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This is a long list of regions with their subdivisions, ordered by country. Within the country there can be further subdivisions of any size. Please add your own regions and subdivisions (in a logical way!) if you think there might be somebody else who would want to use them.

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Australia

(I planned to list the states as the biggest subdivisions but then I learned about internal and external territories. Now I'm confused and I think somebody local should do it.)

France

France is constituted of:

• 13 metropolitan regions: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Bretagne, Centre-Val de Loire, Corse, Grand Est, Hauts-de-France, Île-de-France, Normandy, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie, Pays de la Loire, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
• 5 overseas departments and regions: Guadeloupe, Guyane, La Réunion, Martinique, Mayotte
• 5 overseas collectivities: Polynésie française, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Wallis-et-Futuna
• 1 sui generis collectivity: Nouvelle-Calédonie
• 1 overseas territory: Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises
• 1 special status uninhabited island: Île Clipperton

France had 22 metropolitan regions, until 1 January 2016, when 16 former regions were merged together and replaced by 7 new regions. Those former regions no longer have any administrative function (with the exception of the Alsace region), though they still serve as France's NUTS 2 regions.

Departments of France

French regions are subdivided into 101 departments (+ the Lyon Metropolis).

• Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 12 departments (+ the Lyon Metropolis) in 2 former regions.
  • Auvergne: Allier, Cantal, Haute-Loire, Puy-de-Dôme.
  • Rhône-Alpes: Ain, Ardèche, Drôme, Isère, Loire, Rhône, Savoie, Haute-Savoie + Métropole de Lyon.

• Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 8 departments in 2 former regions.
  • Bourgogne: Côte-d'Or, Nièvre, Saône-et-Loire, Yonne.
  • Franche-Comté: Doubs, Jura, Haute-Saône, Territoire de Belfort.

• Bretagne, 4 departments: Côtes-d'Armor, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine, Morbihan.

• Centre-Val de Loire, 6 departments: Cher, Eure-et-Loir, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, Loiret.

• Corse: 2 departments: Corse-du-Sud, Haute-Corse.

• Grand Est, 10 departments in 3 former regions.
  • Alsace: Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin.
  • Champagne-Ardenne: Ardennes, Aube, Marne, Haute-Marne.
  • Lorraine: Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle, Vosges.

• Hauts-de-France, 5 departments in 2 former regions.
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais: Nord, Pas-de-Calais.
  • Picardie: Aisne, Oise, Somme.

• Île-de-France, 8 departments: Paris, Seine-et-Marne, Yvelines, Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne, Val-d'Oise.

• Normandy, 5 departments in 2 former regions.
  • Basse-Normandie: Calvados, Manche, Orne.
  • Haute-Normandie: Eure, Seine-Maritime.

• Nouvelle-Aquitaine, 12 departments in 3 former regions.
  • Aquitaine: Dordogne, Gironde, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
  • Limousin: Corrèze, Creuse, Haute-Vienne.
  • Poitou-Charentes: Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres, Vienne.

• Occitanie, 13 departments in 2 former regions.
  • Midi-Pyrénées: Ariège, Aveyron, Haute-Garonne, Gers, Lot, Hautes-Pyrénées, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne.
  • Languedoc-Roussillon: Aude, Gard, Hérault, Lozère, Pyrénées-Orientales.

• Pays de la Loire, 5 departments: Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Mayenne, Sarthe, Vendée.

• Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, 6 departments: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes, Bouches-du-Rhône, Var, Vaucluse.

• The overseas departments and regions: Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane, La Réunion, Mayotte.

Notice: French departments are generally listed in the order of their official numerical codes, which differs slightly from alphabetical order.

Lower subdivisions of France

French departments are subdivided into 332 arrondissements and 34,968 communes.

Germany

The administrative division of Germany goes: (Bundes-)land/state - (sometimes: Regierungsbezirk) - (Land-)kreis/district - (sometimes: Gemeindeverband/collective municipality) - Gemeinde/municipality.

4 of the 16 German states (Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Nordrhein-Westfalen) have an additional administrative level called Regierungsbezirke ("governmental districts") between the state and district level.

• 16 states (NUTS-1 regions): Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thüringen.

• 38 NUTS-2 regions (19 Regierungsbezirke, 10 former Regierungsbezirke, 9 not subdivided states): DE11 BW-Stuttgart, DE12 BW-Karlsruhe, DE13 BW-Freiburg, DE14 BW-Tübingen, DE21 BY-Oberbayern, DE22 BY-Niederbayern, DE23 BY-Oberpfalz, DE24 BY-Oberfranken, DE25 BY-Mittelfranken, DE26 BY-Unterfranken, DE27 BY-Schwaben, DE30 Berlin, DE40 Brandenburg, DE50 Bremen, DE60 Hamburg, DE71 HE-Darmstadt, DE72 HE-Gießen, DE73 HE-Kassel, DE80 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, DE91 NI-Braunschweig, DE92 NI-Hannover, DE93 NI-Lüneburg, DE94 NI-Weser-Ems, DEA1 NW-Düsseldorf, DEA2 NW-Köln, DEA3 NW-Münster, DEA4 NW-Detmold, DEA5 NW-Arnsberg, DEB1 RP-Koblenz, DEB2 RP-Trier, DEB3 RP-Rheinhessen-Pfalz, DEC Saarland, DED2 SN-Dresden, DED4 SN-Chemnitz, DED5 SN-Leipzig, DEE0 Sachsen-Anhalt, DEF0 Schleswig-Holstein, DEG0 Thüringen.

Districts of (German State)

In 2 states (Berlin, Hamburg) the state level is identical to the district level. Some district names are allocated twice, once for a kreisfreie Stadt ("district-free city" or "independent city") and once for the (usually more rural) area around those cities; these are listed here with the addition of (city) and (rural) respectively.

• Baden-Württemberg (BW), 44 districts in 4 Regierungsbezirken.
  • Regierungsbezirk Karlsruhe, 12 districts: Baden-Baden, Calw, Enzkreis, Freudenstadt, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe (rural), Karlsruhe (city), Mannheim, Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, Pforzheim, Rastatt, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis.
  • Regierungsbezirk Freiburg, 10 districts: Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Emmendingen, Freiburg, Konstanz, Lörrach, Ortenaukreis, Rottweil, Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis, Tuttlingen, Waldshut.
  • Regierungsbezirk Stuttgart, 13 districts: Böblingen, Esslingen, Göppingen, Heidenheim, Heilbronn (rural), Heilbronn (city), Hohenlohekreis, Ludwigsburg, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Ostalbkreis, Rems-Murr-Kreis, Schwäbisch Hall, Stuttgart.
  • Regierungsbezirk Tübingen, 9 districts: Alb-Donau-Kreis, Biberach, Bodenseekreis, Ravensburg, Reutlingen, Sigmaringen, Tübingen, Ulm, Zollernalbkreis.

• Bayern (Bavaria, BY), 96 districts in 7 Regierungsbezirken.
  • Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken, 12 districts: Aschaffenburg (city), Aschaffenburg (rural), Bad Kissingen, Haßberge, Kitzingen, Main-Spessart, Miltenberg, Rhön-Grabfeld, Schweinfurt (city), Schweinfurt (rural), Würzburg (city), Würzburg (rural).
  • Regierungsbezirk Oberfranken, 13 districts: Bamberg (city), Bamberg (rural), Bayreuth (city), Bayreuth (rural), Coburg (city), Coburg (rural), Forchheim, Hof (city), Hof (rural), Kronach, Kulmbach, Lichtenfels, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge.
  • Regierungsbezirk Mittelfranken, 12 districts: Ansbach (city), Ansbach (rural), Erlangen (city), Erlangen-Höchstadt, Fürth (city), Fürth (rural), Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim, Nürnberg (city), Nürnberger Land, Roth, Schwabach, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen.
  • Regierungsbezirk Oberpfalz, 10 districts: Amberg, Amberg-Sulzbach, Cham, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Regensburg (city), Regensburg (rural), Schwandorf, Tirschenreuth, Weiden.
  • Regierungsbezirk Niederbayern, 12 districts: Deggendorf, Dingolfing-Landau, Freyung-Grafenau, Kelheim, Landshut (city), Landshut (rural), Passau (city), Passau (rural), Regen, Rottal-Inn, Straubing, Straubing-Bogen.
  • Regierungsbezirk Oberbayern, 23 districts: Altötting, Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Berchtesgadener Land, Dachau, Ebersberg, Eichstätt, Erding, Freising, Fürstenfeldbruck, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Ingolstadt, Landsberg am Lech, Miesbach, Mühldorf am Inn, München (city), München (rural), Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Rosenheim (city), Rosenheim (rural), Starnberg, Traunstein, Weilheim-Schongau.
  • Regierungsbezirk Schwaben, 14 districts: Aichach-Friedberg, Augsburg (city), Augsburg (rural), Dillingen an der Donau, Donau-Ries, Günzburg, Kaufbeuren, Kempten (Allgäu), Lindau (Bodensee), Memmingen, Neu-Ulm, Oberallgäu, Ostallgäu, Unterallgäu.

• Berlin (state and city) (BE), 1 district: Berlin.

• Brandenburg (BB), 18 districts: Barnim, Brandenburg an der Havel, Cottbus, Dahme-Spreewald, Elbe-Elster, Frankfurt (Oder), Havelland, Märkisch-Oderland, Oberhavel, Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Oder-Spree, Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Potsdam, Potsdam-Mittelmark, Prignitz, Spree-Neiße, Teltow-Fläming, Uckermark.

• Bremen (state) (HB), 2 districts: Bremen (city), Bremerhaven.

• Hamburg (state and city) (HH), 1 district: Hamburg.

• Hessen (HE), 26 districts in 3 Regierungsbezirken.
  • Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt, 14 districts: Bergstraße, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt (city), Frankfurt (Main), Groß-Gerau, Hochtaunuskreis, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Main-Taunus-Kreis, Odenwaldkreis, Offenbach (rural), Offenbach (city), Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Wetteraukreis, Wiesbaden.
  • Regierungsbezirk Gießen, 5 districts: Gießen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Limburg-Weilburg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Vogelsbergkreis.
  • Regierungsbezirk Kassel, 7 districts: Fulda, Bad Hersfeld, Kassel (rural), Kassel (city), Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Werra-Meißner-Kreis.

• Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV), 8 districts: Ludwigslust-Parchim, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Nordwestmecklenburg, Rostock (city), Rostock (rural), Schwerin, Vorpommern-Greifswald, Vorpommern-Rügen.

• Niedersachsen (NI), 45 districts: Ammerland, Aurich, Braunschweig, Celle, Cloppenburg, Cuxhaven, Delmenhorst, Diepholz, Emden, Emsland, Friesland, Gifhorn, Goslar, Göttingen, Grafschaft Bentheim, Hameln-Pyrmont, Hannover, Harburg, Heidekreis, Helmstedt, Hildesheim, Holzminden, Leer, Lüchow-Dannenberg, Lüneburg, Nienburg/Weser, Northeim, Oldenburg (rural), Oldenburg (city), Osnabrück (rural), Osnabrück (city), Osterholz, Peine, Rotenburg (Wümme), Salzgitter, Schaumburg, Stade, Uelzen, Vechta, Verden, Wesermarsch, Wilhelmshaven, Wittmund, Wolfenbüttel, Wolfsburg.

• Nordrhein-Westfalen (NW, NRW), 53 districts in 5 Regierungsbezirken.
  • Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg, 12 districts: ...
  • Regierungsbezirk Detmold, 7 districts: ...
  • Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, 15 districts: ...
  • Regierungsbezirk Köln, 11 districts: ...
  • Regierungsbezirk Münster, 8 districts: ...

• Rheinland-Pfalz (RP), 36 districts: Ahrweiler, Altenkirchen, Alzey-Worms, Bad Dürkheim, Bad Kreunznach, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Birkenfeld, Cochem-Zell, Donnersbergkreis, Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Frankenthal, Germersheim, Kaiserslautern (city), Kaiserslautern (rural), Koblenz, Kusel, Landau in der Pfalz, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Mainz, Mainz-Bingen, Mayen-Koblenz, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Neuwied, Pirmasens, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Speyer, Südliche Weinstraße, Südwestpfalz, Trier, Trier-Saarburg, Vulkaneifel, Westerwaldkreis, Worms, Zweibrücken.

• Saarland (SL), 6 districts: Merzig-Wadern, Neunkirchen, Saarbrücken, Saarlouis, Saarpfalz-Kreis, St. Wendel.

• Sachsen (SN), 13 districts: Bautzen, Chemnitz, Dresden, Erzgebirgskreis, Görlitz, Leipzig (city), Leipzig (rural), Meißen, Mittelsachsen, Nordsachsen, Sächsisch-Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Vogtlandkreis, Zwickau.

• Sachsen-Anhalt (ST), 14 districts: Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Börde, Burgenlandkreis, Dessau-Roßlau, Halle (Saale), Harz, Jerichower Land, Magdeburg, Mansfeld-Südharz, Saalekreis, Salzlandkreis, Stendal, Wittenberg.

• Schleswig-Holstein (SH), 15 districts: Dithmarschen, Flensburg, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Kiel, Lübeck, Neumünster, Nordfriesland, Ostholstein, Pinneberg, Plön, Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Flensburg, Segeberg, Steinburg, Stormarn.

• Thüringen (TH), 23 districts: Altenburger Land, Eichsfeld, Eisenach, Erfurt, Gera, Gotha, Greiz, Hildburghausen, Ilm-Kreis, Jena, Kyffhäuserkreis, Nordhausen, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Sömmerda, Sonneberg, Suhl, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Wartburgkreis, Weimar, Weimarer Land.

Singapore

• 5 CDCs (Community Development Council): North East, Central, North West, South East, South West.

United Kingdom

• 4 countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales.

United States of America

• 50 states + 1 District of Columbia: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington (state), West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming; Washington, D.C.

smaller regions

• 5 Boroughs of New York City: Queens, Manhattan, The Bronx, Staten Island, Brooklyn.