French territorial reform of 2014

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The French territorial reform of 2014 was a major administrative overhaul that reduced and reconfigured the number and boundaries of metropolitan regions in France to streamline governance and improve efficiency.

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French territorial reforms of the 2010s 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative reform
territorial reform
affectedUnit Alsace region NERFINISHED
Aquitaine region NERFINISHED
Auvergne region NERFINISHED
Bourgogne region NERFINISHED
Champagne-Ardenne region NERFINISHED
Franche-Comté region NERFINISHED
Languedoc-Roussillon region NERFINISHED
Limousin region NERFINISHED
Midi-Pyrénées region NERFINISHED
Nord-Pas-de-Calais region NERFINISHED
Picardie region NERFINISHED
Poitou-Charentes region NERFINISHED
aim improve administrative efficiency
reduce public spending
streamline governance
strengthen regions
appliesTo metropolitan France NERFINISHED
changedNumberOfRegionsAfter 13
changedNumberOfRegionsBefore 22
controversy criticized for limited expected savings
criticized for weakening historical regional identities
country France
didNotChangeStatusOf Brittany region NERFINISHED
Centre-Val de Loire region NERFINISHED
Corsica NERFINISHED
Pays de la Loire region NERFINISHED
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region NERFINISHED
Île-de-France region NERFINISHED
effect reduction of number of metropolitan regions from 22 to 13
effectiveDate 1 January 2016
excludedTerritory overseas regions
field public administration
government Valls Government NERFINISHED
implementedBy French Parliament NERFINISHED
jurisdiction regional councils of France
legalStatus French national law
legislativeAct Law of 16 January 2015 on the delimitation of regions, regional and departmental elections and amending the electoral calendar NERFINISHED
Law on the modernization of territorial public action and affirmation of metropolises (MAPTAM) NERFINISHED
legislativePeriod François Hollande presidency NERFINISHED
proposedBy François Hollande NERFINISHED
relatedReform NOTRe law (New Territorial Organization of the Republic) NERFINISHED
resultedInCreationOf Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine region NERFINISHED
Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes region NERFINISHED
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region NERFINISHED
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region NERFINISHED
Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées region NERFINISHED
Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie region NERFINISHED
startTime 2014

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French canton reorganisation of 2015 partOf French territorial reform of 2014
this entity surface form: French territorial reforms of the 2010s
French regions reformedBy French territorial reform of 2014