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Departments of France

Can you name the departments of France with the help of a map?
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Jiaozira
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First submittedSeptember 16, 2016
Times taken53,099
Average score35.6%
Rating4.93
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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Ain
Allier
Ardèche
Cantal
Drôme
Haute-Loire
Haute-Savoie
Isère
Loire
Puy-de-Dôme
Rhône
Savoie
 
Hauts-de-France
Aisne
Nord
Oise
Pas-de-Calais
Somme
 
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Alpes-Maritimes
Bouches-du-Rhône
Hautes-Alpes
Var
Vaucluse
 
Grand Est
Ardennes
Aube
Bas-Rhin
Haute-Marne
Haut-Rhin
Marne
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Meuse
Moselle
Vosges
 
Occitanie
Ariège
Aude
Aveyron
Gard
Gers
Haute-Garonne
Hautes-Pyrénées
Hérault
Lot
Lozère
Pyrénées-Orientales
Tarn
Tarn-et-Garonne
Normandie
Calvados
Eure
Manche
Orne
Seine-Maritime
 
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Charente
Charente-Maritime
Corrèze
Creuse
Deux-Sèvres
Dordogne
Gironde
Haute-Vienne
Landes
Lot-et-Garonne
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Vienne
 
Centre-Val de Loire
Cher
Eure-et-Loir
Indre
Indre-et-Loire
Loir-et-Cher
Loiret
 
Corse
Corse-du-Sud
Haute-Corse
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Côte-d'Or
Doubs
Haute-Saône
Jura
Nièvre
Saône-et-Loire
Territoire de Belfort
Yonne
 
Bretagne
Côtes-d'Armor
Finistère
Ille-et-Vilaine
Morbihan
 
Île-de-France
Essonne
Hauts-de-Seine
Paris
Seine-et-Marne
Seine-Saint-Denis
Val-de-Marne
Val-d'Oise
Yvelines
 
Pays de la Loire
Loire-Atlantique
Maine-et-Loire
Mayenne
Sarthe
Vendée
 
Overseas Departments
Guadeloupe
Guyane
Martinique
Mayotte
La Réunion
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67 Comments
90minutes
+4
Level 53
Sep 16, 2016
Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guyanne, Mayotte et la Réunion. For the 101 departements of France
Jiaozira
+2
Level 72
Sep 17, 2016
I am only looking for the departments of Metropolitan France, which I have now specified in the description.
Cedo
+4
Level 38
Mar 14, 2017
I made one in french with a map for all the 101 departments, if you're interested : Départements Français (avec carte).
Jiaozira
+7
Level 72
Feb 28, 2020
I've finally gone and added them to the English quiz as well.
Parinter
+20
Level 43
Oct 18, 2016
For the Metropolis of Lyon, the department isn't fixed for the moment and it is in the department Rhône.
blixmiss
+3
Level 33
Mar 11, 2020
I'm happy If I'll learn all departments between Paris and Belgium. Namely the ones in Haute de France and Grand Est
Jiaozira
+2
Level 72
Mar 11, 2020
Best of luck! As someone who's never set foot in France I can never remember most of these myself.
HinesBrothers
+6
Level 78
Sep 25, 2020
This should be featured
Jiaozira
+2
Level 72
Sep 25, 2020
Glad you think so! The map is one of my favourites that I've made so far, altough it might be a little hard for most JetPunk users.
JonOfKent
+5
Level 61
Nov 23, 2020
Well, I got exactly half of the average score, and I used to live in France. At least I got them all in Lorraine and Alsace, which was my area... otherwise I obviously need to mug up.

I will be nominating this when I get some nomination points back.

Jiaozira
+3
Level 72
Nov 23, 2020
Thank you, and I hope you enjoyed your time in France. Alsace and Lorraine must be beautiful country. I get the feeling that this quiz has largely been taken by French nationals, although 1000 takes on this quiz or so ago a French-language version was created and featured.
JonOfKent
+1
Level 61
Jan 15, 2023
Well, they have some very pretty towns and cities, although the landscape is fair to middling, I'd say. Metz is a real jewel, especially if you know a bit of its history.

I've finally nominated!

JonOfKent
+1
Level 61
Nov 29, 2024
My score gets higher each time I do it... just with different ones each time... there are relatively few I haven't guessed at all. I just don't seem to be able to get many more than half of them at once! This time I even missed one where I lived for a short while... idiot...
JonOfKent
+1
Level 61
Dec 21, 2025
This time I got the 63, the exact same score as the time before... just with 11 different ones! I don't know what's going on there
baptistegorce
+11
Level 57
Feb 5, 2021
WHAT?! No map of France featured in English on JetPunk?! How is that possible?! I hate when people think I'm a yound crazy kid, but when it's about France... !

Of course nominated! We have to repare this... blasphem! This abomination!

More seriously, the map is excellent! Actually maybe better than on the French version...! Congratulations!

Jiaozira
+5
Level 72
Feb 5, 2021
Thank you, I am happy to hear you liked it! I can see why it hasn't been featured yet since the French departments are very obscure outside of France. The map used to be basic--just the departments of Metropolitan France without any external border, overseas territories or regional borders at all. I had wanted to make a new map for a while, and the French version only inspired me to do so. Cheers :)
baptistegorce
+4
Level 57
Sep 8, 2025
Victory!
sacheth9
+2
Level 65
Mar 29, 2021
great! may i use the map? i'm thinking of making a '500 largest cities in france' quiz, using this as the base map
Jiaozira
+3
Level 72
Mar 29, 2021
Yes! Thanks for asking :)
baptistegorce
+3
Level 57
Jun 29, 2021
Hi Jiao! I would like to use this map too, for a French Departments visited by Asterix on a map quiz (with a similar design than the same quiz but for countries, which I have done several months ago).

Actually, habitually, I use the punkfrançais "default map", but for this quiz, this map would be better. Do you allow me to use it? Thank you for your answer!

Nicco55
+3
Level 68
Jul 29, 2021
I'm surprised so many people know all of them. I'm from Belgium and barely got to 60. I know I'm late but I really think it should be featured.
Jiaozira
+2
Level 72
Jul 29, 2021
Thank you! I get the feeling that the Departments are more relevant to French people than the Regions are but I'm not certain about that.
Malavita
+3
Level 49
May 7, 2022
as a French guy, yeah departments "matter" more in terms of appartnenance than regions since the new regions have been formed in 2016, regrouping 27 old ones in 13 new ones

by the way, i think the type-in "seine" working for "seine-saint-denis" isn't the best thing since the departments "seine et marne" and "seine maritime" also exist

great quiz also !

Relox84
+2
Level 69
Apr 23, 2023
And 'Seine' is also the former name of the departement of Paris, which is another reason I'm not a fan of allowing it for Seine-Saint-Denis.
Elboy
+9
Level 75
Aug 9, 2021
Great quiz Jiaozira (from a French quizzer)!

Btw, Lyon metropolis and Rhône département are the same unit so you can delete one of these two answers.

Very good quiz again!

DavidfromBA
+1
Level 74
May 7, 2022
As someone who was born in France and lived there for a number of years, 74 is embarrassingly low.
XRP
+9
Level 77
May 11, 2022
Lyon is not a departement.

And Seine should'nt be an answer for seine-st-denis.

cashmercury
+8
Level 67
Aug 2, 2022
Nice quiz but Lyon metropolis should really not be there.

And Seine for Seine-Saint-Denis is not accurate : Seine used to be the department 75 which is now Paris

FreeStater
+3
Level 81
Jan 15, 2023
Never knew Paris was an island.
Vivelageo
+7
Level 43
Mar 26, 2023
+1, Seine-Saint-Denis really can't be reduced to "Seine" and Lyon isn't a department at all
Relox84
+1
Level 69
Apr 23, 2023
I agree with Seine-Saint-Denis, but Lyon is well on its way to break up from the rest of the Rhône departement (though as a French myself I'm surprise we hardly hear about it).
Hucorix
+6
Level 20
May 29, 2023
Lyon is not a department. Thank you.

Good quiz.

Hucorix
+8
Level 20
Jun 8, 2023
Lyon belongs to Rhône. Thank you !
julienuh
+6
Level 75
Jun 20, 2023
I think you should use "rhône" instead lyon metropolis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rh%C3%B4ne_(department)

Relox84
+1
Level 69
Jul 23, 2023
The Lyon metropolis is quietly on its way to administratively separate itself from the Rhône departement. I'm not sure but there's possibility this separation is arleady in place.
Thibaud442
+9
Level 48
Jan 12, 2024
No it's false, don't muddle up collectivities ans administrative departements. Rhône will always stay like that
Thibaud442
+10
Level 48
Jan 12, 2024
Well it's a great quiz with a beautiful map but Lyon metropolis shouln't be there, this is a part of the administrative departement of Rhône. The confusion comes from that Lyon metropolis is a departemental collectivity. But theses collictivities can be different of departements. If you wanna respect the collectivities, corsica should be unified and Alsace too because they are departemental collectivities as Lyon metropolis. You are just mixing 2 different things. I Know it's hard to understand i hop you did. By the way I nominate the quiz and I hope it will be featured soon
Elboy
+7
Level 75
Jun 27, 2024
Same request here: the Rhone and Lyon Metropolis should be only one answer since they are now a specific entity.
mohamed7301
+6
Level 20
Feb 17, 2025
Lyon Metropolis is not a department, it's with Rhone
Virginie10
+3
Level 16
Jul 29, 2025
Yes, I really agree
BautyArg
+4
Level 52
Sep 8, 2025
congrats for the feature!
Lindwyrm
+1
Level 82
Sep 8, 2025
i almost had a heart attack, i thought they featured my quiz!
Jiaozira
+1
Level 72
Sep 8, 2025
Thank you!
Elboy
+5
Level 75
Sep 8, 2025
Please fix the Rhone/Lyon thing: it's just one and only entity for a total of 101 départements.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Sep 8, 2025
Not going to change it since it would require resetting the stats.
Elboy
+4
Level 75
Sep 8, 2025
Well, IMO it would be worth resetting, in order to make the quiz more consistent with the official standards learned in France.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Sep 8, 2025
I blame France for creating this mess in the first place!
Elboy
+6
Level 75
Sep 8, 2025
A mess? And these are just our second level subdivisions. Dont look at the communes quizzes! About 36k across the whole territory 😅
Thibaud442
+6
Level 48
Sep 8, 2025
Nice to see it featured. Unfortunately there is still the Lyon Metropolis mistake. It shouldn't be there as it is part of the department of Rhône
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Sep 8, 2025
That's not actually correct.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departments_of_France

"In 2015 the Urban Community of Lyon was split from Rhône to form the Métropole de Lyon, a sui generis entity, with the powers of both an intercommunality and those of a department on its territory, formally classified as a "territorial collectivity with particular status" (French: collectivité territoriale à statut particulier) and as such not belonging to any department"

Elboy
+5
Level 75
Sep 8, 2025
In terms of constituency, the Lyon metropolis area corresponds to the Rhône department.

In terms of territorial collectivity, this metropolis simply shouldn't appear in the quiz.

Well, the caveat fix that in a way but that's confusing for French people who know that there are only 101 départements, as taught in every schools.

Some official sources to prove we're not only nitpickers :)

https://www.education.gouv.fr/media/14255/download

https://www.boamp.fr/explore/dataset/liste-departements/table/?sort=code_texte

Thibaud442
+4
Level 48
Sep 8, 2025
No. because in France we call department two different things. Administrative entities in one way (subdivision of the state) and political entities (local politicians) on the other way. The problem is that this quiz is in the middle of the two concepts. If we count the administrative entity, Lyon metropolis should be in Rhone department. But if we count the political entities, Corsica should be unified then and Alsace too. The problem is that the quiz is mixing two things. The enligh Wikipedia page is false
Elboy
+3
Level 75
Sep 8, 2025
You're right. The English wiki page is actually not very clear about the two concepts that you and I are trying to explain here(administrative entities/collectivities versus political entities/constituencies). That's a shame...
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Sep 8, 2025
Fine. I'll remove it since obviously the nitpicking (accurate or not) is just going to keep happening.
Elboy
+7
Level 75
Sep 8, 2025
Thank you for taking our requests into consideration.
Jiaozira
+3
Level 72
Sep 13, 2025
The map is now updated as well to merge Lyon back into Rhône.
jayrod
+1
Level 96
Sep 8, 2025
What are these like counties or something? Didn't know these even existed.
henrigolo
+4
Level 71
Sep 8, 2025
Not really: it has local responsibilities like a county, but it’s also a unit of the central state with a prefect appointed by the President. It’s bigger and more politically important than US counties.
baptistegorce
+8
Level 57
Sep 8, 2025
It's also important to add that they were the French FLS for decades, since the Revolution and until the late creation of our regions in 1982. So if you have to know one level of division of France, focusing on departments makes a lot of sense.
Ravisseur
+3
Level 59
Sep 9, 2025
As Baptiste said, in France, people are way more concerned about their department (french SLS) than their region (french FLS)
DukeOfLorraine
+1
Level 67
Oct 22, 2025
More or less the equivalent of UK counties yes. Though they were made during the Revolution (with a few revisions since) instead of being some old inheritage.
floccopus
+1
Level 59
Sep 11, 2025
Did the update three days ago remove Lyon? Why?
Thibaud442
+4
Level 48
Sep 13, 2025
Because Lyon Metropolis isn't a department
Geoguy
+2
Level 71
Oct 20, 2025
I like how you can trace almost the entire length of the Loire.

If the French ended up colonizing more of the USA then a third of all states would now be called 'Something AND the Mississippi'

Julotek
+1
Level 65
Oct 20, 2025
4:18 yes !

Ok I'm French, that helped a lot I guess...

bidule121
+1
Level 48
Oct 20, 2025
I know all of them and their approximate place on the map, but not in order of anything so i just started typing them as they came to mind. Not a strategy I'd recommend, very chaotic and made it much harder for myself lol
YlannT
+1
Level 23
Nov 22, 2025
Finally, the 101 real departments as I know them. Thank you for this change.
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