department | PAC |
| FR-6AE |  Alsace | Alsace | European collectivity | GES |
| FR-07 |  Ardèche | Ardèche[note 1] | metropolitan department | ARA |
| FR-08 |  Ardennes | Ardennes | metropolitan department | GES |
| FR-09 |  Ariège | Ariège[note 1] | metropolitan department | OCC |
| FR-10 |  Aube | Aube[note 1] | metropolitan department | GES |
| FR-11 |  Aude | Aude[note 1] | metropolitan department | OCC |
| FR-12 |  Aveyron | Aveyron[note 1] | metropolitan department | OCC |
| FR-13 |  Bouches-du-Rhône | RhôneDelta | metropolitan department | PAC |
| FR-14 |  Calvados | Calvados | metropolitan department | NOR |
| FR-15 |  Cantal | Cantal | metropolitan department | ARA |
| FR-16 |  Charente | Charente[note 1] | metropolitan department | NAQ |
| FR-17 |  Charente-Maritime | Maritime Charente[note 1] | metropolitan department | NAQ |
| FR-18 |  Cher | Cher[note 1] | metropolitan department | CVL |
| FR-19 |  Corrèze | Corrèze[note 1] | metropolitan department | NAQ |
| FR-2A | Corse-du-Sud | SouthernCorsica | metropolitan department | 20R |
| FR-21 |  Côte-d'Or | Gold Coast | metropolitan department | BFC |
| FR-22 |  Côtes-d'Armor | Armor Coast[note 2] | metropolitan department | BRE |
| FR-23 |  Creuse | Creuse[note 1] | metropolitan department | NAQ |
| FR-79 |  Deux-Sèvres | Two Sèvres[note 3] | metropolitan department | NAQ |
| FR-24 |  Dordogne | Dordogne[note 1] | metropolitan department | NAQ |
| FR-25 |  Doubs | Doubs[note 1] | metropolitan department | BFC |
| FR-26 |  Drôme | Drôme[note 1] | metropolitan department | ARA |
| FR-91 |  Essonne | Essonne[note 1] | metropolitan department | IDF |
| FR-27 |  Eure | Eure[note 1] | metropolitan department | NOR |
| FR-28 |  Eure-et-Loir | Eure andLoir | metropolitan department | CVL |
| FR-29 |  Finistère | Finisterre | metropolitan department | BRE |
| FR-30 |  Gard | Gard[note 4] | metropolitan department | OCC |
| FR-32 |  Gers | Gers[note 1] | metropolitan department | OCC |
| FR-33 |  Gironde | Gironde | metropolitan department | NAQ |
| FR-971 |  Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe | overseas departmental collectivity | - |
| FR-973 | Guyane (française) | FrenchGuiana | overseas unique territorial collectivity | - |
| FR-2B | Haute-Corse | UpperCorsica | metropolitan department | 20R |
| FR-31 |  Haute-Garonne | UpperGaronne[note 1] | metropolitan department | OCC |
| FR-43 |  Haute-Loire | UpperLoire[note 1] | metropolitan department | ARA |
| FR-52 |  Haute-Marne | UpperMarne[note 1] | metropolitan department | GES |
| FR-70 |  Haute-Saône | UpperSaône[note 1] | metropolitan department | BFC |
| FR-74 |  Haute-Savoie | UpperSavoy | metropolitan department | ARA |
| FR-87 |  Haute-Vienne | UpperVienne[note 1] | metropolitan department | NAQ |
| FR-05 |  Hautes-Alpes | UpperAlps | metropolitan department | PAC |
| FR-65 |  Hautes-Pyrénées | UpperPyrenees | metropolitan department | OCC |
| FR-92 |  Hauts-de-Seine | UpperSeine | metropolitan department | IDF |
| FR-34 |  Hérault | Herault | metropolitan department | OCC |
| FR-35 |  Ille-et-Vilaine | Ille and Vilaine | metropolitan department | BRE |
| FR-36 |  Indre | Indre | metropolitan department | CVL |
| FR-37 |  Indre-et-Loire | Indre and Loire | metropolitan department | CVL |
| FR-38 |  Isère | Isere | metropolitan department | ARA |
| FR-39 | .svg) Jura | Jura | metropolitan department | BFC |
| FR-974 | La Réunion | Reunion | overseas departmental collectivity | - |
| FR-40 |  Landes | Landes | metropolitan department | NAQ |
| FR-41 |  Loir-et-Cher | Loir and Cher | metropolitan department | CVL |
| FR-42 |  Loire | Loire | metropolitan department | ARA |
| FR-44 |  Loire-Atlantique | Atlantic Loire | metropolitan department | PDL |
| FR-45 |  Loiret | Loiret | metropolitan department | CVL |
| FR-46 |  Lot | Lot | metropolitan department | OCC |
| FR-47 |  Lot-et-Garonne | Lot and Garonne | metropolitan department | NAQ |
| FR-48 |  Lozère | Lozere | metropolitan department | OCC |
| FR-49 |  Maine-et-Loire | Maine and Loire | metropolitan department | PDL |
| FR-50 |  Manche | Channel[note 5] | metropolitan department | NOR |
| FR-51 |  Marne | Marne | metropolitan department | GES |
| FR-972 |  Martinique | Martinique | overseas unique territorial collectivity | - |
| FR-53 |  Mayenne | Mayenne | metropolitan department | PDL |
| FR-976 | Mayotte | Mayotte | overseas departmental collectivity | - |
| FR-69M |  Métropole de Lyon | Greater Lyon | metropolitan collectivity with special status | ARA |
| FR-54 |  Meurthe-et-Moselle | Meurthe and Moselle | metropolitan department | GES |
| FR-55 |  Meuse | Meuse | metropolitan department | GES |
| FR-56 |  Morbihan | Morbihan | metropolitan department | BRE |
| FR-57 |  Moselle | Moselle | metropolitan department | GES |
| FR-58 |  Nièvre | Nievre | metropolitan department | BFC |
| FR-59 |  Nord | North | metropolitan department | HDF |
| FR-60 |  Oise | Oise | metropolitan department | HDF |
| FR-61 |  Orne | Orne | metropolitan department | NOR |
| FR-75C |  Paris | City of Paris | metropolitan collectivity with special status | IDF |
| FR-62 |  Pas-de-Calais | Strait of Calais[note 6] | metropolitan department | HDF |
| FR-63 |  Puy-de-Dôme | Puy de Dome[note 7] | metropolitan department | ARA |
| FR-64 |  Pyrénées-Atlantiques | AtlanticPyrenees | metropolitan department | NAQ |
| FR-66 |  Pyrénées-Orientales | Eastern Pyrenees | metropolitan department | OCC |
| FR-69 |  Rhône[1] | Rhône | metropolitan department | ARA |
| FR-71 |  Saône-et-Loire | Saone and Loire | metropolitan department | BFC |
| FR-72 |  Sarthe | Sarthe | metropolitan department | PDL |
| FR-73 |  Savoie | Savoy | metropolitan department | ARA |
| FR-77 |  Seine-et-Marne | Seine and Marne | metropolitan department | IDF |
| FR-76 |  Seine-Maritime | Maritime Seine | metropolitan department | NOR |
| FR-93 |  Seine-Saint-Denis | Saint Denis Seine | metropolitan department | IDF |
| FR-80 |  Somme | Somme | metropolitan department | HDF |
| FR-81 |  Tarn | Tarn | metropolitan department | OCC |
| FR-82 |  Tarn-et-Garonne | Tarn and Garonne | metropolitan department | OCC |
| FR-90 |  Territoire de Belfort | Belfort Territory | metropolitan department | BFC |
| FR-95 |  Val-d'Oise | Oise Valley | metropolitan department | IDF |
| FR-94 |  Val-de-Marne | Marne Valley | metropolitan department | IDF |
| FR-83 |  Var | Var[note 8] | metropolitan department | PAC |
| FR-84 |  Vaucluse | Vaucluse | metropolitan department | PAC |
| FR-85 |  Vendée | Vendee | metropolitan department | PDL |
| FR-86 |  Vienne | Vienne | metropolitan department | NAQ |
| FR-88 |  Vosges | Vosges | metropolitan department | GES |
| FR-89 |  Yonne | Yonne | metropolitan department | BFC |
| FR-78 |  Yvelines | Yvelines | metropolitan department | IDF |
FR-69 code in ISO 316-2 still covers the department of Rhône as it was before 1 January 2015 when it was split in two parts, one of which is no longer a department but amétropole with specific status. Still, theMétropole de Lyon and the new department of Rhône are administratively managed by the French state as a singlecirconscription départementale (departmental constituency) that keeps the old department code.69 to cover the newcirconscription départementale du Rhône for the state-controlled administration in itspréfecture (covering the whole formerdépartement du Rhône before January 2015), and assigned new codes for the two separate local collectivities:69D for the new (smaller)département du Rhône, and69M for the newMétropole de Lyon.| Code | Subdivision name (fr) | Subdivision name (en)[a] | Subdivision category | In subdivision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR-67 |  Bas-Rhin | Lower Rhine | metropolitan department | 6AE |
| FR-68 |  Haut-Rhin | Upper Rhine | metropolitan department | 6AE |
| Code | Subdivision name (fr) | Subdivision name (en)[a] | Subdivision category |
|---|---|---|---|
| FR-CP | Clipperton | Clipperton | dependency |
| FR-NC |  Nouvelle-Calédonie | New Caledonia | overseas collectivity with special status |
| FR-PF |  Polynésie française | French Polynesia | overseas collectivity |
| FR-BL | Saint-Barthélemy | Saint Barts | overseas collectivity |
| FR-MF | Saint-Martin | Saint Martin | overseas collectivity |
| FR-PM | Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon | Saint Peter and Miquelon | overseas collectivity |
| FR-TF |  Terres australes françaises[1] | French Southern Territories | overseas territory |
| FR-WF | Wallis-et-Futuna | Wallis and Futuna | overseas collectivity |
Besides being included as subdivisions of France in ISO 3166-2, several subdivisions are also officially assigned their own country codes in ISO 3166-1.
| Code | Subdivision name (fr) | ISO 3166-1 English name | ISO 3166-1 French name | ISO 3166-2 code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR-971 | Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe | ISO 3166-2:GP |
| FR-973 | Guyane (française) | French Guiana | Guyane française | ISO 3166-2:GF |
| FR-974 | La Réunion | Réunion | Réunion | ISO 3166-2:RE |
| FR-972 | Martinique | Martinique | Martinique | ISO 3166-2:MQ |
| FR-976 | Mayotte | Mayotte | Mayotte | ISO 3166-2:YT |
| FR-NC | Nouvelle-Calédonie | New Caledonia | Nouvelle-Calédonie | ISO 3166-2:NC |
| FR-PF | Polynésie française | French Polynesia | Polynésie française | ISO 3166-2:PF |
| FR-BL | Saint-Barthélemy | Saint Barthélemy | Saint-Barthélemy | ISO 3166-2:BL |
| FR-MF | Saint-Martin | Saint Martin (French part) | Saint-Martin (partie française) | ISO 3166-2:MF |
| FR-PM | Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon | ISO 3166-2:PM |
| FR-TF | Terres australes françaises[1] | French Southern Territories | Terres australes françaises | ISO 3166-2:TF |
| FR-WF | Wallis-et-Futuna | Wallis and Futuna | Wallis-et-Futuna | ISO 3166-2:WF |
The dependencyClipperton Island (FR-CP) is alsoexceptionally reserved the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codeCP on the request of theInternational Telecommunication Union.
Metropolitan France (the part of France located in Europe) was previously officially assigned its own set of country codes in ISO 3166-1, with alpha-2 codeFX, before it was deleted from ISO 3166-1. The code is now exceptionally reserved on the request of France.
TF code or ISO 3166-2FR-TF code, but by the ISO 3166-1AQ code. The French Southern Lands (Terres australes françaises in French) are referring to only 3 of the 5 districts in the overseas territorial collectivity, excluding the claimed district in the Antarctic and the district ofScattered Islands in the Indian Ocean (Îles Éparses de l'Océan Indien). Some applications used by other countries than France or international organizations may or may not include the two contested districts, but most of them include the Scattered Islands, including the ISO 3166 standard itself.The following changes to the entry have been announced by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.
| Source | Date issued | Description of change | Code/Subdivision change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newsletter I-2 | 2002-05-21 | Correction of the Metropolitan region code in FR-79 | |
| Newsletter I-9 | 2007-11-28 | Addition of administrative subdivisions and of their code elements | Subdivisions added: FR-CPClipperton FR-BLSaint-Barthélemy FR-MFSaint-Martin |
| Newsletter II-1 | 2010-02-03 (corrected 2010-02-19) | Addition of the country code prefix as the first code element, alphabetical re-ordering | |
| Newsletter II-3 | 2011-12-13 (corrected 2011-12-15) | NL II-2 correction for ultramarine administrative organisation change and alphabetical re-ordering. | Category change: FR-YTMayotte overseas territorial collectivity → overseas department |
| Online Browsing Platform (OBP) | 2016-11-15 | Change of the delimitation of the regions, reducing their number from 22 to 13 in metropolitan France, change of parent subdivision of metropolitan departments; addition of overseas regions FR-GUA, FR-LRE, FR-MAY; change of subdivision category from overseas department to overseas territorial collectivity for FR-GF,[1] FR-MQ; update List Source. | Subdivisions added: FR-GUAGuadeloupe FR-LRELa Réunion FR-MAYMayotte Category change: FR-GF[1] overseas department → overseas territorial collectivity FR-MQ overseas department → overseas territorial collectivity |
| Correction of the OBP entry error as follows: deletion of Clipperton Island, France, Metropolitan in the name field for Territory. | |||
| 2016-12-07 | Correction of parent subdivision of FR-02, FR-60, FR-80 from FR-PDL to FR-HDF | Parent changes: FR-02FR-PDL →FR-HDF FR-60FR-PDL →FR-HDF FR-80FR-PDL →FR-HDF | |
| 2018-11-26 | Addition of category name "collectivity" in eng/fra; Change of category name from metropolitan region to collectivity for FR-COR; Update List Source | Category change: FR-COR metropolitan region → collectivity | |
| 2020-11-24 | Change of category name from collectivity to metropolitan collectivity with special status for FR-COR; Change of category name from overseas department to overseas region for FR-GP, FR-RE, FR-YT; Deletion of parent subdivision of FR-GP, FR-RE, FR-YT; Change of category name from overseas region to overseas department for FR-GUA, FR-LRE, FR-MAY; Change of subdivision code from FR-COR to FR-20R, FR-GUA to FR-971, FR-LRE to FR-974, FR-MAY to FR-976; Assign parent subdivision to FR-971, FR-974, FR-976; Change of parent subdivision of FR-972, FR-973; Change of category name from overseas territorial collectivity to overseas collectivity for FR-BL, FR-MF, FR-PF, FR-PM, FR-WF; Addition of category overseas territory with specific status, overseas territory; Change of category name from overseas territorial collectivity to overseas collectivity with special status for FR-NC; Change of category name from overseas territorial collectivity to overseas territory for FR-TF; Update List Source and Code Source | Category changes: FR-COR collectivity → metropolitan collectivity with special status FR-GP overseas department → overseas region FR-RE overseas department → overseas region FR-YT overseas department → overseas region FR-GUA overseas region → overseas department FR-LRE overseas region → overseas department FR-MAY overseas region → overseas department FR-BL overseas territorial collectivity → overseas collectivity FR-MF overseas territorial collectivity → overseas collectivity FR-PF overseas territorial collectivity → overseas collectivity FR-PM overseas territorial collectivity → overseas collectivity FR-WF overseas territorial collectivity → overseas collectivity FR-NC overseas territorial collectivity → overseas collectivity with special status FR-TF overseas territorial collectivity → overseas territory Code changes: FR-COR →FR-20R FR-GUA →FR-971 FR-LRE →FR-974 FR-MAY →FR-976 Subdivisions added: FR-972Martinique (parentFR-MQ) FR-973Guyane (française) (parentFR-GF) | |
| 2021-11-25 | Addition of category European collectivity in eng & fra; Addition of European collectivity FR-6AE; Addition of metropolitan collectivity with special status FR-69M; Change of category name from metropolitan department to metropolitan collectivity with special status for FR-75; Change of subdivision code from FR-75 to FR-75C; Addition of category overseas departmental collectivity in English & French; Change of category name from overseas department to overseas departmental collectivity for FR-971, FR-974, FR-976; Addition of category overseas unique territorial collectivity in eng & fra; Change of category name from overseas department to overseas unique territorial collectivity for FR-972, FR-973; Deletion of category name overseas department; Deletion of overseas region FR-GF, FR-GP, FR-MQ, FR-RE, FR-YT; Deletion of category name overseas region; Change of parent subdivision of FR-67, FR-68; Deletion of parent subdivision of FR-971, FR-972, FR-973, FR-974, FR-976; Modification of Remark part 2; Update List Source and Code Source | Codes added: FR-6AE Alsace FR-69M Métropole de Lyon Codes changed: FR-75 Paris (metropolitan department) →FR-75C Paris (metropolitan collectivity with special status) Codes removed: FR-GF Guyane (française) FR-GP Guadeloupe FR-MQ Martinique FR-RE La Réunion FR-YT Mayotte Category changes: FR-971 overseas department → overseas departmental collectivity FR-972 overseas department → overseas unique territorial collectivity FR-973 overseas department → overseas unique territorial collectivity FR-974 overseas department → overseas departmental collectivity FR-976 overseas department → overseas departmental collectivity Parent changes: FR-67FR-GES →FR-6AE FR-68FR-GES →FR-6AE |
