In the following table the grands gouvernements of the first foundation are indicated in heavy-faced type, those which were taken from the first in italics, and those which were acquired by conquest in ordinary characters.
| NAMES OF GOVERNMENTS | CAPITALS | |
| 1. | Ile-de-France | Paris. |
| 2. | Picardie | Amiens. |
| 3. | Normandie | Rouen. |
| 4. | Bretagne | Rennes. |
| 5. | Champagne et Brie | Troyes. |
| 6. | Orléanais | Orléans. |
| 7. | Maine et Perche | Le Mans. |
| 8. | Anjou | Angers. |
| 9. | Touraine | Tours. |
| 10. | Nivernais | Nevers. |
| 11. | Berri | Bourges. |
| 12. | Poitou | Poitiers. |
| 13. | Aunis | La Rochelle. |
| 14. | Bourgogne (duché de) | Dijon. |
| 15. | Lyonnais, Forez et Beaujolais | Lyon. |
| 16. | Auvergne | Clermont. |
| 17. | Bourbonnais | Moulins. |
| 18. | Marche | Guéret. |
| 19. | Guyenne et Gascogne | Bordeaux. |
| 20. | Saintonge et Angoumois[[*]] | Saintes. |
| 21. | Limousin | Limoges. |
| 22. | Béarn et Basse Navarre | Pau. |
| 23. | Languedoc | Toulouse. |
| 24. | Comté de Foix | Foix. |
| 25. | Provence | Aix. |
| 26. | Dauphiné | Grenoble. |
| 27. | Flandre et Hainaut | Lille. |
| 28. | Artois | Arras. |
| 29. | Lorraine et Barrois | Nancy. |
| 30. | Alsace | Strasbourg. |
| 31. | Franche-Comté ou Comté de Bourgogne | Besançon. |
| 32. | Roussilon | Perpignan. |
| 33. | Corse | Bastia. |
[[*]] Under Francis I. the Angoumois was comprised in the Orléanais.
The seven petits gouvernements were:
| 1. | The ville, prévôté and vicomté of Paris. |
| 2. | Havre de Grâce. |
| 3. | Boulonnais. |
| 4. | Principality of Sedan. |
| 5. | Metz and Verdun, the pays Messin and Verdunois. |
| 6. | Toul and Toulois. |
| 7. | Saumur and Saumurois. |
II.
THE ANCIENT PROVINCES OF FRANCE
