User:ThunderingTyphoons!/sandbox/Regions of France

In new regions

 * All need maps. Static maps for Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Occitanie kindly ✅ by Shaundd.
 * Put in dynamic maps for other regions (i.e. those without sub-regions).
 * Lot-et-Garonne has no content. We either need to instigate a merger of Nouvelle-Aquitaine's departments into larger regions, or create the L-et-G from scratch.
 * ̶ ̶[̶[̶S̶a̶v̶o̶i̶e̶]̶]̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶[̶[̶H̶a̶u̶t̶e̶-̶S̶a̶v̶o̶i̶e̶]̶]̶ ̶s̶h̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶m̶e̶r̶g̶e̶d̶.̶ - Maybe not actually. There are lots of cities in both articles.
 * Investigate other department mergers that could be done.

Existing regions
Bring up to same standard as the new articles. List of articles, from least work needed to most:


 * Corsica - ✅
 * Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - Do needs filling out - skiing, climbing, kayaking, beaches, sailing?
 * Brittany - looks fairly complete content-wise. Move lesser cities to department articles. Remove redlinks. Text needs sprucing up + more images
 * Normandy - ✅
 * Île-de-France - review 'get in' (do we need all those Parisian stations listed?) everything from see onwards needs filling. Ramblings on the talk page might be useful.
 * Pays de la Loire - needs understand, get around, do, eat, drink, sleep. All sections need attention. Needs more images.
 * Centre-Val de Loire - whole article is crap and nearly empty of content.

The merger (Jan - Oct 2017)

 * Hauts-de-France - created by merging Nord-Pas de Calais and Picardy. ✅
 * Grand Est - created by merging Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine. ✅
 * Bourgogne-Franche-Comté - created by merging Burgundy and Franche-Comté. ✅
 * Nouvelle-Aquitaine - created by merging Aquitaine, Limousin and Poitou-Charentes. ✅
 * Occitanie (Occitania?) - created by merging Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrenees. ✅
 * Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes - created by merging Auvergne and Rhone-Alpes: ✅

Top-level regions that are redirected to France:


 * Northern France --> Hauts de France, Normandy. Checked for content to copy? ✅
 * Northeastern France --> Grand Est, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (part). Checked for content to copy? ✅
 * Great West --> Brittany, Pays de la Loire. Checked for content to copy? ✅
 * Central France --> Centre-Val de Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (part), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (part), Nouvelle-Aquitaine (part). Checked for content to copy? ✅
 * Southwestern France --> Occitanie (part) Nouvelle-Aquitaine (part). Checked for content to copy? ✅
 * Southeastern France --> PACA, Corsica, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (part), Occitanie (part). Checked for content to copy? ✅

Second-tier regions that are blanked and turned into redirects:


 * Nord-Pas de Calais --> redirect Hauts de France
 * Picardy --> redirect Hauts de France


 * Alsace --> redirect Grand Est
 * Lorraine --> redirect Grand Est
 * Champagne-Ardenne --> redirect Grand Est


 * Burgundy --> redirect Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
 * Franche-Comté --> redirect Bourgogne-Franche-Comté


 * Aquitaine --> redirect Nouvelle-Aquitaine
 * Limousin --> redirect Nouvelle-Aquitaine
 * Poitou-Charentes --> redirect Nouvelle-Aquitaine


 * Languedoc-Roussillon --> redirect Occitanie
 * Midi-Pyrenees --> redirect Occitanie


 * Rhône-Alpes --> redirect Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes


 * Auvergne will cease to be a top-level region and become a subregion of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes


 * Will need to change various departments' tag (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Occitanie)

Regions that stay the same, but still need an tag, replacing the current  :


 * IDF
 * Normandy
 * Brittany
 * Pays de la Loire
 * Centre-Val de Loire
 * PACA
 * Corsica

'''When everything is finished, insert the new regions into the list at Discover

Metropolitan France
"Metropolitan France" comprises the 12 administrative regions (French: régions) on the mainland plus Corsica, or in other words all French territory within Europe. These are distinct from the country's overseas territories on other continents, which are talked about below. The 96 departments (départements) are the next level down of administrative division, two-thirds of them being named after a river, and most others taking after another natural feature, such as a mountain or forest.