List historical provinces of Europe
The continent of Europe gathers at present a whole of historical provinces which do not have or do not have today any more of administrative existence. Corresponding at the origin with small monarchical entities ( pagi of the old tribes), they were gathered in greater units, in particular with the Roman epoch (creation of the provinciæ ).
The capitals appear between brackets.
Albania
Germany
(Republic of Germany) .-
Saxony
- Low Saxony
- Thuringe
- electoral Saxony
- Anhalt
- Hanover
- Oldenbourg
- Mecklembourg
- Poméranie divided between Germany and the Poland
- Schleswig
- Holstein
- Brandebourg
- Hesse
- Westphalia
- Palatinat
- Low Palatinat
- High Palatinat
- Wurtemberg
- Bade
- Franconie
- Souabe
- Bavaria
- …
Andorra
(Principality of Andorra) .-
Valley of Andorra
Austria
(Republic of Austria) .- Low Austria Nieder-österreich
- High Austria Ober-österreich
- Carinthie
- Voralberg
- Salzburg
- Styrie
- the Tirol, divided between Austria and the Italy
- …
Belgium
(Kingdom of Belgium) .-
the Brabant
- Flanders, divided between Belgium and the France
- Hainaut, divided between Belgium and the France
- Limbourg, divided between Belgium and the Netherlands
- Luxembourg, divided between Belgium and the Luxembourg
-
…
See also: Provinces of Belgium.
Bohemia or Tchéquie
(Czech Republic) .- Moravie
- …
Bulgaria
(Republic of Bulgaria) .- Macedonia divided between Bulgaria, the Greece and the Macedonia
Croatia
Denmark
(Kingdom of Denmark) .
Spain
(Kingdom of Spain) .See also: the autonomous Communities of Spain and Provinces of Spain
Finland
(Republic of Finland) .
France
(French Republic) .Historical provinces
This list gathers the large French historical provinces, whose majority formed until 1789 of the military governments, within the competences of Parliament or the intendances. Certain historical provinces belong however to larger provinces:- Alsace - See also area Alsace
- Angoumois
- Anjou
- Armagnac
- Artois
- Aunis
- Auvergne - See also area Auvergne
- Low Auvergne
- High Auvergne
- Barois
- Béarn
- Beaujolais wine
- Berri
- Bigorre
- Bourbonnais
- Burgundy - See also area Burgundy
- Bresse
- Brittany - See also area Brittany
- Low Brittany
- High Brittany
- Brie, province divided between the Champagne and the Ile-de-France
- Champagne
- Comtat-Venaissin
- County of Foix
- County of Corsica Nice
- Dauphine
- Flanders, province divided between France and, the Belgium and the Netherlands
- Drill
- Franche-Comté - See also area Franche-Comté
- Gascogne
- Guyenne
- Hainaut, province divided between France and the Belgium
- Ile-de-France - See also area Ile-de-France
- Languedoc
- Low Languedoc
- High Languedoc
- the Limousin - See also Lorraine area the Limousin
- Lyons
- Maine
- Low Maine
- High Maine
- Walk
- Low Walk
- High step
- Navarre, province divided between France and the Low Spain
- Navarre (left French)
- Nevers-native
- Normandy , province divided between France and the British Crown
- Lower Normandy - See also area Basse-Normandie
- Upper Normandy - See also area High-Normandy
- Orléanais
- Pole
- Périgord
- Picardy - See also area Picardy
- Low Picardy
- High Picardy
- Poitou
- Low Poitou
- High Poitou
- Provence
- Quercy
- Rouergue
- Roussillon
- Saintonge
- Savoy
- Touraine
- Vexin, province divided between the Normandy and the Ile-de-France
Disappeared historical provinces
- Austrasie
- Aquitanian (kingdom)
- Burgundy (kingdom)
- Neustrie
Greece
(Republic of Greece) .- Macedonia divided between the Bulgaria, Greece and the Macedonia
Hungary
Ireland (or Eire)
(Irish Republic and the United Kingdom of gr. - Brittany and Irl. north) .- Connaught
- Munster
- Leinster
- Ulster divided between Ireland and the the United Kingdom
Iceland
(Republic of Iceland) .
Italy
(Republic of Italy) .
Historical provinces
- Sicily
- Calabria
- Pouilles
- Ombrie
- Walk
- Ligurie
- the Friuli
- Istrie divided between Italy, the Slovenia and the Tuscan Croatia
- Venezia
- Latium
- the Tyrol divided between Italy and the Austria
- Lombardy
- Piedmont
- Valley of Aoste
- Sardinia
Disappeared historical provinces
- Apulie
- Étrurie
- …
See also: List of the Italian provinces and Area of Italy (doubled blooms in authority of fusion)
Latvia
(Republic of Latvia) .-
Courlande
Luxembourg
- (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg) .
-
Luxembourg divided between Luxembourg and the Belgium
Macedonia
Moldavie
Norway
(Kingdom of Norway) .
Netherlands
(Kingdom of the Netherlands) .-
the Brabant divided between the Netherlands and the Belgium
- Zealand
- Holland
- Limbourg divided between the Netherlands and the Belgium
- …
Poland
(Republic of Poland)- Mazovie
- Lubusz
- Podlachie
- Small Poland
- Large Poland
- Poméranie, divided between Poland and the Germany
- Posnanie
- Prussia, divided between Poland and Russia
- Eastern Prussia
- Silesia
- …
Portugal
-
Alentéjo
- Bas Alentéjo
- High Alentéjo
- Algarve
- Beira
- High Basse Beira
- Beira
- Beira littoral
- Estrémadure
- Ribatejo
- Minho
- Tras O Assemble
- …
Romania
- (Republic of Romania)
-
Banat divided between Romania and Yugoslavia
- Moldavie divided between Romania and the Moldavie
- Valachie
- Transylvania
- …
the United Kingdom
- (the United Kingdom of gr. - Brittany and Irl. north) .
Slovakia
Slovenia
Sweden
- (Kingdom of Sweden) .
Swiss
- (Swiss Confederation) .
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