region of France
Let an agent identify the regions of France and explain their institutions and powers, relay official data, describe the 2016 reform and the overseas regions, and distinguish regions from departments and historical provinces.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Identify What the regions are.
Definition
Definition and list.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a region of France, and which regions exist? definition
- Is the question about a region, a department or a historical province? boundary
Institutions
Institutions.
Institutions
Institutions.
- How are regional councils elected, and what does the prefect do? definition
- Which entry fits the specific region? action
Powers Powers and finance.
Powers
Powers.
Powers
Powers.
- What powers do regions hold under decentralisation laws? provenance
- Which entry fits decentralisation in France? action
Finance
Finance.
Finance
Finance.
- How are regions funded, and what do budgets show, with sources? measurement
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Overseas Overseas and special cases.
Overseas
Overseas regions.
Overseas
Overseas.
- How do the overseas departments and regions differ, and what EU status do they have? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific overseas region? action
Corsica
Corsica and identity.
Corsica
Corsica.
- How is Corsica governed, and what debates exist about regional autonomy, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Context History and reform.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did regions develop from planning areas to elected collectivities? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Reform
The 2016 reform.
Reform
Reform.
- What did the 2016 merger change, and how were new names chosen? provenance
- Is the information current? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.ORG
- Other names and narrower kinds
- overseas department and region of France, current region of France, overseas region
What it is Filled
A first-level territorial subdivision of France, with eighteen regions in the arrangement established by the 2016 reform, thirteen in metropolitan France and five overseas; regional councils and presidents generally exercise regional powers, but special institutional arrangements apply, including a single territorial collectivity in Corsica and single territorial collectivities exercising regional and departmental powers in French Guiana and Martinique; regional responsibilities include economic development, transport, education and training, alongside state representation by prefects, and regions also serve as electoral and statistical areas.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent identify the regions of France and explain their institutions and powers, relay official data, describe the 2016 reform and the overseas regions, and distinguish regions from departments and historical provinces.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Regional governance generally uses an elected regional council, with special institutional arrangements in some territories.
- Regional institutions exercise decentralised powers.
- A prefect represents the state.
- Overseas territories at regional level have differing arrangements for regional and departmental governance.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Use region names or boundaries from before the 2016 reform as current.
- Treat overseas regions as colonies or as outside France in official descriptions.
- Impersonate a regional council or its officials.
- Present demands for regional autonomy as settled in either direction.
Only with a human decision
- Contacting a regional authority on a person's or a company's behalf.
May
- Report regions, their capitals and councils from official French sources with the date.
- Explain the powers of regions and how they differ from departments.
Moral aspects Filled
- Regional identity and language rights are sensitive in parts of France.
- Overseas regions face different conditions, and generalising from the mainland erases them.
Who is affected
- Residents of the regions
- Regional councils and services
- Users of official statistics
Owners Filled
Steward
The French state defines territorial status by law; regional councils or the relevant special territorial institutions exercise their assigned powers.
Master systems
- Official geographic code lists of the national statistics office identify territorial divisions.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q10864048 - registry parent class
- Q192498 - registry parent class
- Q192611 - registry parent class
- Q3455524 - registry parent class
- Q583865 - registry parent class
related
- first-level administrative division - in registry terms
- administrative territorial entity of France - in registry terms
- department of France - the next level
- regional council - the elected body
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.region-of-france
- Wikidata: Q36784 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36784)
- INSEE region code: 2 digits official code
- ISO 3166-2: FR codes per region
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- regions: 18 count - since 2016
- metropolitan regions: 13 count
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- A region is a first-level territorial subdivision of France whose governing institutions depend on its legal status.
- The arrangement established by the 2016 reform comprises thirteen metropolitan and five overseas regions.
- Regions differ from departments and historical provinces, and some territories combine regional and departmental governance.
- Not a physical object; territories with councils, flags and capitals.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- identify the regions
- explain institutions and powers
- relay official data
- distinguish from departments and provinces
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing regions with departments or provinces
- Stale information from before 2016
- Presenting regional identity debates as settled
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- French decentralisation laws of 1982 and 2015
- General Code of Territorial Collectivities
- Law on the delimitation of regions of 2015
Context of use required Filled
- Regional administration and development in France.
- metropolitan regions
- overseas departments and regions
- Corsica as a territorial collectivity with regional powers
- former regions before the 2016 merger
- regions as electoral and statistical units
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q36784: region of France - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Regions of France - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each region be a separate entry?
- How should INSEE data be linked?
- How should the pre-2016 regions be recorded?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q36784/spec.json