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The French football league system is a series of interconnected leagues

League system

A league system is a hierarchy of leagues in a sport, usually with a system of promotion and relegation between consecutive levels of the hierarchy. They are often called pyramids due to their tendency to split into an increasing number of regional divisions the further down the pyramid one descends...

for club football in France. At the top two levels of the system is the Ligue de Football Professionnel

Ligue de Football Professionnel

The Ligue de Football Professionnel , commonly known as the LFP, is a French governing body that runs the major professional football leagues in France. It was founded in 1944 and serves under the authority of the French Football Federation...

, which consists of two professional national divisions, Ligue 1

Ligue 1

Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....

and Ligue 2

Ligue 2

Ligue 2 , formerly known as Division 2, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel , the other being Ligue 1, the country's top football division...

. Below that are a number of leagues run by the Fédération Française de Football. At level 3 is the semi-professional Championnat National

Championnat National

The Championnat de France National, commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, serves as the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2...

. Below that is the amateur Championnat de France amateur (level 4), which is divided into four parallel regional divisions, followed by the Championnat de France amateur 2 (level 5), which is divided into eight parallel regional divisions. Underneath that are many more regional leagues and divisions. Clubs finishing the season at or near the top of their division may be eligible for promotion to a higher division. Similarly, clubs finishing at or near the bottom of their division may be relegated to a lower division.

National Leagues

Level	League(s)/Division(s)
1	Ligue 1 Ligue 1 Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2.... 20 clubs
2	Ligue 2 Ligue 2 Ligue 2 , formerly known as Division 2, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel , the other being Ligue 1, the country's top football division... 20 clubs
3	National Championnat National The Championnat de France National, commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, serves as the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2... 20 clubs
4	CFA groupe A 18 clubs		CFA groupe B 18 clubs		CFA groupe C 18 clubs		CFA groupe D 18 clubs
5	CFA2 groupe A 16 clubs	CFA2 groupe B 16 clubs	CFA2 groupe C 16 clubs	CFA2 groupe D 16 clubs	CFA2 groupe E 16 clubs	CFA2 groupe F 16 clubs	CFA2 groupe G 16 clubs	CFA2 groupe H 18 clubs
6	Alsace Alsace Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²... Honneur Aquitaine Aquitaine Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 27 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It comprises the 5 departments of Dordogne, :Lot et Garonne, :Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes... Honneur Atlantique Atlantique Atlantique may refer to:* Atlantique Department* SNCF TGV Atlantique* The Breguet Atlantique Aeroplane* Chantiers de l'Atlantique... Honneur Auvergne Auvergne (région) Auvergne is one of the 27 administrative regions of France. It comprises the 4 departments of Allier, Puy de Dome, Cantal and Haute Loire.The current administrative region of Auvergne is larger than the historical province of Auvergne, and includes provinces and areas that historically were not... Honneur Lower Normandy Honneur Burgundy Honneur Brittany Honneur Centre Honneur Centre-Ouest Honneur Champagne-Ardennes Honneur Corsica Corsica Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia.... Honneur Franche-Comté Franche-Comté Franche-Comté the former "Free County" of Burgundy, as distinct from the neighbouring Duchy, is an administrative region and a traditional province of eastern France... Honneur Languedoc-Roussillon Languedoc-Roussillon Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the 27 regions of France. It comprises five departments, and borders the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées on the one side, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean sea on the other side.-Geography:The region is... Honneur Lorraine Lorraine (région) Lorraine is one of the 27 régions of France. The administrative region has two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. Metz is considered to be the official capital since that is where the regional parliament is situated... Honneur Maine Maine (province) Le Maine is one of the traditional provinces of France . It corresponds to the old county of Maine, with its center, the city of Le Mans.-Location:... Honneur Provence Provence Provence ; Provençal: Provença in classical norm or Prouvènço in Mistralian norm) is a region of south eastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative région of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur... Honneur Midi-Pyrénées Midi-Pyrénées Midi-Pyrénées is the largest region of metropolitan France by area, larger than the Netherlands or Denmark.Midi-Pyrénées has no historical or geographical unity... Honneur Nord-Pas-de-Calais Honneur Upper Normandy Honneur Paris Honneur Picardy Honneur Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes is one of the 27 regions of France, located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the Rhône River and the Alps mountain range. Its capital, Lyon, is the second-largest metropolitan area in France after Paris... Honneur
7	Aquitaine Aquitaine Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 27 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It comprises the 5 departments of Dordogne, :Lot et Garonne, :Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes... DSR Atlantique Atlantique Atlantique may refer to:* Atlantique Department* SNCF TGV Atlantique* The Breguet Atlantique Aeroplane* Chantiers de l'Atlantique... DRS Auvergne Auvergne (région) Auvergne is one of the 27 administrative regions of France. It comprises the 4 departments of Allier, Puy de Dome, Cantal and Haute Loire.The current administrative region of Auvergne is larger than the historical province of Auvergne, and includes provinces and areas that historically were not... DHR Lower Normandy DSR Burgundy PH Brittany DSE Centre DHR Centre-Ouest DHR Champagne-Ardennes DHR Corsica Corsica Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia.... PHA Franche-Comté Franche-Comté Franche-Comté the former "Free County" of Burgundy, as distinct from the neighbouring Duchy, is an administrative region and a traditional province of eastern France... LR2 Languedoc-Roussillon Languedoc-Roussillon Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the 27 regions of France. It comprises five departments, and borders the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées on the one side, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean sea on the other side.-Geography:The region is... DHR Lorraine Lorraine (région) Lorraine is one of the 27 régions of France. The administrative region has two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. Metz is considered to be the official capital since that is where the regional parliament is situated... DHR Maine Maine (province) Le Maine is one of the traditional provinces of France . It corresponds to the old county of Maine, with its center, the city of Le Mans.-Location:... DSR Provence Provence Provence ; Provençal: Provença in classical norm or Prouvènço in Mistralian norm) is a region of south eastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative région of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur... DHR Midi-Pyrénées Midi-Pyrénées Midi-Pyrénées is the largest region of metropolitan France by area, larger than the Netherlands or Denmark.Midi-Pyrénées has no historical or geographical unity... DHR Nord-Pas-de-Calais DHR Upper Normandy DHR Paris DSR Picardy Picardy This article is about the historical French province. For other uses, see Picardy .Picardy is a historical province of France, in the north of France... PH Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes is one of the 27 regions of France, located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the Rhône River and the Alps mountain range. Its capital, Lyon, is the second-largest metropolitan area in France after Paris... HRL
8	Aquitaine Aquitaine Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 27 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It comprises the 5 departments of Dordogne, :Lot et Garonne, :Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes... DHR Atlantique Atlantique Atlantique may refer to:* Atlantique Department* SNCF TGV Atlantique* The Breguet Atlantique Aeroplane* Chantiers de l'Atlantique... DRH Auvergne Auvergne (région) Auvergne is one of the 27 administrative regions of France. It comprises the 4 departments of Allier, Puy de Dome, Cantal and Haute Loire.The current administrative region of Auvergne is larger than the historical province of Auvergne, and includes provinces and areas that historically were not... PHR Lower Normandy DHR Burgundy PL Brittany DSR Centre PH Centre-Ouest PH Champagne-Ardennes PL Corsica Corsica Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia.... PHB Franche-Comté Franche-Comté Franche-Comté the former "Free County" of Burgundy, as distinct from the neighbouring Duchy, is an administrative region and a traditional province of eastern France... LR3 Lorraine Lorraine (région) Lorraine is one of the 27 régions of France. The administrative region has two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. Metz is considered to be the official capital since that is where the regional parliament is situated... PH Maine Maine (province) Le Maine is one of the traditional provinces of France . It corresponds to the old county of Maine, with its center, the city of Le Mans.-Location:... DRH Midi-Pyrénées Midi-Pyrénées Midi-Pyrénées is the largest region of metropolitan France by area, larger than the Netherlands or Denmark.Midi-Pyrénées has no historical or geographical unity... PH Nord-Pas-de-Calais PH Upper Normandy PH Paris DHR Picardy Picardy This article is about the historical French province. For other uses, see Picardy .Picardy is a historical province of France, in the north of France... PI Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes is one of the 27 regions of France, located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the Rhône River and the Alps mountain range. Its capital, Lyon, is the second-largest metropolitan area in France after Paris... PHR
9	Aquitaine Aquitaine Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 27 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It comprises the 5 departments of Dordogne, :Lot et Garonne, :Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes... PH Atlantique Atlantique Atlantique may refer to:* Atlantique Department* SNCF TGV Atlantique* The Breguet Atlantique Aeroplane* Chantiers de l'Atlantique... PH Lower Normandy PH Brittany DRH Centre PL Centre-Ouest PL Corsica Corsica Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia.... PHC1 Lorraine Lorraine (région) Lorraine is one of the 27 régions of France. The administrative region has two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. Metz is considered to be the official capital since that is where the regional parliament is situated... PHR Maine Maine (province) Le Maine is one of the traditional provinces of France . It corresponds to the old county of Maine, with its center, the city of Le Mans.-Location:... PH Midi-Pyrénées Midi-Pyrénées Midi-Pyrénées is the largest region of metropolitan France by area, larger than the Netherlands or Denmark.Midi-Pyrénées has no historical or geographical unity... PL Nord-Pas-de-Calais PHR Paris PH
10	Aquitaine Aquitaine Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 27 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It comprises the 5 departments of Dordogne, :Lot et Garonne, :Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes... PL Brittany PH Corsica Corsica Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia.... PHC2 Nord-Pas-de-Calais Régionale
11	Championnat de district level 1 (all Departments)
12	Championnat de district level 2 (all Departments)
13	Championnat de district level 3 (all Departments)
14	Championnat de district level 4 (all Departments except district of Finistère Finistère Finistère is a département of France, in the extreme west of Brittany.-History:The name Finistère derives from the Latin Finis Terræ, meaning end of the earth, and may be compared with Land's End on the opposite side of the English Channel... -nord)
15	Championnat de district level 5
16	Championnat de district level 6 (only Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin is a department of France. The name means "Lower Rhine". It is the more populous and densely populated of the two departments of the Alsace region, with 1,079,013 inhabitants in 2006.- History :... , Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin is a département of the Alsace region of France, named after the Rhine river. Its name means Upper Rhine. Haut-Rhin is the smaller and less populated of the two departements of Alsace, although is still densely populated compared to the rest of France.-Subdivisions:The department... , Loire-Atlantique Loire-Atlantique Loire-Atlantique is a department on the west coast of France named after the Loire River and the Atlantic Ocean.-History:... , Cantal Cantal Cantal is a department in south-central France. It is named after the Cantal mountain range, a group of extinct, eroded volcanic peaks, which covers much of the department. Residents are known as Cantaliens or Cantalous.... and Puy-de-Dôme Puy-de-Dôme Puy-de-Dôme is a department in the centre of France named after the famous dormant volcano, the Puy-de-Dôme.Inhabitants were called Puydedomois until December 2005... )

Regional Leagues

Leagues	Level VI	Level VII	Level VIII	Level IX	Level X
Alsace	Division Honneur
Aquitaine	Division Honneur	Division Supérieure Régionale	Division Honneur Régionale	Promotion Honneur	Promotion Ligue
Atlantique	Division Honneur	Division Régionale Supérieure	Division Régionale Honneur	Promotion Honneur
Auvergne	Division Honneur	Division Honneur Régionale	Promotion Honneur Régionale
Lower Normandy	Division Honneur	Division Supérieure Régionale	Division Honneur Régionale	Promotion Honneur
Burgundy	Honneur Ligue	Promotion Honneur	Promotion Ligue
Brittany	Division Honneur	Division Supérieure Élite	Division Supérieure Régionale	Division Régionale Honneur	Promotion Honneur
Centre	Division Honneur	Division Honneur Régionale	Promotion Honneur	Promotion Ligue
Centre-Ouest	Division Honneur	Division Honneur Régionale	Promotion Honneur	Promotion Ligue
Champagne-Ardenne	Division Honneur	Division Honneur Régionale	Promotion Ligue
Corsica	Division Honneur	Promotion Honneur A	Promotion Honneur B	Promotion Honneur C1	Promotion Honneur C2
Franche-Comté	Division Honneur	Ligue Régionale 2	Ligue Régionale 3
Languedoc-Roussillon	Division Honneur	Division Honneur Régionale
Lorraine	Division Honneur	Division Honneur Régionale	Promotion Honneur	Promotion Honneur Régionale
Maine	Division Honneur	Division Supérieure Régionale	Division Régionale Honneur	Promotion Honneur
Méditerranée	Division Honneur	Division Honneur Régionale
Midi-Pyrénées	Division Honneur	Division Honneur Régionale	Promotion Honneur	Promotion Ligue
Nord-Pas-de-Calais	Division Honneur	Division Honneur Régionale	Promotion Honneur	Promotion Honneur Régionale	Promotion Ligue
Normandy	Division Honneur	Division Honneur Régionale	Promotion Honneur
Paris Île-de-France	Division Honneur	Division Supérieure Régionale	Division Honneur Régionale	Promotion Honneur
Picardy	Division Honneur	Promotion Honneur	Promotion Interdistricts
Rhône-Alpes	Honneur Ligue	Honneur Régional Ligue	Promotion Honneur Régional

Departemental Districts

League of Alsace

Départemental districts	Level VII	Level VIII	Level IX	Level X	Level XI	Level XII
Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin is a department of France. The name means "Lower Rhine". It is the more populous and densely populated of the two departments of the Alsace region, with 1,079,013 inhabitants in 2006.- History :...	Excellence	Promotion Excellence	Promotion	Division I	Division II	Division III
Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin is a département of the Alsace region of France, named after the Rhine river. Its name means Upper Rhine. Haut-Rhin is the smaller and less populated of the two departements of Alsace, although is still densely populated compared to the rest of France.-Subdivisions:The department...	Excellence	Promotion Excellence	Promotion	Division I	Division II	Division III

League of Aquitaine

Départemental districts	Level XI	Level XII	Level XIII	Level XIV	Level XV
Bordeaux (Gironde Gironde For the Revolutionary party, see Girondists.Gironde is a common name for the Gironde estuary, where the mouths of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers merge, and for a department in the Aquitaine region situated in southwest France.-History:... )	Division 1	Promotion Division 1	Division 2	Promotion Division 2
Dordogne-Périgord (Dordogne Dordogne Dordogne is a départment in south-west France. The départment is located in the region of Aquitaine, between the Loire valley and the High Pyrénées named after the great river Dordogne that runs through it... )	Division 1 Excellence	Division 1	Promotion Division 1	Division 2	Promotion Division 2
Gironde-Altantique (Gironde Gironde For the Revolutionary party, see Girondists.Gironde is a common name for the Gironde estuary, where the mouths of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers merge, and for a department in the Aquitaine region situated in southwest France.-History:... )	Division 1	Honneur Division 1	Promotion Division 1	Division 2
Gironde-Est (Gironde Gironde For the Revolutionary party, see Girondists.Gironde is a common name for the Gironde estuary, where the mouths of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers merge, and for a department in the Aquitaine region situated in southwest France.-History:... )	Division 1	Promotion Division 1	Division 2	Promotion Division 2
Landes	Division 1	Promotion Division 1	Division 2	Promotion Division 2	Division 3
Lot-et-Garonne Lot-et-Garonne Lot-et-Garonne is a department in the southwest of France named after the Lot and Garonne rivers.-History:Lot-et-Garonne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...	Division 1	Promotion Division 1	Division 2	Division 3
Pyrénées-Atlantiques Pyrénées-Atlantiques Pyrénées-Atlantiques is a department in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean.- History :...	Division 1	Promotion Division 1	Division 2	Promotion Division 2
Sauternais-et-Graves (Gironde Gironde For the Revolutionary party, see Girondists.Gironde is a common name for the Gironde estuary, where the mouths of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers merge, and for a department in the Aquitaine region situated in southwest France.-History:... )	Division 1	Promotion Division 1	Division 2	Promotion Division 2

Atlantic League

Départemental districts	Level X	Level XI	Level XII	Level XIII	Level XIV	Level XV
Loire-Atlantique Loire-Atlantique Loire-Atlantique is a department on the west coast of France named after the Loire River and the Atlantic Ocean.-History:...	Division Supérieure	Division 1	Promotion Division 1	Division 2	Promotion Division 2	Division 3
Maine-et-Loire Maine-et-Loire Maine-et-Loire is a department in west-central France, in the Pays de la Loire region.- History :Maine-et-Loire is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. Originally it was called Mayenne-et-Loire, but its name was changed to Maine-et-Loire in 1791....	Division 1	Promotion Division 1	Division 2	Promotion Division 2	Division 3
Vendée Vendée The Vendée is a department in the Pays-de-la-Loire region in west central France, on the Atlantic Ocean. The name Vendée is taken from the Vendée river which runs through the south-eastern part of the department.-History:...	Division 1	Promotion Division 1	Division 2	Promotion Division 2	Division 3

League of the Auvergne

Départemental districts	Level IX	Level X	Level XI	Level XII	Level XIII	Level XIV
Allier Allier Allier is a department in central France named after the river Allier.- History :Allier is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Auvergne and Bourbonnais.In 1940, the government of Marshal...	Élite	Promotion	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3
Cantal Cantal Cantal is a department in south-central France. It is named after the Cantal mountain range, a group of extinct, eroded volcanic peaks, which covers much of the department. Residents are known as Cantaliens or Cantalous....	Élite	Promotion	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4
Haute-Loire Haute-Loire Haute-Loire is a department in south-central France named after the Loire River.-History:Haute-Loire is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...	Élite	Promotion	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3
Puy-de-Dôme Puy-de-Dôme Puy-de-Dôme is a department in the centre of France named after the famous dormant volcano, the Puy-de-Dôme.Inhabitants were called Puydedomois until December 2005...	Élite	Promotion	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4

League of Lower Normandy

Départemental districts	Level X	Level XI	Level XII	Level XIII	Level XIV
Calvados Calvados The French department of Calvados is part of the region of Basse-Normandie in Normandy. It takes its name from a cluster of rocks off the English Channel coast...	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4
Manche Manche Manche is a French department in Normandy named after La Manche , which is the French name for the English Channel.- History :Manche is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4	Division 5
Orne Orne Orne is a department in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne.- History :Orne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution, on March 4, 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Normandy and Perche.- Geography :Orne is in the region of...	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4

League of Burgundy

Départemental districts	Level IX	Level X	Level XI	Level XII	Level XIII
Côte-d'Or Côte-d'Or Côte-d'Or is a department in the eastern part of France.- History :Côte-d'Or is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was formed from part of the former province of Burgundy.- Geography :...	Promotion	Excellence	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3
Nièvre Nièvre Nièvre is a department in the centre of France named after the Nièvre River.-History:Nièvre is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...	Promotion	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4
Pays Minier (Saône-et-Loire Saône-et-Loire Saône-et-Loire is a French department, named after the Saône and the Loire rivers between which it lies.-History:When it was formed during the French Revolution, as of March 4, 1790 in fulfillment of the law of December 22, 1789, the new department combined parts of the provinces of southern... )	Promotion	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4
Pays Saônois (Saône-et-Loire Saône-et-Loire Saône-et-Loire is a French department, named after the Saône and the Loire rivers between which it lies.-History:When it was formed during the French Revolution, as of March 4, 1790 in fulfillment of the law of December 22, 1789, the new department combined parts of the provinces of southern... )	Promotion	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4
Yonne Yonne Yonne is a French department named after the Yonne River. It is one of the four constituent departments of Burgundy in eastern France and its prefecture is Auxerre. Its official number is 89....	Promotion	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3

League of Brittany

Départemental districts	Level XI	Level XII	Level XIII	Level XIV	Level XV
Côtes-d'Armor Côtes-d'Armor Côtes-d'Armor is a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France.-History:Côtes-du-Nord was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Brittany. Its name was changed in 1990 to...	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4	Challenge
Finistère-Nord (Finistère Finistère Finistère is a département of France, in the extreme west of Brittany.-History:The name Finistère derives from the Latin Finis Terræ, meaning end of the earth, and may be compared with Land's End on the opposite side of the English Channel... )	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3
Finistère-Sud (Finistère Finistère Finistère is a département of France, in the extreme west of Brittany.-History:The name Finistère derives from the Latin Finis Terræ, meaning end of the earth, and may be compared with Land's End on the opposite side of the English Channel... )	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4
Ille-et-Vilaine Ille-et-Vilaine Ille-et-Vilaine is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country.- History :Ille-et-Vilaine is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4	Division 5
Morbihan Morbihan Morbihan is a department in Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan , the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastline.-History:...	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4	Division 5

League of the Centre
League of Champagne-Ardenne
League of Corsica
League of Franche-Comté

Départemental districts	Level IX	Level X	Level XI	Level XII	Level XIII
Doubs Doubs Doubs is a department the Franche-Comté region of eastern France named after the Doubs River.-History:As early as the 13th century, inhabitants of the northern two-thirds of Doubs spoke the Franc-Comtois language, a dialect of Langue d'Oïl. Residents of the southern third of Doubs spoke a dialect... -Sud/Haut-Doubs	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4	Division 5
Belfort Belfort Belfort is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Franche-Comté in northeastern France and is the prefecture of the department. It is located on the Savoureuse, on the strategically important natural route between the Rhine and the Rhône – the Belfort Gap or Burgundian Gate .-... -Montbéliard Montbéliard Montbéliard is a city in the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It is one of the two subprefectures of the department.-History:...	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4
Jura	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4
Haute-Saône Haute-Saône Haute-Saône is a French department of the Franche-Comté région, named after the Saône River.- History :The department was created in the early years of the French Revolution through the application of a law dated 22 December 1789, from part of the former province of Franche-Comté...	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4	Division 5

League of Guyana
League of Languedoc-Roussillon
League of Lorraine
League of Maine
League of the Mediterranean
League of Midi-Pyrénées
League of Nord Pas-de-Calais
League of Normandy
League of Paris Île-de-France

Départemental districts	Level X	Level XI	Level XII	Level XIII	Level XIV	Level XV	Level XVI	Level XVII
Essonne Essonne Essonne is a French department in the region of Île-de-France. It is named after the Essonne River.It was formed on 1 January 1968 when Seine-et-Oise was split into smaller departments.- History :...	Excellence	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4	Division 5
Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine is designated number 92 of the 101 départements in France. It is part of the Île-de-France region, and covers the western inner suburbs of Paris...	Excellence	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4	Division 5
Seine-et-Marne Nord (Seine-et-Marne Seine-et-Marne Seine-et-Marne is a French department, named after the Seine and Marne rivers, and located in the Île-de-France region.- History:Seine-et-Marne is one of the original 83 departments, created on March 4, 1790 during the French Revolution in application of the law of December 22, 1789... )	Excellence	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4
Seine-et-Marne Sud (Seine-et-Marne Seine-et-Marne Seine-et-Marne is a French department, named after the Seine and Marne rivers, and located in the Île-de-France region.- History:Seine-et-Marne is one of the original 83 departments, created on March 4, 1790 during the French Revolution in application of the law of December 22, 1789... )	Excellence	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4
Seine-Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis - Culture :A number of hip hop artists come from the Seine-Saint-Denis, including one of the first major hip-hop groups in France, NTM, as well as Lord Kossity, or more recent acts such as Tandem or Sefyu.- Miscellaneous topics :...	Excellence	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3
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Val-de-Marne Val-de-Marne Val-de-Marne is a French department, named after the Marne River, located in the Île-de-France region. The department is situated to the southeast of the city of Paris.- Geography :...	Excellence	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4
Yvelines Yvelines Yvelines is a French department in the region of Île-de-France.-History:Yvelines was created from the western part of the defunct department of Seine-et-Oise on 1 January 1968 in accordance with a law passed on 10 January 1964 and a décret d'application from 26 February 1965.It gained the...	Excellence	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4	Division 5	Division 6	Division 7

League of Picardy
League of Réunion
League of Rhône-Alpes

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Ain Ain Ain is a department named after the Ain River on the eastern edge of France. Being part of the region Rhône-Alpes and bordered by the rivers Saône and Rhône, the department of Ain enjoys a privileged geographic situation...	Excellence	Promotion d'Excellence	1^ere Division	2^eme Division	3^eme Division	4^emeDivision
Drôme Drôme Drôme , a department in southeastern France, takes its name from the Drôme River.-History:The French National Constituent Assembly set up Drôme as one of the original 83 departments of France on March 4, 1790, during the French Revolution... -Ardèche Ardèche Ardèche is a department in south-central France named after the Ardèche River.- History :The area has been inhabited by humans at least since the Upper Paleolithic, as attested by the famous cave paintings at Chauvet Pont d'Arc. The plateau of the Ardeche River has extensive standing stones ,...	Excellence	Promotion d'Excellence	1^ere Division	2^eme Division	3^eme Division	4^emeDivision
Isère Isère Isère is a department in the Rhône-Alpes region in the east of France named after the river Isère.- History :Isère is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Dauphiné...	Excellence	Promotion d'Excellence	1^ere Division	2^eme Division	3^eme Division	4^emeDivision
Loire Loire Loire is an administrative department in the east-central part of France occupying the River Loire's upper reaches.-History:Loire was created in 1793 when after just 3½ years the young Rhône-et-Loire department was split into two. This was a response to counter-Revolutionary activities in Lyon...	Excellence	Promotion d'Excellence	1^ere Division	2^eme Division	3^eme Division	4^emeDivision
Rhône Rhône Rhone can refer to:* Rhone, one of the major rivers of Europe, running through Switzerland and France* Rhône Glacier, the source of the Rhone River and one of the primary contributors to Lake Geneva in the far eastern end of the canton of Valais in Switzerland...	Excellence	Promotion d'Excellence	1^ere Division	2^eme Division	3^eme Division	4^emeDivision
Savoie Savoie Savoie is a French department located in the Rhône-Alpes region in the French Alps.Together with the Haute-Savoie, Savoie is one of the two departments of the historic region of Savoy that was annexed by France on June 14, 1860, following the signature of the Treaty of Turin on March 24, 1860...	Excellence	Promotion d'Excellence	1^ere Division	2^eme Division	3^eme Division
Haute-Savoie Haute-Savoie Haute-Savoie is a French department in the Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. It borders both Switzerland and Italy. The capital is Annecy. To the north is Lake Geneva and Switzerland; to the south and southeast are the Mont Blanc and Aravis mountain ranges and the French entrance to the Mont... et Pays Gex	Excellence	Promotion d'Excellence	1^ere Division	2^eme Division	3^eme Division	4^emeDivision

National leagues

Level	League(s)/Division(s)
1	Division 1 Féminine 12 clubs
2	Division 2 Féminine Groupe A (12 clubs)	Division 2 Féminine Groupe B (12 clubs)		Division 2 Féminine Groupe C (12 clubs)
3	Division 3 Féminine Groupe A (10 clubs)	Division 3 Féminine Groupe B (10 clubs)	Division 3 Féminine Groupe C (10 clubs)	Division 3 Féminine Groupe D (10 clubs)
4	Alsace Alsace Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²... Honneur Aquitaine Aquitaine Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 27 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It comprises the 5 departments of Dordogne, :Lot et Garonne, :Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes... Honneur Atlantique Atlantique Atlantique may refer to:* Atlantique Department* SNCF TGV Atlantique* The Breguet Atlantique Aeroplane* Chantiers de l'Atlantique... Honneur Auvergne Auvergne (région) Auvergne is one of the 27 administrative regions of France. It comprises the 4 departments of Allier, Puy de Dome, Cantal and Haute Loire.The current administrative region of Auvergne is larger than the historical province of Auvergne, and includes provinces and areas that historically were not... Honneur Lower Normandy Honneur Burgundy Honneur Brittany Honneur Centre Honneur Centre-Ouest Honneur Champagne-Ardennes Honneur Corsica Corsica Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia.... Honneur Franche-Comté Franche-Comté Franche-Comté the former "Free County" of Burgundy, as distinct from the neighbouring Duchy, is an administrative region and a traditional province of eastern France... Honneur Languedoc-Roussillon Languedoc-Roussillon Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the 27 regions of France. It comprises five departments, and borders the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées on the one side, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean sea on the other side.-Geography:The region is... Honneur Lorraine Lorraine (région) Lorraine is one of the 27 régions of France. The administrative region has two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. Metz is considered to be the official capital since that is where the regional parliament is situated... Honneur Maine Maine (province) Le Maine is one of the traditional provinces of France . It corresponds to the old county of Maine, with its center, the city of Le Mans.-Location:... Honneur Provence Provence Provence ; Provençal: Provença in classical norm or Prouvènço in Mistralian norm) is a region of south eastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative région of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur... Honneur Midi-Pyrénées Midi-Pyrénées Midi-Pyrénées is the largest region of metropolitan France by area, larger than the Netherlands or Denmark.Midi-Pyrénées has no historical or geographical unity... Honneur Nord-Pas-de-Calais Honneur Upper Normandy Honneur Paris Honneur Picardy Honneur Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes is one of the 27 regions of France, located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the Rhône River and the Alps mountain range. Its capital, Lyon, is the second-largest metropolitan area in France after Paris... Honneur

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